I am with you, I have had this channel since the beginning of Voom, I will be upset if I lose this channel and will have to switch sides because E* doesnt have NFL package.
VOOM Goes BOOM - update Dish Drops all 15 VOOM Channels
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I am with you, I have had this channel since the beginning of Voom, I will be upset if I lose this channel and will have to switch sides because E* doesnt have NFL package.
I like the $30 DishHD package and the 722 ViP receiver... getting all my HD locals OTA and a great DVR to record many of the channels I have available.. no paying $80 for Time Warner or about the same with D*... If it is true that they are adding more in the coming weeks, I will continue to be happy... and if they keep Rave and Equator I would be more happy.
370 votes - only 114 are didn't like/not into Voom. The rest are favorable toward Voom.
I counted the happy/no biggie's together. The "they kept my channel" could go either way if the rest are dropped.
Here is a good read and it explains things better and has some direct quotes from todays Earnings call from Charlie Ergan
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6560688.html?desc=topstory
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6560688.html?desc=topstory
Methinks the rest of VOOM is doomed tonight... go reload the dish HD ultimate or HD only package page on the official website. The last 5 voom are gone (as well as a new logo for Discovery HD and the absence of the Big Ten Net on the HD Only listing)
That is only because you made the questions in a way to favor your opinion, very easy to do with any poll.
The question is how many will switch service due to lack of VOOM? Only a little over 3% last I checked even when the poll is designed to be in favor of VOOM, what does that tell you?. And when another poll asked a fair question the majority favored adding mainstream HDs over VOOM.
Of course people should be disappointed about VOOM leaving, that proves nothing. It is always good to have more choices whenever possible, but most people understand life is a trade off. If what it takes for DISH to turn things around is to remove VOOM, at least at this time when there is no more room to spare for new HDs, then most people will not make a huge deal out of it. Why because most of us are grown ups, not that self-centered.
BTW your post above sounded like junior if you ask me.
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This is going to backfire on Dish. 1. Don't understand why it was a capacity issue for the current additions made yesterday as at least for a few hours everything was carried. 2. Its never good to jump the gun like that in the midst of a court decision that basically gives evidence to the plaintiff in this case. Dish basically started off the field and went into the dugout assuming the umpire was going to call Strike 3 when he actually was going to call a ball. My guess and prediction is that the judge while not issuing a TRO will issue the permanent injunction.
Dish is going to fill up those channels right away. They will then not be able to put VOOM back on. Even if they lost the court case, they will just have to pay some damages, they will not put the channels back up. VOOM as a 15 channel service is over. Dish has pretty much said come up with 5 good channels or we will dump them too. They could have taken down all 15 yesterday if they really were planning on doing so. More likely this is just a signal to VOOM 5 or nothing.
The remaining VOOM channels have been removed from the Dish Network website
DISH Network -- Dish HD
Also removed is any mention of VOOM.
Looks like we may lose the other 5 channels tonight.
DISH Network -- Dish HD
Also removed is any mention of VOOM.
Looks like we may lose the other 5 channels tonight.
1. The issue is not what they did yesterday but what they plan to do soon, they need room to add more new HDs to fill the 100 HDs goal, the only way to do so is to remove VOOM.
2. The way I read the lawsuit update, there is little chance VOOM can win, DISH has a solid case of VOOM not fulfilling the contract, DISH is allowed to terminate the contract when that happened. The judge pretty much agreed.
Yes indeed looks like the rest of VOOM is GONE as of tonight.
Dish has updated it's message on the Retailer Website.
Dish has updated it's message on the Retailer Website.
I will wait to see, I am hoping that they will bring back some of the channels and this is a plot by Dish to get what they want from VOOM. This is sad and I am ready to jump to the other side as much as I have defended Dish, its just very dissapointing.
From the sound of the revised Retailer release, seems to me that they missed a few last night.
<clueless voice> OH, you mean Monsters, Rush and Rave are also Voom.... d'oh!
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It will be interesting to see if E* continues to try to charge $20 for the top tier HD package after removing all 15 VOOM channels.
I have always liked having the VOOM channels, but if I had very limited bandwidth and had to compete against D* and cable, there is no way I'd allocate 15 channels to VOOM. I'd only do that if I had surplus bandwidth & transponders.
I have always liked having the VOOM channels, but if I had very limited bandwidth and had to compete against D* and cable, there is no way I'd allocate 15 channels to VOOM. I'd only do that if I had surplus bandwidth & transponders.
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