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    What about us Charter Members!

    forget a lawsuit You have no case. When companies go out of business, it's just tough luck. It may not be best for the consumer, but we live in a market economy and the market dictated that voom, as a satellite provider, just didn't cut it. Cablevision lost hundreds of millions of dollars...
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    It's Official - VOOM ON DISH NETWORK!

    I told You so! The folks at Dish are smart. They just became the NUMBER ONE provider of HD content. That's pretty impressive, you DISH haters have to admit. I'm sorry you Voomers are left holding your boxes, but I'm glad that this has worked for you guys and gals that stuck with Voom to...
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    BTW, people going to E*

    Also, the 811 also allows you to recieve your analog OTA feeds as well. This comes in handy if you don't want the second dish and you can get good reception. There is a PBS station in my area that does not yet broadcast digitally, and would be on the second satellite (which I didn't want). Since...
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    Is it possible that all of t his publicity will boost sales?

    Yes, bad publicity is still publicity. But, if your a consumer and your thinking of getting Voom, I can't see how the publicity of the past month would influence a consumer in a positive way toward Voom as a product.
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    Cablevision Enters into Interim Agreement Regarding VOOM

    Voom doesn't have a satellite! It has been sold to E*! It isn't in E*'s interest to lease the satellite to the new Voom. They need it. It would cost too much money to go out to 46,000 subs to reposition their dish to something else. That's not even counting the fact that Voom (as a...
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    Cablevision Enters into Interim Agreement Regarding VOOM

    No news here Your fate lies in the hands of E*. Voom still doesn't have a satellite to broadcast from after the sale of the satellite and uplink facility are complete. That sale will proceed. Cablevision is not about to get into costly litigation with E*. E* bought that satellite for its...
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    Letter from Inverstors to Chuck: (Voom/Echostar merge?)

    How Echostar will aquire Voom. I said this on the evening that the website site went dark. You guys need to give Chuck more credit. He got a satellite for a steal, and is positioning himself to get 21 more channels. He has no interest in "buying" Voom in whole. Chuck only cares about...
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    Some good/bad News (Depending how you want to take it)

    Hold Your Horses Voom is still broadcasting right? Well, until it isn't, anything can happen. What i've said in the past is that Voom may be ending as it is now, but may continue in some other fashion. What is key here is what happens at the production house where much of the Voom...
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    Feb 14 '05: Phillip Swann "Voom Is Still Doomed"... Schmuck!!!

    Bradley, Mod Edit And no, I'm not going to "restrict" myself to the Dish Forum. I AM interested in Voom and what happens to it. But most of the posters here are unrealistic about Vooms future, and try to discredit anyone who has an opinion that doesn't fit their own. The reality is...
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    Feb 14 '05: Phillip Swann "Voom Is Still Doomed"... Schmuck!!!

    Voom doesn't match up as a single provider Most folks don't have the money for multiple providers. That's why Voom loses every time. It's easier to go with cable, e*, or d*. You at least get some HD, maybe not all the hd that's available, but most of what's good (local networksin hd, espnhd)...
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    Feb 14 '05: Phillip Swann "Voom Is Still Doomed"... Schmuck!!!

    Yeah, but at least now I get my RSN. With Voom, you don't. If it boils down to being able to get it in SD, or not get it at all. I'm goiing to go with SD every time. So, be happy. Enjoy Voom while you can. But, sooner or later, you will not be getting Voom from that dish on your roof...
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    Feb 14 '05: Phillip Swann "Voom Is Still Doomed"... Schmuck!!!

    you guys are delusional You say swanns opinion don't mean squat. but neither does yours! Voom ain't gonna make because NO ONE HAS IT! THEY CAN"T MAKE ANY MONEY. That's why people go into business. not to provide a bunch of die-hards with all the "Equator HD" they can handle. I had Voom. I...
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    From Utopia Theatre: Who's Voomin Whom

    Utopia Theater: Who's VOOMing Whom? Michael Fremer, February, 2005 The king of HD satellite service sells some of its assets to competitor Echo Star. A press release arrived in my email inbox just the other day announcing that Cablevision was throwing in the towel and selling off...
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    Newsday Story 1/25/05

    hbk409, I think your plan will work in 3 years. But, its too soon for a heavily dependent HD service. I think that they could have started a satellite service, with all the HD that they had, added more of the same SD offerings than the other 2 competitors had. That way, they could have sold...
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    Newsday Story 1/25/05

    Remember, What you want, and what's best Cablevision are two different things. James did the right thing. Charles is the one who was looking out for what he wanted, but not neccessarily what's best for the company.
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    The End of VOOM?

    Concerning "non-voomers" posting I don't have Voom, but I did for 6 months. i liked it, but when the NBA season started, and they didn't have my RSN, I bolted. I wanted Voom to succeed. I hoped that eventually they got their house in order. But, alas, it wasn't to be. Voom was important...
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    The End of VOOM?

    Bob, There are no anti-trust grounds here. Consumers still have a choice of providers. Besides, this is not a merger. E* merely puchased an asset from another company that was willing to sell them.
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    MarcelV, Do you think Cablevision is going to send out all those lovely installers to switch the LNBF? No. It's over. You guys are grasping at straws. Your best hope is the the Voom Exclusives get turned into an INHD, HDNet type of deal. But it will not be on Voom as you know it...
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    End OF The VOOM Forum?

    The Voom Forum will become "The AWESOME DISH HD FORUM!" not.
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    Can Dish use both satellites at the same time (the 2 61.5 locations that they now have)? What I mean is, can my box be recieving signals from both of those satellites at the same time? If they can - a prediction: They use the new satellite to expand their signal capacity, then switch...
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    Yo! Wake Up! Voom Is Dead! So what! You got an email. I beleive people got an memo stating that Voom was alive and kicking and that the Dolans might buy it. BY THE END OF THE DAY, VOOM WAS GONE! Voom, as a satelite service is dead. The channels may end up somewhere else, but they will not be...
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    "Rainbow DBS’ VOOM programming service will continue to provide service to its current customers during a transition period." So, Voom won't be going dark for a while. Congrats, you've been given a repreive. After "transition period", it's lights out.
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    "monetization" means turning those assets into cash, i.e. selling them. Also note that "the companies" refers to CVC, not both companies. I do not believe that CVC wants to sell their RDBS broadcast assets. They have many stations, not just Vooms channels. What happens to Vooms channels is...
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    The End of VOOM?

    David D. Chillllllllllll. It's just television. Now you'll get a chance to catch up on all that reading that you've been telling yourself you need to do.
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    The End of VOOM?

    Well, what can you say. Voom is dead. It was great while it lasted. I have been a E* subscriber for a month now and am pleased that I can watch my Wizards on my RSN. But Voom was special. I missed it. Especially whe you first get it. I think that I am like most people in the sense that I can...