Oasis HD is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 Category B specialty channel

Specialty channel

A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....

. The channel is owned by High Fidelity HDTV

High Fidelity HDTV

High Fidelity HDTV is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster specializing in HD content. The company was founded in 2003 by co-founders John Panikkar and Ken Murphy, both of whom have been involved in the Canadian broadcasting industry for many years...

 and broadcasts completely in high definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

. The channel broadcasts nature-themed programming on a wide variety of topics from animals to landscapes to outer space.

History

In August 2005, John S. Panikkar (co-founder of High Fidelity HDTV), was granted a licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch OasisHD, a digital HD specialty channel devoted to "urban and wild landscapes by Canadian and international cinematographers."

The channel launched on March 12, 2006 as Oasis HD focusing on nature programming.

International expansion

On July 14, 2008 High Fidelity HDTV announced that it has reached an agreement with Cameron Thomson Group to distribute Oasis HD throughout the European marketplace. As of July 2011, the channel has yet to broadcast internationally.