We forget that the primary reason for the Superstations was because satellite didn't/couldn't provide any local into local. This was the only way for most of us to watch then WB and UPN TV shows that were pretty popular like "Buffy" and Star Trek franchises, and some major league sports teams were aired on those channels as just a few examples. Once satellite was able to provide LiL's for nearly the entire county, there value really decreased and those Supers lost their rights to air those local major league teams, and those of us who kept them or even ordered back then used them to take pressure off our DVR's if we were in western parts of the country because we could record the entire CW or UPN block hours earlier allowing us to use our timers for the big 4 local nets. Then in the era of HD, the Supers seemed to lose further value. I used the Supers A LOT in the SD days, and would today if they were in HD, but they have almost no value to me in SD.
I have to say, just when I think I'm gonna save some money and cancel my Supers (I get all the supers today), mom is tuned to one of them watching some of her favorite shows. So, I keep them. Again, I would watch them A LOT more if they were in HD. Hearing this news, I will keep all my Supers, but it really is for whom the bell tolls. Dish is getting some money from them now (subs paying for the Supers, that is), but we should all expect the next bit of news coming in the future: Dish may just stop providing them at all. Dish, provide the Supers in HD; we'll pay to get them?