Today's Retailer Charlie Chat - Apr 11

[Darkman]

Few / Some details from it:

1.Huntsville locals were launched recently ( as we already know)... - they hope to have other 2 missing ones (whenever i guess)

2. Sioux Falls, SD became available on Apr 10th, at 5:00 PM Eastern....Missing NBC one...

3. More locals will be added (at the same present Tempo - i guess)

4. MLS season - Apr 12 - Oct 26 (ch 455 - 465)

5. NBA game on HD ch 9425 - Apr 14, 7:00 PM Eastern

6. Masters (Golf) - Today - Apr 11 - on HD ch 9425....

7. 1/2 games (from the season) will be shown for Cleavland Indians....(have to do with cost, price or something like that)

8. More International channels are coming later on this year (no details were provided, as noone asked more about this)

9. When asked to comment on recent DirecTV acquisition - Jim said that Dishnetwork will just concentrate on their own business (as they are/were doing for a long long time now)

10. Next Retailer Charlie Chat - Thursday, May 8, 12:00 noon Eastern

{EDITED} - Huntsville vs. Huntington

[TNGTony]

Huntington locals???? Where'd they shove those channels? There is no room in that spot beam that covers South-East Ohio, Eastern KY and central and West West Virginia for the Huntington-Charleston locals. Now I can see Charleston, SC?

Hmmmmm.....

See ya
Tony

[Darkman]

Do not know...lol - and wonder if they knew this themselves (at the time they spat this) :)

[Tomsoundman]

Was it Hutington WV or CA?

[TNGTony]

The only Huntington(s) I see in California is(are) in the LA market. And I can't find a "hutington". :)

See ya
Tony

[Tomsoundman]

Sorry about the misspelling, WAS THE RETAILER CHARLIE CHAT talking about Huntington WV or not?

[TNGTony]

Just so we know what I mean "I don't know where they are going to shove these channels" There's more than just a few in that market.

WSAZ TV 3 NBC
Huntington/Charleston, WV

WCHS TV 8 ABC
Charleston/Huntington, WV

WVAH TV 11 Fox
Charleston/Huntington, WV

WOWK TV 13 CBS
Huntington/Charleston, WV

WOUB TV 20 PBS
Athens, OH

WKAS TV 25 PBS/KET
Ashland, KY

WLPX TV 29 Pax
Portsmouth, OH

WHCP TV 30 WB/UPN
Charleston/Huntington, WV

WPBY TV 33 PBS
Huntington/Charleston, WV

WPBO TV 42 PBS
Portsmouth, OH

WTSF TV 61 IND
Ashland, KY/Huntington, WV

Of these 11 channels I see 6 that would definitely be carried and 2 or three that would ask for must carry.

See ya
Tony

[Tomsoundman]

Thanks Tony, sorry about the CAPS too, as you might guess, I'm very excited and hit the "shift" key by mistake.

[TNGTony]

I'd like to know this too. Anyone else watch the Retailer Chat and get more info. I know that Darkman has a hard time with city names when mumbled with Tennessee accents. Remember Loo-ehvil :D

See ya
Tony

[Darkman]

no-no-no people...
Nothing new..
they were talking about something that they already added, and 2 were missing...
So more likely it is Huntsville or something..
I wasn't talking about a new city...

Sorry again - it starts with "Hunt" anyhow
I ll go edit out my first post

:(

[Darkman]

Geeez - Huntsville, Lexington, etc - probably led me to say Huntington at the time (i was kinda in a hurry)...

LOL - and Huntington had to exist of course :(

[Tomsoundman]

Dang - Tony, you were right...

[Chris Freeland]

Wow, it looks like both E* and D* will have Charleston-Huntington locals before years end, maby I can convince my folks to switch to satellite. Not sure where E* is going to put them though unless they go to E9 at 121, when that bird is launched.

[Darkman]

Chris - Huntington wasn't mentioned on Retailer chat..
I mixed it up with Huntsville i think..

