Comments on: Dish’s Ergen: Streaming on Netflix “devalues” Mad Men

By: Ocean MacAdams

Ocean MacAdams — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:36:14 +0000

I’m not sure. If you’re a Dish subscriber, you are probably a) in a contract and/or b) happy with satellite service. You’ve probably resisted the urge to get cable many, many times or left cable for satellite. So now you lose AMC. So you say to yourself – I can go through all the hassle of changing to DirecTV OR I can wait and get Mad Men and Walking Dead on netflix/amazon/DVD in a few months. None of us are fortune tellers, but I’d place my money on Dish.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:19:43 +0000

With the additional revenue AMC is getting from Netflix’s international expansion, perhaps it makes economic sense for AMC to let Dish go. If that means Dish customers switch to a different provider to get AMC, or more of them supplement their Dish subscription with one from Netflix, ultimately AMC loses very little compared to what Dish stands to lose.

By: Ocean MacAdams

Ocean MacAdams — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:26:51 +0000

I would hope that paid content would not fall victim to the same backwards thinking that afflicts most writers when they write about carriage fees. The only thing that matters to DISH is not losing subs. It doesn’t matter if CNN costs more than AMC, the question is will people drop Dish if they lose AMC vs. CNN. And study after study shows that ESPN and news networks are must-haves for people, even if they watch other channels more. That’s why CNN will not end up with lower carriage fees even with their faltering ratings.