Re: anyone work for RCN ?

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From: Kristian M Zoerhoff
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16

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On 2012-05-09, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Eric <ericw2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>This is a little different. AMC is suing Dish for a whole lot of money for 
>>something called VOOM. You'll have to google for the details. Dish has 
>>appealed the suit to various levels and it's not looking good for them, and 
>>the suit is going to proceed. This is their way of saying drop the 
>>suit/settle or we're taking our marbles and going home. They're trying to 
>>convey that this is another price increase they're stamping out, but that's 
>>not really true. 
>
> Wow. Voom HD had a 15 year deal with EchoStar, the Dish Network predecessor.
> Dish carried it only between 2005 and 2008. EchoStar/Dish paid $3.25 per
> month per HD subscriber receiving Voom.
>
> Cablevision was the only other distributor of Voom.
>
> I don't see how Dish can drag this out in court for so long, but I'm
> not a lawyer. Seems like a blatant breach of contract.

Dish is countering that Voom breached first by not providing promised 
content. My guess is they dragged out discovery by years.

-- 

Kristian M Zoerhoff

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