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Robert Heitner
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How sad that Martha Stewart is in prison and her company stands behind her
100% yet Cablevision doesn't support it's founder or his vision of the
future and seemingly has no problem ripping apart the family.
Robert
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From: jeffrey gold [mailto:jgold49@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:30 AM
To: VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Cablevision's fuzzy picture
You are right the deal is this chuch fired 3 board
members last night and then is putting his son-in-law
on the board to give him the votes to get voom
private. So I think as of this moment that voom will
be around at the end of this next week with some
financing put to gether by charley.
I dont know if it will last or bloom but I do believe
it will hurt cablevison to have the founder manipulate
the board to get what he wants
--- thegrod <bruceg@htva.net> wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> Why are you so anxious to have the"deal done"? You
> are always the first to
> hop on the VOOM DOOM bandwagon.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jeffrey gold" <jgold49@yahoo.com>
> To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Cablevision's fuzzy picture
>
>
> >
> > I called the guy from Newsday yesterday about it
> and
> > it reminded of the family that owned the
> Louisville
> > Courier and how they closed the paper cause the
> family
> > couldn t get along. I could be the really content
> of
> > cablevision and the dolan family but I think if
> you
> > look at the voom.com and voomllc they are in
> agreement
> > this morning and the deal is totally done
> > --- berockin1 <berockin1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This brings me back to the days of night time
> soaps.
> >> Dynasty, Dallas
> >> kind of stuff... LOL
> >>
> >> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "David Landsman"
> >> <davidlandsman@c...>
> >> wrote:
> >> > http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-
> >> bzvoom4162902mar03,0,7013367.story?coll=n
> >> > y-business-headlines
> >> >
> >> > Two Dolans launch Web site to keep Voom
> satellite
> >> alive after James
> >> Dolan
> >> > and board voted to close it
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > BY HARRY BERKOWITZ
> >> > STAFF WRITER
> >> >
> >> > March 3, 2005
> >> >
> >> > The Dolan family struggle over shutting down
> >> Cablevision's Voom
> >> satellite TV
> >> > service has become a war of the Web sites.
> >> >
> >> > Cablevision Systems Corp. chairman Charles
> Dolan
> >> and his son Tom,
> >> the Voom
> >> > chief executive, launched a new renegade Web
> site
> >> yesterday at
> >> voomllc.com
> >> > proclaiming "Voom Still Delivers" even though
> on
> >> Monday the
> >> Cablevision
> >> > board, backed by corporate chief executive
> James
> >> Dolan, decided to
> >> shut Voom
> >> > down rather than hand it over to Charles and
> Tom.
> >> >
> >> > The feud has split James Dolan from his two
> >> brothers, Tom and
> >> Patrick, and
> >> > father, Charles, who are also on the board and
> who
> >> want Voom kept
> >> alive. The
> >> > Dolans control Cablevision, the nation's
> >> sixth-largest cable TV
> >> service.
> >> >
> >> > Voom, which features high-definition channels,
> >> competes with
> >> DirecTV and
> >> > Dish Network but has attracted only 46,000
> >> subscribers and has
> >> posted huge
> >> > losses.
> >> >
> >> > The new Web site encouraged potential
> subscribers
> >> to contact the
> >> Voom call
> >> > center, where customer service representatives
> >> were still taking
> >> new orders,
> >> > including installation in up to three rooms for
> >> $1.
> >> >
> >> > The old Web site, voom.com, ran a very
> different
> >> message authorized
> >> by
> >> > Cablevision management for the second day:
> "Voom
> >> has ceased taking
> >> new
> >> > customer orders and will shut down by the end
> of
> >> March."
> >> >
> >> > Confusion reigned among employees of
> Jericho-based
> >> Voom, who were
> >> told that
> >> > Cablevision chief operating officer Tom
> Rutledge
> >> wanted the call
> >> center
> >> > closed. "Everyone looked really pale," a Voom
> >> insider said of the
> >> reaction
> >> > of employees. "It's pretty glum."
