C-band Continues Downward Trend
Maybe EchoStar front man Charlie Ergen was right last week when he doubted if C-band would still be around come time when his company has to give fourth quarter results next year. At the rate of which the big dish service continues to lose supporters, it’s just a matter of time before there’s no one left.
The latest numbers coming from Access Control Center (ACC), the Motorola group responsible for tracking C-band subscriber traffic, don’t look good for the service’s future. And compared to the fourth quarter that both DISH Network and DIRECTV had in terms of signing up new viewers - it will be a miracle if the service still exists this time next year.
According to ACC, C-band managed to sign up 8 new accounts during the month of February. Numbers on the year are down 24,137, leaving just 66,728 nationwide that still utilize the big dish.
