Its a matter of bandwidth too. I know they got rid of the golf channel a la carte awhile back and that freed up some bandwidth. Thats why they offered it in tc plus. It takes alot more bandwidth to launch one channel than to group them together. We all know dtv's hurting for bandwidth after there recent anouncment of no ppv's on sundays for nfl. Thats probably why theres a cost for the superfan. They have to replace that money somehow. Im sure ppv is a huge money maker for dtv. Especialy on the weekends. A huge sacrafice for its hd custs and some hd cust still arnt happy. Im honored that they did it. oh well i know where i stand.