> >> >
> >> > Rutledge, who is based at Cablevision
> headquarters
> >> in Bethpage,
> >> sent a
> >> > notice to some Voom employees that they will be
> >> laid off
> >> permanently,
> >> > probably between Friday and March 31, as part
> of
> >> the shutdown of
> >> Voom. The
> >> > service employs several dozen workers.
> >> >
> >> > "I've been directed to close it down, which I'm
> in
> >> the process of
> >> doing,"
> >> > Rutledge, who was appointed by James Dolan to
> >> oversee the shutdown,
> >> said at
> >> > a Bear Stearns investor conference in Palm
> Beach,
> >> Fla.
> >> >
> >> > When asked about the conflicting signals, a
> Voom
> >> customer service
> >> > representative said, "The various announcements
> >> have yet to be
> >> resolved" and
> >> > encouraged a caller to sign up for the "Va Va
> >> Voom" programming
> >> package.
> >> >
> >> > "There are still some people that will stick
> with
> >> Mr. Dolan to the
> >> very end
> >> > because it's Mr. Dolan," a Voom insider said of
> >> the 78-year-old
> >> Cablevision
> >> > chairman and founder.
> >> >
> >> > Among those people are Tom, 52, and Patrick,
> 53,
> >> who along with
> >> Charles were
> >> > among the four board members who voted in
> December
> >> not to abandon
> >> Voom,
> >> > sources said yesterday. But they were outvoted
> by
> >> nine other board
> >> members,
> >> > including James, 49.
> >> >
> >> > Patrick, who is president of the company's News
> 12
> >> Networks, is
> >> firmly in
> >> > his "father's column," a source close to the
> board
> >> said.
> >> >
> >> > This is not the first time Patrick and James
> have
> >> been at odds. In
> >> 2001,
> >> > Patrick told News 12 employees not to wear
> >> American flag lapel pins
>
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100% yet Cablevision doesn't support it's founder or his vision of the
future and seemingly has no problem ripping apart the family.
Robert
_____
From: jeffrey gold [mailto:jgold49@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:30 AM
To: VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Cablevision's fuzzy picture
You are right the deal is this chuch fired 3 board
members last night and then is putting his son-in-law
on the board to give him the votes to get voom
private. So I think as of this moment that voom will
be around at the end of this next week with some
financing put to gether by charley.
I dont know if it will last or bloom but I do believe
it will hurt cablevison to have the founder manipulate
the board to get what he wants
--- thegrod <bruceg@htva.net> wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> Why are you so anxious to have the"deal done"? You
> are always the first to
> hop on the VOOM DOOM bandwagon.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jeffrey gold" <jgold49@yahoo.com>
> To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Cablevision's fuzzy picture
>
>
> >
> > I called the guy from Newsday yesterday about it
> and
> > it reminded of the family that owned the
> Louisville
> > Courier and how they closed the paper cause the
> family
> > couldn t get along. I could be the really content
> of
> > cablevision and the dolan family but I think if
> you
> > look at the voom.com and voomllc they are in
> agreement
> > this morning and the deal is totally done
> > --- berockin1 <berockin1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This brings me back to the days of night time
> soaps.
> >> Dynasty, Dallas
> >> kind of stuff... LOL
> >>
> >> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "David Landsman"
> >> <davidlandsman@c...>
> >> wrote:
> >> > http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-
> >> bzvoom4162902mar03,0,7013367.story?coll=n
> >> > y-business-headlines
> >> >
> >> > Two Dolans launch Web site to keep Voom
> satellite
> >> alive after James
> >> Dolan
> >> > and board voted to close it
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > BY HARRY BERKOWITZ
> >> > STAFF WRITER
> >> >
> >> > March 3, 2005
> >> >
> >> > The Dolan family struggle over shutting down
> >> Cablevision's Voom
> >> satellite TV
> >> > service has become a war of the Web sites.
