You pay Dish for their lineup, not for all channels to be carried in HD. QVC pays Dish to be carried, and probably pays more to have their HD feed up. Which is awesome, cause that subsidizes you. 9/10 times will be a money related issue. And you say "if there wasn't a huge demand, why did they add the channel?" Well, you can ask yourself why more providers didn't pick up the channel, and why no providers picked it up when it launched. It's a niche channel. The mysteries have been solved.
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