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High Fidelity HDTV Brings 20 IMAX® Originals™ Titles
To Its Suite Of HD Channels
Oasis HD, Equator HD, Treasure HD and Rush HD
(Toronto – November 12 2008) The entertainment technology company that puts audiences in the movies - IMAX - is bringing its inspiring original films to your TV screen, courtesy of cutting-edge independent programmer High Fidelity HDTV.
High Fidelity HDTV, which first brought the giant-screen experience to your living room in HD, has landed the exclusive HD rights to 20 original IMAX films, which will begin airing in December. These include The Secret Of Life On Earth on Oasis HD, a brilliantly-executed blend of micro, macro and time-lapse photography that opens up the ecosystem like never before; the blazing Fires Of Kuwait on Equator HD, an inferno-eye-view of the 600 sabotaged Kuwaiti oil wells that needed to be capped after the first Gulf War; Rush HD’s Hail Columbia, a crystal-clear memoire of the first space shuttle; and on Treasure HD, IMAX’s grand interpretation of The Nutcracker.
Other acclaimed, eye-popping IMAX Originals titles scheduled on High Fidelity HDTV’s suite of channels include T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, Space Station, Into the Deep, Destiny in Space, China: The Panda Adventure, Blue Planet, Ozarks: Legacy and Legend, Heartland, L5: First City in Space, The Last Buffalo, Skyward, The Dream is Alive, Mission to Mir, Galapagos, Survival Island and Mountain Gorilla.
“Audiences have lined up to see these original IMAX films in IMAX’s immersive theatres at science centres, museums, planetariums and multiplexes,” said High Fidelity HDTV Partner John Panikkar, “and now we are proud to be able to play our part in bringing IMAX original content into Canada’s living rooms in the finest quality true HD.”
About High Fidelity HDTV:
High Fidelity HDTV is Canada's leading all-HD broadcast and production company. It broadcasts four channels, Oasis HD, Equator HD, Treasure HD and Rush HD. High Fidelity HDTV has formed HD programming and production alliances with several leading HD broadcasters worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.hifihdtv.ca/ .
About IMAX Corporation:
IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in digital and film-based motion picture technologies. The worldwide IMAX network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event Hollywood films around the globe, with IMAX theatres delivering the world’s best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX® 3D, and IMAX DMR® technology. IMAX DMR is the Company’s groundbreaking digital re-mastering technology that allows it to digitally transform virtually any conventional motion picture into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX ExperienceÒ. IMAX’s renowned projectors display crystal-clear images on the world’s biggest screens, and the IMAX brand is recognized throughout the world for extraordinary and immersive entertainment experiences for consumers. As of September 30, 2008, there were 320 IMAX theatres operating in 42 countries.
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