I just read the following
post made by the site administrator at DBStalk.com. I can't really speak for its veracity since I only just found that site, so take it for what it's worth.
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Yes that is what she is still saying, however I suspect that BOTH companies have a deal in place with ESPN-HD.
I was told a few weeks ago by one of my good contacts (just days after the Dish Network Team Summit) that a deal with ESPN has been reached with Dish.
Charlie himself kind of hinted on the last Charlie Chat that he might have to eat the costs on some of the new channels before he sees HD becoming profitable.
I know the "SuperDish" put some fuel in the pants of the folks at DirecTV and I now know for a fact they are working on their own HD package. Note however that they only have room for up to 3 HD channels.
I have been hearing (and again Charlie has thrown some public hints in recent Charlie Chats) that Dish is in negoitiations with a few channels to come to Dish Network, those channels include BravoHD & CinemaxHD.
I have also heard some rumblings of something called "M-HD" from Viacom which appears to be a HD version of MTV. A few of my contacts seem to think that Viacom / CBS may soon be investing in Dish Network, I don't know how true this is but the pieces of the puzzle seem to fit. Only time will tell for sure.
Back to ESPN, my friends at ESPN have told me that even they understand their channel is not worth it at the moment due to the lack of HD content, they also told me not to expect ESPN-HD on satellite untill fall when the good HD programming ramps up.
Hey it sounds good to me.
Again while a few sources are saying the same basic things consider nothing official until you see a press release.
I think it is safe to say this fall will be great for HDTV!
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