Great post!
I love the calm analytical tone you use here to look at the situation from multiple perspectives. I too think it is a possibility that the PH has been forced to compromise, in order to test the show out for the new channel, and it didn't pan out. We cannot continue to blame them, or anyone for all the rumours and strife. We have no idea, as viewers of the show and a few orchestrated off-screen moments, the problems the CVs, the channel and the PH face in trying to adapt a show that was based on city life, to the context that StarDesh is aiming for and the logistics involved therein.
I think you have a point when you say we should reconcile ourselves to the possibility of the show ending. Then if it all turns out to be a rumour, the extension of the show will, of course, make us doubly happy but if it does turn out to be true then we can thoroughly enjoy what remaining story we have and bid the show adieu, knowing that we savoured each moment we had it!