There is an ESPN that was uplinked to 72.7° last week. The answer to the question, "are thay the same?" is yes.
EXCEPT... at 110° ESPN is broadcast in MPEG 2 for now. It will change to MPEG 4 eventually.
at 72.7° ESPN is broadcast in MPEG 4. It is NOT AVAILABLE to subscribers until 8/20 or so
Everything at 72.7° is in MPEG 4.
See ya
Tony