There’s nothing like seeing your satellite bill before Christmas to be informed that your rates are going to go up for the next year. Dish Network and Direct Tv subscribers are looking at a $2-$5 increase in their packages. Direct Tv’s increase will be 4.4%—up from last years’s 3.2%. Its base “Entertainment” package will cost $58 per month next year, up $3 from last year’s price, and the top-of-the-line “Premier” package will cost $130, up $5 from a year ago.
As for Dish Network, The No. 2 satellite TV provider said it would hike fees by 5.5% next year following its steep 16.3% price hike at the beginning of 2013. Dish’s $20 Welcome plan and it’s $60 America;s Choice 120+ will cost the same in 2014 as it did in 2013. They’s not increasing their fees on all of it’s plans like Direct Tv. But,all of its other plans are getting $5 price hikes, except for the $30 “Smart Pack,” which is going up to $33 next year.
Dish Network’s increases will go into effect on January 17th. While Direct TV’s price increase will be sometime in February.
(source-CNN money)
