So what's next for 21 Exclusives?

riffjim4069 said:
-I would like to see WORLD SPORTS add content like Rugby, Rules Football, Martial Arts, Thai Kickboxing and even Sumo to the lineup.
-Also, I would like to see MORE SPORTS: INHD and one RSN would be sweet!!
This man has hit the nail on the head!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the programming we need to succeed. ALong with a bikini destinations/ Hotlines type channel.
 
VOOM: What we REALLY want!!!

What we Voomers want is more sports - more violent sports - more brutal sports - more manly sports...all in glorious HD!!!

Face facts, the large percentage HD enthusiast are men...and we men love our sports!!! We men are intelligent, articulate, sometimes amiable, and highly refined in certain social settings. But deep-down inside, through thousands of years of evolution, we secretly desire to conquer the world and take whatever we deem to be rightfully ours! Men need private time to unwind and to spend time doing manly things. Sports are an avenue to feed our spirits while helping to maintain a balance with our social roles & responsibilities.

So yes, we desire to witness a man being pummeled into submission and view the beating in breathtaking HD to the point we feel his pain, smell his sweat, and taste his blood as it oozes from his hideously disfigured face and appendages. And who says we men don't experience empathy? Afterwards, we will share a beer with our comrades in arms, and forge bonds based on our shared manly experiences, which are built on respect for our manly ways.

VOOM, you have plenty of cameras in the following cities...how hard can it be to sponsor an amateur City Wide Boxing Smoker in HD???

"VOOM is proud to present Hi-Definition Boxing only available on VOOM Exclusive Channels"

City Wide Boxing Smoker - New York
City Wide Boxing Smoker - Los Angeles
City Wide Boxing Smoker - Miami
City Wide Boxing Smoker - Dallas
City Wide Boxing Smoker - Chicago

Plus, why doesn't VOOM sponsor and/or acquire the rights to broadcast some of the Toughman Contests I used to see a few years back - eh? Hmmm, they could even sponsor a VOOM Guide Guy Toughman Contest!!! Heck, I would let the little freak keep his job and have newfound respect if he could take both Shari and Jess. BTW, my money is on Jess!

What about programming that features the best fight scenes of all-time in HD: Best Hockey Fights and Brawls, Best Bench Clearing Basebrawls (give new meaning to the phrase, Batter Up), Best of the National Footbrawl League, Basketbrawl 101: Hosted by Kermit Washington and Rudy Tomjanovich, Lights Out – Boxing Biggest Kos: Hosted by Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns and Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran.

Now, before anyone berates and belittles me, I just want to let you know that I watch at least two movies on the Lifetime Channel each week with my wife. I also sit patiently and watch several hours All My Children on the Lifetime Channel on Sunday afternoon. And it is I who scrubbed toilets, mopped the floors, vacuumed the carpets, changed the diapers, and cooked meals this weekend. Having diverse tastes and interested, we men also enjoy the full array of VOOM Exclusives and Marquee HD channels. Discovery-HD and Equator-HD are two of my favorites…plus, although we don’t like to admit it, we may occasionally sneak a peek at Ultra HD, Auction HD and Gallery HD. So please shut your pie holes in advance. We men are terrific and we deserve our SPORTS!!!

So come on VOOM...make us better men by nurturing our manly spirits - MOOV us!!! (Pun intended) We men will appreciate it, our women will appreciate it, and society in general will be better served by providing us with fisticuff 'o plenty!!!

WorldSports (Rugby, Rules Football, Sumo, etc.)
Caveman-HD (Blood Sports, Bikini Clad Woman, more of both)
Rush
INHD

Thanks
 
riffjim: I can't say I share your enthusiasm for blood sports but I agree on the bikini thing. Let's face it: no matter how refined, educated, "liberated" we are, deep down inside we just like to see some skin, some T&A. Not all the time, but after a long day at work, sometimes there's just no substitute for seeing a good looking babe in or out of a bikini.

And no the Playboy channel ain't it. Some of us have significant others and being the sensitive caring type, we're mindful of their feelings :) And oddly enough, women WILL watch women in bikinis, often more readily than porn.
 
1080iBeVuMin said:
I agree with mike528:

CINEMA 10 concepts could be played with some more, but KEEP "WORLD CINEMA" just add more content.

I could go for a new "PLAYHOUSE HD" channel for staged drama and experimental theater.

EQUATOR is excellent.

I think we are on the same wavelength here, 1080i. Playhouse HD -- what a great idea!

I don't get Ultra either. But Walter suggested that they use it to do bikini fashion shows -- good idea! "Honey, why don't we stay in tonight and watch something about fashion on tv.... Oh, look, Ultra has something about the new swimwear for this year...."

Some Voom version of TechTV in HD sounds good too. It does seem like such a natural fit -- why should a channel devoted to high tech be broadcast in low-tech SD?
 
My suggestions:

1. Keep Gallery as it is. It is a great "stand-alone" channel.
2. Make Ultra a "Design Channel Concept" adding more food & architecture. Oh, yes; cover the swim suit designs too.
3. Keep Worldsport separate but add actual world sports: Rugby, Cricket, Aussie Football, etc.
4. Keep Rush as it is. It is fantastic. Needs more surfing though.
5. Definitely a comedy channel; could be combination of movies & stand-up.
6. Movie Channels to add:
*Theater/Musicals - combination Theater performances, Broadway & Hollywood musicals.
*Film Noir - there is a web site with over 100 of the best in film noir and they range from "Maltese Falcon" in 1943 to the present including films like " The Usual Suspects" and even "Bladerunner."
*Film Directors Channel: Featuring films of Felini, Bergman, Welles, Hitchcock,Huston,Kurasawa, etc.
*Children's Classic Stories (Robin Hood, Black Beauty, etc. They need more than a cartoon channel.
*Yes, SCI-FI channel.

Finally, create a "CAVEMAN" CHANNEL for riffjim4069.

Hope someone at VOOM is listening.
Thanks, Sean .
 
Personally I really enjoy "Point of origin" Rugby. I think it would translate better for americans. Regular rugby is great but americans don't get scrums, mauls, and rucks. At least not yet. A good dose of "Point of Origin" might change all that. Anyway, we need more "Worldsports".

-Chris
 
mike528 said:
I think we are on the same wavelength here, 1080i. Playhouse HD -- what a great idea!

We could build on this one. How about "WORLD PLAYHOUSE HD" with staged drama from all nations and cultures? What a great way to show how dramatic themes from different cultures dovetail or contrast. (Optional English subtitles, of course.)

I also really like the TECH HD idea. Definitely room for this concept, and VOOM could be the first in HD.

And how about a SCIENCE HD channel?? With SCIENCE HD and EQUATOR HD, VOOM would have two more channels to multiply the content available on DHD.

We need BIKINI ULTRA HD too! Especially after watching some DIVINE HD. :D
 
FunkyBoss said:
I was totally thinking the same thing. But lets get some models that have chests first and not just these skinny little runway models!
HDNET! Bikini Destinations! HDNET has "Guy's Night In" on Monday night and they show BD at 7 & 10 PST. WOOHOO!!!!! :D Gives me a chance to watch it in HD then record it in SD to my DVD burner. ;)
 

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