[DishDude1]

It was Huntsville, AL

[Claude Greiner]

I watched the chat, but didn't pay very much attention since I was I was actually able to make it past the screeners and get on the chat :)

[Jacob S]

Darn, I wish Dish would add Charleston/Huntington and Direct is, I know what to expect when Direct gets them and Dish doesnt, everyone will be switching to Direct and my business is for sure to be dead then because I sell Dish and do not sell Direct. Dish will say my code is red for good by then (retailers know what I mean when I say this) and Dish will blame us retailers in WV for that.

[Marcus S]

Well, I watched it but not from home. This is the least enthusiastic, mono tone retailer chat I have ever seen. Something "is" up.

[Darkman]

nope - i made a spelling boo-boo (and created waves around here)

I typed Huntington (by mistake) originally (in the thread's first post) instead of Huntsville

[Marcus S]

:rotfl: But considering Monday, what I am expecting. "It's a dry heat in Arizona".

[Richard King]

Darn, I wish Dish would add Charleston/Huntington and Direct is, I know what to expect when Direct gets them and Dish doesnt,If West Palm Beach is any indication, expect your business to go to zero unless you can do work in a neighboring DMA where you are on an even footing with DTV dealers. DTV got WPB many months before Dish did and my business totally disappeared. I went several months without an installation, this of course resulted in my being deleted from the VRU for prospective customers. My neighboring dealers to the north of me are close enough to the Orlando DMA that they could sell and install into that area and continue to make a buck and remain on the VRU, driving any sales in my area to those dealers. My neighboring dealers to the south are close enough that they could install off air antennas (ae?) to pull in all locals, thereby retaining sales and remaining on the VRU. (VRU=Voice Response Unit) My business has not returned to even close to where it was and I am glad that I don't rely only on my satellite business for my living. I started my satellite business in 1989. When the small dishes came out I realized that eventually the business would go away completely, if nothing else due to market saturation. I am actually surprised it has lasted as long as it has, especially since DTV wasn't at all interested in signing up independent retailers when they started out. I guess we as retailers are just lucky that Dish didn't go the same route.

[Chris Freeland]

Originally posted by Darkman
Chris - Huntington wasn't mentioned on Retailer chat..
I mixed it up with Huntsville i think..

Oh well, I did wander where they would place those Charleston-Huntington stations since the spotbeam over them is full. Here in Chattanooga where I currently live, it was rumored to be on E* for the 4th quarter of this year, however we are on the fringes of a couple of spotbeams. I think that Chattanooga as well as the Charleston-Huntington market will end up on E9 at 121 which will require a larger dish. If I am not mistaken, E9 is due to launch in May which means that the 4th quarter Chattanooga rumor may be wright on target, I hope so ;) .

[Chris Freeland]

Originally posted by Rking401
If West Palm Beach is any indication, expect your business to go to zero unless you can do work in a neighboring DMA where you are on an even footing with DTV dealers. DTV got WPB many months before Dish did and my business totally disappeared. I went several months without an installation, this of course resulted in my being deleted from the VRU for prospective customers. My neighboring dealers to the north of me are close enough to the Orlando DMA that they could sell and install into that area and continue to make a buck and remain on the VRU, driving any sales in my area to those dealers. My neighboring dealers to the south are close enough that they could install off air antennas (ae?) to pull in all locals, thereby retaining sales and remaining on the VRU. (VRU=Voice Response Unit) My business has not returned to even close to where it was and I am glad that I don't rely only on my satellite business for my living. I started my satellite business in 1989. When the small dishes came out I realized that eventually the business would go away completely, if nothing else due to market saturation. I am actually surprised it has lasted as long as it has, especially since DTV wasn't at all interested in signing up independent retailers when they started out. I guess we as retailers are just lucky that Dish didn't go the same route.

I thought West Palm locals are already on E*:shrug: .

[Richard King]

They are now, but D* had them about 6-8 months before E* got them. That was enough time for my business to dry up.

[Chris Freeland]

Originally posted by Rking401
They are now, but D* had them about 6-8 months before E* got them. That was enough time for my business to dry up.

Oh, sorry to here that.

[Jacob S]

Maybe that is another reason why Dish does not go to an area that Direct already targeted because they dont lost a lot of the customers to Direct. If they want to keep the customers they need to get the same locals up soon. Maybe after seeing the list they will react to it. Maybe this is also why Dish is targeting areas that Direct has not in which there is room on the spot beams to do so.