That new bird is only going to be providing additional backhaul and some local HD spot beams. Local HD spot beams are the priority for them right now. DTV has said no new national HD nets until DTV 10 and 11 go up, and thats not until July at the earliest if they do in fact launch on time.
Well just today, D* announced no more HD locals until after the new birds are going up. They are going to concentrate on HD Nationals. Check the CES forum over at Satelliteguys.US -- lovswr = good hivswr = bad
