The Cartt.ca Interview: New Canadian DTH company will distribute local stations, in HD and for free

DAVE LEWIS HAS BEEN at this satellite thing for a long time. Thirty-one years, to be exact.He’s worked for Telesat, Alphastar, Cancom/Star Choice, Lincsat and Ciel – just about every satellite company in the country. And he says there’s no way existing Canadian BDUs can offer up all channels in high definition without multi-billion-dollar upgrades which would include a massive consumer set top box swap-out program.He believes the best way to deliver local-into-local TV signals – and his new company would deliver every OTA broadcaster in Canada – in high definition (including 1080p), is to start over with a brand...