Service Providers Dangle HDTV Carrots

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Following up on Mari’s HDTV holiday buying research, I’ve noticed an interesting strategy that television service providers are employing this fall to lure folks away from the CableCo: Verizon FiOS TV is offering new subscribers a free Sharp 19″ LCD HDTV and Dish Network is offering new or existing customers $800 off a variety of Sharp LCDs. These deals seem pretty compelling – especially for the mainstream who probably don’t have a strong DVR software preferences.

7 thoughts on “Service Providers Dangle HDTV Carrots”

  1. FYI I’m an employee of Silng Media, recently acquired by Echostar – the guys behind Dish.

    FYI 2 Due to my location, I’m stuck with Comcast. Though the billing is random and my channel lineup periodically changes for no apparent reason, they did give me a deal on Showtime ($5/mo for 12 months) a couple weeks ago and I discovered they’ve boosted my broadband speeds… So I can’t complain as much as I used to. 9-12 months ago a free TV might have been enough to jump ship (if I lived in a FiOS TV area or location where I could get satellite).

  2. Tom, I’m not sure. But here in MD, I saw the commercial on TV. Don’t know if the commercial was through a local affiliate (which would cover you as well) or if it was through my Comcast branch.

  3. They had this long-standing question batted back and forth on BOL the last few weeks… Rafe Needleman would be pleased.

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