Was it ever winning the DTH battle? John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:34 AM To: OpenDTV Mail List Subject: [opendtv] News: Voom losing DTH battle Advanced Television.com is reporting: Voom losing DTH battle Voom, the US HD satellite TV service from Cablevision launched last year, lost more customers than it signed up in August and September. The disclosure came in an amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is considering whether to approve the spin off of Voom and three cable channels owned by Cablevision. Voom, which competes with satellite TV giants DirecTV and EchoStar Communications, had 26,000 customers September 30, compared with 28,700 on August 31 and 25,000 on June 30, according to the SEC filing. "Through the end of September 2004, we had attracted fewer subscribers than we anticipated and have lost more subscribers than we expected," the SEC filing states. The service, which has struggled to overcome equipment, installation and operating glitches, continues to test and alter pricing, promotion and marketing approaches and probably will continue to do so into 2005, according to the filing. Cablevision, the biggest cable TV operator in the New York City metro area, had hoped to complete the spin-off by September but now is aiming for the current quarter and has revised its filing four times. The filing says Voom is considering scaling back its national effort to target "specific markets in the country which we believe are most promising" - referring to those with digital broadcast signals from local stations that Voom equipment can pick up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.