Dish Network will expand its current DBS HD package by adding 10 newly available Voom HD channels. Cablevision pulled the plug on its Voom service last weekend, leaving approximately 44,000 subs HD-less for the service. That's not a huge number, all things considered, which was the main reason Voom finally went dar

While many of the news leaders in the top markets have transitioned to HD local news, most small to mid-market stations have not.

We previously reported that the directors of Cablevision, after a fiery boardroom showdown between the company's founder, Charles Dolan, and its CEO, his son James, voted to sell some of the assets of Cablevision's faltering DBS business Voom to EchoStar, including the satellite Rainbow 1 and the service's uplink

The high definition channel will cover game news and tournaments, and present game-related original series and specials

Rainbow DBS' VOOM HDTV service has STARZ! HD, the hi-def version of STARZ! Premium movie channel. VOOM is the first satellite operator to carry the new channel. STARZ! HD is transmitted in wide-screen 16x9 1080i with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. VOOM carries the East and West coast feeds of STARZ! HD, in addition to stand

Voom parent Rainbow DBS has tapped NDS to help in the development of an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) for HD programming. Additionally, Voom will transition its conditional access over to NDS VideoGuard protection in a few months. The collaboration will bring to the market an HDTV system that uses a Motorola set-t