DTH Policy Hearing: FreeHD Canada delays launch by one year

By Perry Hoffman

GATINEAU - Citing a significant lack of satellite capacity resulting from a few failures in the past two years, FreeHD Canada Inc. will have to delay service launch by one year. The news came to light at the CRTC’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV policy hearings. “After extensive discussions with the world’s leading satellite operators, insufficient satellite capacity is available for FreeHD Canada to launch in time for the August 31, 2011 digital transition,” said David Lewis, founder and CEO of FreeHD. “Accordingly, FreeHD Canada must delay its planned summer 2011 service launch to an anticipated launch date in the first...