But the question remains: is there a pressing need for those two slots? What do you think they would put there otherwise, aside from HDPPV?
That speaks to whether Dish would like to activate SciFi/USA-HD quickly or is just parking them there "in case".
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There's always a pressing need for bandwidth on 110, one of the prime slots of DishNetwork. Like others have pointed out, they could put other revenue generating services there such as PPV instead of just idle bandwidth.