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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.

Channels
Smithsonian Channel (formerly Equator HD Canada & eqhd) (conceived as Meridian HD) (People and places) • BBC First (formerly HIFI and Tresure HD Canada) (conceived as Artefact HD) (Arts & culture) • Love Nature (formerly Oasis HD & Oasis) (Nature) • BBC Earth (formerly Rush HD Canada, then radX) (conceived as A HD [for Adrenaline HD]) (Action & adventure) Channels proposed, but never launched • Aqua HD (water life & boating) • Baby HD (programming for infants and their development) • Centre Stage HD (music-themed with live performances) • Canada HD (general interest high definition; would've competed with HDNet in Canada) • Clash HD (history-themed channel) • Crafts & Hobbies HD • Diversion/HD (post-pay exhibition window, non-independent feature films that span all genres and related content such as interview, analysis and "behind the scenes" programs) • Eureka! HD (Science and technology-themed channel) • GameWorld HD • Horror HD (horror, thriller, & suspense programming) • Seniors Life HD (programming for the 60+ yrs. crowd) • The Wedding Channel (only non-HD channel) (weddings) • Women's Sports HD (women's sports) • W HD (lifestyle channel aimed at women 18–34) ==References==
Resources
• High Fidelity HDTV Brings 20 IMAX Originals Titles to its Suite of HD Channels • Canada’s Leading HD Broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV Signs Exclusive Deal with Smithsonian Networks
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