Voom HD Claims $1B in Damages from DISH Network Exit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 3, 2008 - 7:29am.

New York - Voom HD Networks, a suite of HD channels owned by Cablevision's (NYSE: CVC) Rainbow Media, has filed a complaint against satellite TV provider DISH Network (NASD: DISH) with the New York Supreme Court, claiming over $1 billion in damages in the wake of DISH's dropping Voom's channels from its service last month, Multichannel News reported.

The original complaint, which argues that DISH breached a 15-year carriage contract through false claims that Voom had violated the terms, was filed by Rainbow Media in January.

Under the terms of their deal, DISH was to pay Voom $3.25 per month for each HD subscriber; Voom claims that DISH's subscriber base was expected to surpass 11 million by the end of its contract.

For its part, DISH says Voom has not met its investment requirement for its service. Voom, whose only other distributor is parent company Cablevision, says it has already spent over $300 million on the offering.

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Published in DMW Daily, June 3, 2008

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I love voom HD and am upset!

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on June 15, 2008 - 10:17am.

I joined dish network because of Voom HD and now will likely cancel as their HD content is very low quality both in terms of programming content and clarity as much of it is up converted and not true HD as VOOM HD was!

I HAVE HAD VOOM SINCE THE

Submitted by ADRIANA (not verified) on October 22, 2008 - 12:02pm.

I HAVE HAD VOOM SINCE THE BEGINING WHEN THEY WHERE ON THERE OWN SATELLITE. WHEN THEY JOINED DISH NETWORK I FOLLOWED. MY WHOLE FAMILY ENJOYED VOOM THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE MY KIDS MY HUSBAND AND FOR ME. WHEN THEY DROPPED VOOM I WAS SO DISSAPOINTED BECAUSE THAT WAS MY REASON FOR JOINING DISH NETWORK. THEIR HD IS MUCH BETTER QUALITY THAN ANYTHING OUT THERE. THE FOLLOWING MONTH I DROPPED DISH AND EXPRESSED MY DISSAPOINTMENT TO THEM. I NOW HAVE ATT WHICH IS BETTER PROGRAMMING AND MORE CHANNELS THAN DISH NETWORK AND IS CHEAPER I GET 400 CHANNELS COMPARED TO 250 CAN RECORD 4 PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE WATCHING ONE, AND ITS 20 DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT I WAS PAYING ON DISH.DISH NETWORK HAD SOMETHING THAT THE OTHERS DID NOT. NOW THEY HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER THAT THE OTHER COMPANIES DONT HAVE. ITS TO BAD THAT I CANT GET VOOM AGAIN IN MY AREA. IF DISH WOULD GET VOOM BACK I WOUNLD GO BACK. ADRIANA

Voom HD was the Real deal!

Submitted by Mike&Janane (not verified) on November 29, 2008 - 5:44am.

We all liked Voom HD channels. Dish networks CEO will bring them down! Just like all the other CEO's out there doing stupid things like this.We the peple who pay should be the ones who decides what channels stay or goes!Now I can watch CNN in standard or HD. Who cares! I'm upset with Dish networks CEO.Its the channels they had that the other providers did'nt that matters most.I will look to other providers for what they offers.