Thanks for contacting us. It is up to Dish Network to decide to create additional channel space for our HD telecasts. You may want to contact them directly to express your concerns.
I got a similar reply when I contacted Fox Sports Bay Area a few months back. They basically told me that it was up to Dish Network to add it to their lineup.
Hopefully Dish Network comes to their senses and adds the channel. Sure it's a 24/7 HD channel but the Chicagoland market is HUGE. Many people are holding off from switching to Dish JUST because CSN HD isn't available.
I believe that you have to live inside D*'s Chicago or Indy spotbeams to get CSN Chicago HD.
BigTimMN nailed it on the head ala
"waiting for the whole HD channel war to get sorted out a bit more".
Also, some people are waiting to see what happens to MLB games in HD on D* next year, as this year it's pretty minimal.
It appears that both services will have a lot of HD channels early next year, but the multiple HBO-HD channels and HD baseball on CONUS would be a big factor here.
Yep, on a spot beam at the moment but D*'s rumored to be moving all the HD RSN's to CONUS once D10 goes active so all the sports subscriptions will be able to show the available games in HD.