Latest Dish News Blackout ???
This latest Dish news from cordcuttersnews website in quotes "Nexstar Media Group is threatening to pull its channels from Dish, taking away customer access to 164 local channels in 120 markets acr...
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Having been both a directv and dish customer, I struggle to understand how these media conglomerates think they are going to continue to charge companies like DTV, Dish and the cable companies - when companies like Locast are streaming the same product for free.
As Starlink and other vendors expand their coverage, I can see a time where satellite based broadcast companies are going to be losing market share for two reasons.
1. Cost - why pay for the service when you can get it for free?
2. Cord Cutters.
We all pay for internet - which we use for various reasons (work, email, streaming, etc). Starlink is still in it infancy, and for 99.00 a month - it's not quite cost effective to cut the cord and buy ala carte.
Depending on what Starlink ultimately costs, it may spell the end of Satellite broadcasting.
Personally, after a lengthy discussion with my customer service 'friends' at Dish, I cut the cord and went with other solutions (e.g. Locast, philo, and Pluto tv. I have 99% of what I had for just a little bit less than what I was paying for with Dish - that includes the cost of my internet at the house.
If starlink pans out, I'll dump comcast and then I can be completely mobile by taking my starlink dish on the road as I'm out RVing.
Until then, when I go, I use my pay as I go with Dish.
Indirectly, these media conglomerates are going to put the other vendors out of business (e.g. DTV, Dish, and Cable companies TV rebroadcasting). I don't think it's in their best interest because it's all about subscription based advertising - and with many cord cutters paying for premium services (e.g. Disney +) the advertising revenue is diminishing for them.
Many of the next generation are never going to have a single provider (e.g. Dish, DTV, Cable Companies) and that will drive the advertising revenue away from the media conglomerates and onto platforms like Google, Facebook and other social media outlets.
As Starlink and other vendors expand their coverage, I can see a time where satellite based broadcast companies are going to be losing market share for two reasons.
1. Cost - why pay for the service when you can get it for free?
2. Cord Cutters.
We all pay for internet - which we use for various reasons (work, email, streaming, etc). Starlink is still in it infancy, and for 99.00 a month - it's not quite cost effective to cut the cord and buy ala carte.
Depending on what Starlink ultimately costs, it may spell the end of Satellite broadcasting.
Personally, after a lengthy discussion with my customer service 'friends' at Dish, I cut the cord and went with other solutions (e.g. Locast, philo, and Pluto tv. I have 99% of what I had for just a little bit less than what I was paying for with Dish - that includes the cost of my internet at the house.
If starlink pans out, I'll dump comcast and then I can be completely mobile by taking my starlink dish on the road as I'm out RVing.
Until then, when I go, I use my pay as I go with Dish.
Indirectly, these media conglomerates are going to put the other vendors out of business (e.g. DTV, Dish, and Cable companies TV rebroadcasting). I don't think it's in their best interest because it's all about subscription based advertising - and with many cord cutters paying for premium services (e.g. Disney +) the advertising revenue is diminishing for them.
Many of the next generation are never going to have a single provider (e.g. Dish, DTV, Cable Companies) and that will drive the advertising revenue away from the media conglomerates and onto platforms like Google, Facebook and other social media outlets.
