Is Dish Network quietly adding INHD to their HD line-up? {Engadget HD}

Aug 12th 2006 12:27PM The most likely scenario is that INHD dropped it's "per digital subscriber" fee to just "per HD subscriber". This has always been the sticking point on getting INHD on the satellite services, INHD has always been available, but the satcos felt a per "digital sub" fee was exorbitant, their position was that since the channel is HD programming, and only HD subs would be able to see the programming, a "HD sub" fee would more accurately reflect viewership.

I'm sure that the "per digital sub" requirement by INHD was used as leverage to keep INHD off the satcos and give it a measure of exclusivity, but with INHD2 becoming a thing of the past maybe the cablecos felt it was time to get some more exposure.