Rainbow Pitching VOOM Networks to Cable Ops

Multichannel News reported last week that Rainbow Media is trying to negotiate carriage agreements for its suite of VOOM HD channels with the cable companies that VOOM used to compete against. Rainbow is adamant that the VOOM networks be carried as a package deal and not piecemeal and is readying a Q1 '06 expansion from the current ten channels to 21. No word on when the first cable carriage deal might be inked, and so far the networks are only offered as a $5 a month tier to DISH Network HD customers.