[opendtv] Re: I Want My HDTV
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:07:38 -0700
Can -- physically, sure. Can -- economically -- not a chance. Then,
there's the issue of them not having the orbital slots.
It must be fun in fantasy-land, where everything that practical people says
is impossible is arguably possible.
Don't believe me? Wait and see -- and Charlie Ergen -- in the DirecTV
merger proposal -- told me everything I need to know about this. He said
that his company wouldn't have a future without the merger.
I'm sure you must have better information than he.
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:25 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: I Want My HDTV
At 5:14 PM -0700 9/21/04, John Willkie wrote:
>They're worse than cable, but then, EchoStar (which needed the DirecTV
>merger to have a hope of sending HDTV network streams to viewers) are now
>out of options: DirecTV's plans to do local-into-local HDTV (or something
>very close to it) a few years down the road seals their fate.
>
>Maybe they could merge with Voom?
>
Uhhhh. John...
DISH can do exactly what DirecTV is doing. Spot beam satellites are
going to be essential if DBS is going to continue to eat into cable
market share.
Last I looked, DISH is growing faster than DirecTV. Not sure why you
think that they are so vulnerable...
Regards
Craig
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