NEWS : (Well Kinda) -> VOOM is no more.

[Sabro]

Didn't have it but feel sorry for those of you that did.

http://www.voom.com/

Sabro

[BJ_M]

the writing was on the wall for a long time

[lordsmurf]

Guess this failed then?

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2852

Dolan pledges to keep Voom operating
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005, 12:46 PM ET (1746 GMT)
Cablevision chairman Charles Dolan is planning to invest up to $400 million of his own money to keep the satellite TV venture Voom operating, while also fighting an effort by his own company to see Voom's only satellite. Dolan, in a filing with the FCC this week, asked the agency to block the sale of Voom's Rainbow 1 satellite to EchoStar; Cablevision announced the sale of the satellite and other assets to the competing satellite TV operator for $200 million earlier this year. Dolan also reportedly plans to invest up to $400 million of his own money to keep the venture operating, provided his Voom LLC venture can reach an agreement with Cablevision. Dolan has been fighting with his son, James, Cablevision's CEO, as well as some members of the company's board over the future of the HD satellite TV venture. Cablevision executives had wanted to shut down the money-losing venture, and announced plans to do so by the end of this month before Charles Dolan convinced the board to give him time to arrange to keep Voom operating.[/b]

[BJ_M]

it didnt work out it appears ...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=8128209

[spiderman2k1]

My dad's boss was so happy when he bought his HDTV the got voom LOL.

[AlecWest]

My dad's boss was so happy when he bought his HDTV the got voom LOL.

It's sad ... but that's the way things are. Unless I'm mistaken, they only had one standalone competitor (nothing but HD programming). But even their offerings are sketchy. Here's their schedule for the coming week:

http://hd.net/schedulepdfs/2005-04-18_2005-04-24.pdf

Sooner or later, one or more of the "big kids" on the entertainment block (the alphabet channels, movie channels, etc.) will have to offer their regular programming side-by-side (HD on one channel, SD on another) and keep it up for a few months (just my opinion) before the majority of consumers are convinced that HD will be in their future. And, prices for HD hardware will have to come down as well. Right now, HD offerings seem rather stagnant ... almost as if one side is waiting for the other to make the "first move" (stations or hardware manufacturers) to make HD more attractive.