Blue Ant's purchase of Hi-Fi HDTV approved

OTTAWA – The CRTC has given the go-ahead to Blue Ant Media to proceed with its acquisition of independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV. High Fidelity owns the specialty services radX (formerly Rush HD), HIFI (formerly Treasure HD), Oasis HD, eqhd (formerly Equator HD) and three other Category 2 services not yet in operation, known as The Wedding Channel, WHD and WSD. Through its subsidiary GlassBox Television, Blue Ant already owns Bite Television and Aux TV, five other specialty Category B services, one specialty Category C service not yet in operation, plus Category A service travel + escape. In its decision, the...