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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rainbow Media |
| History | |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Closed | 2009 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.voom.com/ |
Voom HD was a television channel providinghigh-definition programming from various genres. The network was available in 35 countries in Europe and Asia.
Programming was taken from the various stations owned byVoom HD Networks in the United States and includesFull Frontal Fashion,Earth Diaries andGamespotting.
A deal between Rainbow Networks and the Stockholm-based companyNonStop Television was made in 2006 that allowed NonStop to distribute the channel inScandinavia,Finland,Iceland and theBaltic states.[1] The channel was launched in Sweden by satellite distributorCanal Digital on November 1.[2] This was soon followed by launched in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Latvia on various providers.[3] The channel was managed by Scandinavian television broadcasterNonStop Television, part ofTurner Broadcasting.
In much of the rest ofEurope,Africa, theMiddle East and parts ofAsia the channel was represented byZonemedia.[4] In April 2007, they launched the channel in the Arab World via theOrbit platform.[5]
Voom HD closed down in Europe on August 31, 2009.[6] In many countries it was replaced byRush HD. This was the case on the Canal Digital platform,[7]UPC Austria[8] and in the Czech Republic.[9]
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