DirecTV second quarter numbers rise thanks to HDTV, DVRs
By Richard Lawler 
posted Aug 7th 2008 4:17PM
posted Aug 7th 2008 4:17PM
Compared to competitor DISH Network, DirecTV is having The Best Week Ever. Second quarter results posted today were up to analysts estimates, adding 129,000 to its 17.2 million subscribers in the U.S. and lowering its churn rate to 1.49 percent. Average revenue per user (i.e. how much cash they get from you every month) rose 7% thanks to people signing up for high definition and DVR service, while revenue in Latin America jumped 49%. Add to that news that DISH Network wants to give things another go, and we imagine they're feeling pretty good about themselves in El Segundo, you'd think they could find the time to return our wallet one of these days.
directv is the leader in high def channels and it also has features not advertised to the general public. being a tech for dtv i have found out and posted my features of dtv on my blog. check it out. www.directv360.blogspot.com
Your blog blows, and I guarantee I know about more DirecTV "features not advertised to the general public" than you ever will. And I don't even work for them.
"I gots to get it, I got-gots to get it."
I just switched back to D* from cable and I have to admit that I've become completely spoiled. Now it's not that HD looks so good. It's that SD looks so bad since I've got so many HD channels with D* compared to cable.
I used to look at HD channels in awe since they were so far in between. Now that I've got so many the SD channels are so few that when I do watch one (mostly TCM) I get frustrated at the quality.
I'm really happy to be back to D*.
I agree with Jeremy W. Stop advertising your blog, it sucks. DTV is digital television, not DirecTV. DirecTV is abbreviated D*, kthxbai