[2014-06-07] CD: Will Bitcoin Mean New Subscribers for DISH?

[bryant.coleman]

Yep. I all ready contacted Directv about it. I haven't gotten a response to my e-mail yet so I might call this week. 

May be we could start an email campaign urging the DirecTV to accept Bitcoin. If we could get a few thousand people, then the DirecTV folks might seriously consider accepting Bitcoin as a mode of payment.

[okthen]

Yep. I all ready contacted Directv about it. I haven't gotten a response to my e-mail yet so I might call this week. 

May be we could start an email campaign urging the DirecTV to accept Bitcoin. If we could get a few thousand people, then the DirecTV folks might seriously consider accepting Bitcoin as a mode of payment.

I guess that this is an approach we could use to many companies.
So yeah, would be a good effort.

[Ron~Popeil]

Yep. I all ready contacted Directv about it. I haven't gotten a response to my e-mail yet so I might call this week. 

May be we could start an email campaign urging the DirecTV to accept Bitcoin. If we could get a few thousand people, then the DirecTV folks might seriously consider accepting Bitcoin as a mode of payment.

I guess that this is an approach we could use to many companies.
So yeah, would be a good effort.

We need an outreach section at this site to organize this kind of thing.

[kjlimo]

Even better maybe it pushes other providers into accepting bit coin.

Yes... it will be better if DirecTV seriously considers about accepting part of the payments in Bitcoin. BTW... I have already heard rumors about AT&T accepting Bitcoin payments. 

Yeah, I heard that AT&T was buying DISH.  Wasn't sure if this would squash the bitcoin thing, or expand it to AT&T.

When does the merger go through?  Wasn't this just announced a little while ago?

NVM, it was DirectTV...

[bryant.coleman]

NVM, it was DirectTV...

Yeah.. there is a deal between AT&T and DirecTV. It will help them to gain more market share at the expense of DISH. I am a little bit worried about the impact it will have on DISH.

[nwfella]

Personally I would be surprised if their subscription #'s didn't go up by at least 10-12% within the first year or so of supporting BTC.  /* Wild guess on my part */

[bryant.coleman]

Personally I would be surprised if their subscription #'s didn't go up by at least 10-12% within the first year or so of supporting BTC.  /* Wild guess on my part */

Their subscription figures are stagnant right now, as it has been for the last 2-3 years. And I fear it will go down considerably, once the real impact of the AT&T-DirecTV deal is known to everyone.