I was wondering where OP was going... I'm not sure which Channels Dish has 'dumped' that are still available at all, especially in this category of mystical channels that show movies without commercials, editing or changing the aspect ratio.
The OP was JimMcC. I don't know what this 8bitbytes guy thinks he can prove. The 15 (?) Voom channels
were truly awesome, but they ran out of money, then a satellite that Dish tried to launch failed, which meant no increase in bandwidth. The choice came down between NBC/Universal
or Voom on the existing hardware. Charlie followed the money (pandering to the "Where's USA/SciFi HD?" crowd)...thus slitting the throat of a content provider that was already knocking on death's door.
FWIW, I almost regret changing from Absolute to Classic Gold + Platinum HD, but I really do watch the channels that aren't in the HDA package, so I pay for them like everybody else does. I'd rather have Turbo Silver + Platinum HD, except that I'd lose access to all of my five of my Fox channels, and that's just not an option.