Maybe Dish does this so that they can throw down the authorizations to the boxes easier. Another thing is that they can put that crap in the info screen. Instead of pressing info to find out what the movie is about you have to go down to where the movie channel is normally at to get the info. HOW ANNOYING!!! Only Dish Network could pull a stunt like this I'm guessing. Does Showtime like it that the potential customers are being annoyed like that?
Jesus, what a bunch of whiners! If getting Showtime for free for a couple days is just too much for your, switch to Dish Family then you won't have to worry about it any more!!!!!!!!!!!!