Canada gets dose of local HD streaming with CTV HD Beta Player

Tired of getting snubbed, are ya Canada? Perk up, as your very own CTV has just launched an online portal to bring content to Canucks in glorious HD. With the launch of the CTV HD Beta Player, CTV becomes the very first Canadian network to deliver high-def content on the web, and speaking of that content, viewers can look forward to seeing Corner Gas, Flashpoint and Malawi's Sony (amongst other programs). Oh, and given that both Microsoft and Akamai are involved, we'd say CTV definitely has the appropriate amount of backing. The trial is set to run through the end of August, and after that, only a strange herd of caribou off in the wilds of British Columbia know.

[Thanks, Nick]