ORF Sells HD Docs to Canada

TORONTO/VIENNA, March 31:
Canadian high-definition broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV has acquired a package
of documentaries from Austrian pubcaster ORF that encompasses wildlife, history
and art.

Among the slate of
documentaries secured by High Fidelity HDTV is the award-winning Ants!—Nature’s
Secret Power. Other ORF
documentaries in the package include The Wild and the West; Living Art: Artists and their Gardens; Art City: New York; Vienna’s Forest: Jewels of Green; Praying Mantis: Alien Insect; The Tiger and the Monk; Carnuntum—Metropolis in the Land of the
Barbarians; and Genghis Khan—Rider
of the Apocalypse.

“Programming from ORF is
known worldwide for quality of storytelling and imagery, and we are pleased and
proud to be able to offer these smart, refreshing and beautiful programs to our
viewers in Canada,” said John Panikkar, the partner and co-founder of High
Fidelity HDTV.

—By Irene Lew