November 16th, 2012
DISH has an extensive line up of channels and programming you’re sure to love, but sometimes you just don’t want to miss your local over-the-air shows! With the DISH Hopper and an OTA tuner you can record your OTA channels as easily as your satellite programming.
The DISH Hopper whole-home HD DVR receiver is truly the best of TV technology!
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October 17th, 2012
DISH Network’s cutting-edge technology and top of the line receivers make their DVRs, HD and duo receivers the most popular in the industry. Below we’ll highlight the most popular receivers, from whole-home to duo to solo, with HD and DVR or without. DISH has the receiver you need to fit your lifestyle.
The Hopper and the Joeys allow you to easily bring HD DVR entertainment to all of the rooms in your house!
DISH Network DVR service is easy to use and can be managed from anywhere with your mobile phone or internet connected device!
DISH Network offers HD Free For Life, with a 24-month commitment you can save $120/year and get your HD channels free for the life of your account!
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October 5th, 2012
DISH beats DirecTV in Customer Satisfaction, Value, and Loyalty. While DirecTV raised their rates by an average of 4.9% in 2012, DISH Prices stayed the same. DISH offers the lowest all-digital package prices nationwide. DirecTV charges an average of $20 more per month for comparable basic digital packages.
Our award-winning technology gives you the most intuitive way to get entertainment. Watch LIVE TV programming on your tablet, Smartphone or computer at no extra monthly cost with TV Everywhereâ„¢ brand technology from DISH. Restrictions apply.
DISH is one of the only entertainment providers with 24/7 live customer service. You can even call us at 3AM to change your programming. DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS can’t say that. And just to be official about it: according to the 2012 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), DISH beats DirecTV and the nation’s largest cable providers in Customer Satisfaction, Value and Customer Loyalty.
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October 1st, 2012
Satellite internet has long been an excellent alternative to rural internet customers who wanted speeds faster than dial-up, but with DISH Network’s all new satellite broadband service, dishNET, you can now get speeds up to 3x faster than DSL!
With broadband satellite internet service from dishNET you can take advantage of speeds up to 10 mbps, and when you bundle with DISH Network satellite TV service you can find packages that start at only $39.99/month. Bundling is a great way to save! When you bundle your qualified TV service the internet activation fee is waived – a $99 value! You can save $240 over two years by bundling your TV and internet services with DISH Network and dishNET.
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September 28th, 2012
For a limited-time only, switch to DISH and get a FREE Hopperâ„¢ Whole-Home HD DVR – a $99 instant savings. Plus, save an extra $5/mo on DISH’s most popular package.
The Hopperâ„¢ Whole-Home HD DVR is the most advanced set-top box in the industry delivering features that will change the way you watch TV forever. Get the Hopper FREE with America’s Top 120 and above.
Along with a free Hopper whole-home HD DVR, you can also enjoy DISH’s great every day values. Including HD Free For Life, which offers a savings of $120/year. You can also get three months of Blockbuster @Home for free, and enjoy Blockbusters library of over 100,000 titles and new releases. If you love premiums, DISH has the best deal for qualifying new customers. HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime are free for three months, that’s a $132 value. All of this with free, professional installation from DISH’s trained technicians. Why would you ever pay more for TV?
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September 7th, 2012
DISH’s main goal is happy customers, and we’ve found one of the best ways to do this is start things off right. DISH offers free professional installation, as well as additional services, followed by our techs cleaning everything up and walking you through the use of your new equipment. You can do a few things in preparation for your technician’s visit that can help things to go smoothly and ensure you get everything you want, just what DISH wants!
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September 3rd, 2012
There are plenty of reasons to switch from DirecTV to DISH. The best technology, like the whole-home HD DVR the Hopper and its Primetime Anytime and AutoHop features. The best value, like that fact that DISH offers 5 packages with everyday prices under $60. DIRECTV? Only One. Also, the average DIRECTV customer spends 20% more than the average DISH customer.
It’s a clear choice. DISH offers the best technology, the best value and great customer service. Why would you ever pay more for less service?
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August 29th, 2012
here’s more to DISH than meets the eye. Connect your HD DVR receiver to broadband Internet, and gain instant access to thousands of free movies, TV shows and premium titles online. A world of free entertainment is just a click away. Once your HD DVR Receiver is connected to broadband Internet, you can enjoy thousands of free titles on your TV, On Demand, and on the go.
When you connect your HD DVR to broadband Internet, many of your current networks give you added special content you can’t get anywhere else, such as extra footage of some of your favorite shows.
If premium channels are part of your package, just wait until you connect to broadband internet! You’ll have complete access to a long list of additional offerings from HBO®, Cinemax®, SHOWTIME®, STARZ®.
Once you’re connected to broadband internet, you’ll have no trouble finding what you want on DISH Cinema. It’s the most convenient way to rent Hollywood hits without the hassles, lines or late fees.
When connected, you can access customer support to pay your bill 24/7. You can also make changes to your subscription on DISH 101 Interactive Channel.
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August 8th, 2012
DISH Network’s new AutoHop feature is exciting and making a lot of waves lately. What is it all about?
With PrimeTime Anytime you can set your Hopper to automatically record up to 6 HD local channels during primetime hours every night. Combined with AutoHop you can then select to automatically skip all of the commercials during playback of certain HD primetime shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. It’s one less step to watching your favorite shows whenever you want without any interruptions!
During DISH’s Summer Sales event you can get a free Hopper whole-home DVR receiver with DISH’s most affordable package, America’s Top 120!
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July 11th, 2012
DirecTV customers may be noticing that some of their favorite channels – including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon – went missing around midnight on Tuesday. DirecTV and media conglomerate, which owns eight of the top 30 cable networks, as well as the rights to popular shows like The Daily Show and Spongebob Squarepants, have been unable to reach a deal that would allow DirecTV to continue carrying their programming.
DirecTV has said Viacom is asking for exorbitant prices, but as Viacom points out, they’re just asking for what’s fair. DirecTV’s 20 million subscribers make up 20% of Viacom’s national pay-TV audience, but what DirecTV pays to carry those channels only makes up 5% of Viacom’s subscriber revenue.
DirecTV and Viacom have both taken to social media and even traditional advertising mediums to air their grievances, including websites and Twitter hash tag campaigns. On it’s website DirecTV directed its customers to go to online sites to view the content that had removed from their lineup, but Viacom quickly closed that avenue and removed free online content from several sites, including Jersey Shore and The Colbert Report.
DirecTV has said Viacom is asking for nearly a billion dollars for the new contract, but Viacom pointed out that it breaks down to only 60¢ a day per subscriber. Seeing as how DirecTV customers pay an average of $20 more a month for comparable programming than DISH customers, why does DirecTV have such a problem with pennies a day? Because, like Viacom and industry analysts have pointed out, DirecTV wouldn’t be able to easily pass those cost increases onto the customer.
“It’s hard for [DirecTV] to raise their prices much more than 3% to 4%, because the economy’s bad and people’s salaries are going up 1%,” says Rich Tullo, a senior analyst at Albert Fried. “It’s just not going to fly. Really, that’s the issue at play.”
DirecTV claims to not want raise rates on their customers, but in the seven years since they last negotiated with Viacom, DirecTV has raised rates 52%. In 2012 DirecTV is projected to make $5 billion in profit, but they’re not willing to let go of any of those profits to ensure their customers receive the channels they pay for every month.
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