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Satellite Tidbits
January 25, 2008
On October 24th we reported here in “The Satellite Dish” about a new service which gives home viewers a third choice for home satellite services. The service allowed customers to use a small KU band satellite dish with a DSR-410 receiver to subscribe to programming such as Game Show Network, TV Land, The Golf Channel and premium channels such as HBO and Showtime.
It appears that this new service will be a short lived one as it was announced late last week that Comcast is pulling the plug on its Hits2Home KU service.
Skyvision the company that was promoting and selling this KU service has removed any mention of this service from their website.
There has been talk online that subscribers might be able to continue to receive services however they would need a larger C Band satellite dish. This means moving from a small 2 foot KU dish, to a C band dish which can be 6 feet in size or bigger.
It was a good idea, and from the reaction to the service it appeared to me that there was a market for subscription KU services.
Discount PPV From Dish Network
In an unusual move Dish Network is having a sale this weekend on some of it’s Pay Per View programming. Customers will be able to enjoy a free preview of the NBA League Pass package, plus discounted PPV programming such as the hit kids movie “Surfs Up” for only 99 cents, plus special event programming, some discounted down to $2.95.
Customers wishing to learn more about this weekend Dish Network PPV sale can find out more at dishnetwork.com.
Posted by Scott Greczkowski on January 25, 2008 | Comments (2)
