What's important now is what happens to the programing. Echostar may now push to take over the Voom channels. This may happen now because now Ergen may be able to get them at a cheaper price since it has already been decided that Voom, as a satellite provider, will be no more.
If this happens, you gotta give Ergen credit, he played his hand extremely well and positioned himself to move way ahead of Direct TV.
I know this is heresy, but: I think that until mpeg4 is here, E* could provide these channels in SD. There is enough compelling content that people would watch, even in SD. IMPORTANT - In the meantime, they could offer one or two of the channels in HD for FREE (with the HD Pack), and promote the rest as an upcoming premium package.
If this happens, you gotta give Ergen credit, he played his hand extremely well and positioned himself to move way ahead of Direct TV.
I know this is heresy, but: I think that until mpeg4 is here, E* could provide these channels in SD. There is enough compelling content that people would watch, even in SD. IMPORTANT - In the meantime, they could offer one or two of the channels in HD for FREE (with the HD Pack), and promote the rest as an upcoming premium package.
