What did I mis-read ? The person I responded to suggested that VOOM can't survive without Dish's carriage. VOOM admits that that is the case. They're saying as long as they remain under contract with Dish and the current agreement, they will survive. They have NO incentive to shop their channels elsewhere.hall, you misread the statement...
Who's wrong here ? If you'd read the document, you'd see that VOOM is. The agreement was that VOOM would spend $100 million on programming (?) and in return, Dish would pay them the agreed amounts. Dish audited VOOM and found they had NOT spent the agreed amount. VOOM didn't dispute it either !Are there any companies not currently sueing Echostar? I get the feeling that Ethics is not an annual training requirement at Dish Network. I would not do business with EchoStar without demanding cash up front and and having them waive all litigation rights.
Who's wrong here ? If you'd read the document, you'd see that VOOM is. The agreement was that VOOM would spend $100 million on programming (?) and in return, Dish would pay them the agreed amounts. Dish audited VOOM and found they had NOT spent the agreed amount. VOOM didn't dispute it either !
So it's okay for VOOM to break the terms of the deal ? Dish is the bad buy, of course....
hall, you misread the statement...If Dish Network drops VOOM, then VOOM will no longer be a self-sustaining business.
Here's the problem I have. There's this contract. One party has notified the other they are cancelling the contract. Without a contract, how are they actually carrying the channels in question now?
The answer is that Dish Network knows they have VOOM over a barrel. And Dish Network is basically trying to dictate the terms of what a new contract would look like.
So is Dish Network trying to put VOOM out of business, or trying to renegotiate programming differently than the 15 HD channels they still broadcast?
Who's wrong here ? If you'd read the document, you'd see that VOOM is. The agreement was that VOOM would spend $100 million on programming (?) and in return, Dish would pay them the agreed amounts. Dish audited VOOM and found they had NOT spent the agreed amount. VOOM didn't dispute it either !
So it's okay for VOOM to break the terms of the deal ? Dish is the bad buy, of course....
Should the courts trust Dish's audit? There's a reason everyone and their grandmother sues Dishnet![]()
Common sense says that VOOM would have disputed the findings of the audit.... Don't you think ?Should the courts trust Dish's audit?
Common sense says that VOOM would have disputed the findings of the audit.... Don't you think ?
Call me elitist if you want. Mass entertainment doesn't appeal to me. VOOM has an entertainment value for me that can't be found anywhere else. You could give me ten SciFi-HD and twenty Spike-HD channels, and that wouldn't make up for the loss of Gallery, Monsters, FilmFest, World Cinema, Treasure and Rush.I applaud E* for taking this action. Desperate times with the AMC 14 failure. Get rid of programming that a select few care about and appeal to the masses. Find an out if you can.
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Voom files bankruptcy. DirecTV buys it at a fraction of the price and then combines the channels into 4, turns it into a movie package at $3.99 a month and sells it back to cable and dishnetwork as a new movie service.
+1 !!! I enjoy MonstersHD, but I also watch Equator, FilmFest, Rush, and yes, even Ultra. The PQ is good (not excellent) most of the time, the audio is excellent especially on Rave, and most importantly to me, it's all COMMERCIAL FREE !!!No, we don't all agree.
Who owns the satellite and transponders that voom is on?
When Voom DBS service went belly up did E* buy the satellite or did they just sign an agreement for the channels and programming?
What I'm getting at is if E* doesn't own the satellite and transponders they wouldnt be able to use them for different programming.