High Fidelity HDTV

High Fidelity HDTV was a Canadian licensed television broadcaster specializing in HD content. The company was founded in 2003 by co-founders John Panikkar and Ken Murphy, both of whom have been involved in the Canadian broadcasting industry for many years. David Patterson, an experienced Canadian senior broadcast executive, joined the company in 2005 as a partner and part owner of the company, and Frank Bertolas, also an experienced Canadian senior broadcast executive, joined the company in 2010. High Fidelity HDTV was headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and it operated 4 HD channels. In 2006, the company was set to launch a 5th HD channel, Baby HD. In 2007, the company was poised to launch more HD channels: Aqua HD, Centre Stage HD, Clash HD, Crafts & Hobbies HD, Eureka! HD, GameWorld HD, Seniors Life HD, Women's Sports HD, Horror HD, & W HD. In 2008, the company proposed 2 more HD channels, Diversion HD & Canada HD, as well as a non-HD network, Diversion. However, the applications for the channels was denied by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In 2010, the company was set to launch yet another channel (non-HD), The Wedding Channel.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

High Fidelity HDTV signed exclusive content deals with IMAX (giving them access to their original films), Smithsonian Networks & Off the Fence, an independent production company that distributes non-fiction content worldwide.

El 21 de diciembre de 2011, High Fidelity HDTV anunció que había llegado a un acuerdo para ser adquirida por completo por Blue Ant Media , propietarios mayoritarios de Glassbox Television y minoritarios de Quarto Communications. Si bien inicialmente se adquirió el 29,9% de la empresa, el 70,1% restante se compraría tras su aprobación por la CRTC. ^{[ 8 ]} La adquisición se completó el 1 de agosto de 2012. ^{[ 9 ]} En 2013, la empresa ya no existía, los 4 canales ahora forman parte de Blue Ant Media y los demás canales propuestos nunca se lanzaron.

• Smithsonian Channel (anteriormente Equator HD Canada y eqhd) (concebido como Meridian HD ) (Personas y lugares)
• BBC First (anteriormente HIFI y Treasure HD Canada) (concebida como Artefact HD ) (Arte y cultura)
• Love Nature (anteriormente Oasis HD y Oasis) (Naturaleza)
• BBC Earth (anteriormente Rush HD Canada, luego radX) (concebida como A HD [por Adrenaline HD ]) (Acción y aventura)

• High Fidelity HDTV incorpora 20 títulos originales de IMAX a su paquete de canales HD.
• High Fidelity HDTV, la principal emisora ​​de televisión en alta definición de Canadá, firma un acuerdo exclusivo con Smithsonian Networks.