> >> >
> >> > Cablevision Systems Corp. chairman Charles
> Dolan
> >> and his son Tom,
> >> the Voom
> >> > chief executive, launched a new renegade Web
> site
> >> yesterday at
> >> voomllc.com
> >> > proclaiming "Voom Still Delivers" even though
> on
> >> Monday the
> >> Cablevision
> >> > board, backed by corporate chief executive
> James
> >> Dolan, decided to
> >> shut Voom
> >> > down rather than hand it over to Charles and
> Tom.
> >> >
> >> > The feud has split James Dolan from his two
> >> brothers, Tom and
> >> Patrick, and
> >> > father, Charles, who are also on the board and
> who
> >> want Voom kept
> >> alive. The
> >> > Dolans control Cablevision, the nation's
> >> sixth-largest cable TV
> >> service.
> >> >
> >> > Voom, which features high-definition channels,
> >> competes with
> >> DirecTV and
> >> > Dish Network but has attracted only 46,000
> >> subscribers and has
> >> posted huge
> >> > losses.
> >> >
> >> > The new Web site encouraged potential
> subscribers
> >> to contact the
> >> Voom call
> >> > center, where customer service representatives
> >> were still taking
> >> new orders,
> >> > including installation in up to three rooms for
> >> $1.
> >> >
> >> > The old Web site, voom.com, ran a very
> different
> >> message authorized
> >> by
> >> > Cablevision management for the second day:
> "Voom
> >> has ceased taking
> >> new
> >> > customer orders and will shut down by the end
> of
> >> March."
> >> >
> >> > Confusion reigned among employees of
> Jericho-based
> >> Voom, who were
> >> told that
> >> > Cablevision chief operating officer Tom
> Rutledge
> >> wanted the call
> >> center
> >> > closed. "Everyone looked really pale," a Voom
> >> insider said of the
> >> reaction
> >> > of employees. "It's pretty glum."
> >> >
> >> > Rutledge, who is based at Cablevision
> headquarters
> >> in Bethpage,
> >> sent a
> >> > notice to some Voom employees that they will be
> >> laid off
> >> permanently,
> >> > probably between Friday and March 31, as part
> of
> >> the shutdown of
> >> Voom. The
> >> > service employs several dozen workers.
> >> >
> >> > "I've been directed to close it down, which I'm
> in
> >> the process of
> >> doing,"
> >> > Rutledge, who was appointed by James Dolan to
> >> oversee the shutdown,
> >> said at
> >> > a Bear Stearns investor conference in Palm
> Beach,
> >> Fla.
> >> >
> >> > When asked about the conflicting signals, a
> Voom
> >> customer service
> >> > representative said, "The various announcements
> >> have yet to be
> >> resolved" and
> >> > encouraged a caller to sign up for the "Va Va
> >> Voom" programming
> >> package.
> >> >
> >> > "There are still some people that will stick
> with
> >> Mr. Dolan to the
> >> very end
> >> > because it's Mr. Dolan," a Voom insider said of
> >> the 78-year-old
> >> Cablevision
> >> > chairman and founder.
> >> >
> >> > Among those people are Tom, 52, and Patrick,
> 53,
> >> who along with
> >> Charles were
> >> > among the four board members who voted in
> December
> >> not to abandon
> >> Voom,
> >> > sources said yesterday. But they were outvoted
> by
> >> nine other board
> >> members,
> >> > including James, 49.
> >> >
> >> > Patrick, who is president of the company's News
> 12
> >> Networks, is
> >> firmly in
> >> > his "father's column," a source close to the
> board
> >> said.
> >> >
> >> > This is not the first time Patrick and James
> have
> >> been at odds. In
> >> 2001,
> >> > Patrick told News 12 employees not to wear
> >> American flag lapel pins
>
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