[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]September 28, 2006[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q&A With Greg Moyer, GM of Voom HD Networks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Since EchoStar acquired a 20 percent ownership stake in Voom last year, the former Cablevision satellite service has lived as an HD content provider for EchoStar's Dish Network.
Voom's 15 niche channels—with names such as Kung Fu HD, Film Fest HD and Monsters HD—feature licensed movies, series and specials from various libraries. The service launched in 2003 as a stand-alone HD satellite service provider and struggled to gain subscribers. The nonexclusive EchoStar agreement moved Voom subscribers under the Dish umbrella and switched Voom's business model to that of a content provider.
This year the service has started to roll out original programming on channels such as the new Gameplay HD, which seeks to cover the video game market now that most console games are released in hi-def versions.
The challenge for Voom is to increase its distribution at a time when most bandwidth-strapped operators are straining to give homes to the HD offspring of established channels such as A&E and Food Network.
Greg Moyer, general manager of Voom HD Networks, spoke with TelevisionWeek about the carriage struggle and whether to expand the suite, and also weighed in on DirecTV's "HD Lite" controversy. [/FONT]
For the Questions and Answers go to TV Week.com
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q&A With Greg Moyer, GM of Voom HD Networks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Since EchoStar acquired a 20 percent ownership stake in Voom last year, the former Cablevision satellite service has lived as an HD content provider for EchoStar's Dish Network.
Voom's 15 niche channels—with names such as Kung Fu HD, Film Fest HD and Monsters HD—feature licensed movies, series and specials from various libraries. The service launched in 2003 as a stand-alone HD satellite service provider and struggled to gain subscribers. The nonexclusive EchoStar agreement moved Voom subscribers under the Dish umbrella and switched Voom's business model to that of a content provider.
This year the service has started to roll out original programming on channels such as the new Gameplay HD, which seeks to cover the video game market now that most console games are released in hi-def versions.
The challenge for Voom is to increase its distribution at a time when most bandwidth-strapped operators are straining to give homes to the HD offspring of established channels such as A&E and Food Network.
Greg Moyer, general manager of Voom HD Networks, spoke with TelevisionWeek about the carriage struggle and whether to expand the suite, and also weighed in on DirecTV's "HD Lite" controversy. [/FONT]
For the Questions and Answers go to TV Week.com
