Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ballantyne Strong Inc BTN.A
* Acquires common shares of Itasca Capital Ltd.
* Beneficially owns and exercises control over an aggregate
of 7 million shares, of 21.8 million issued and outstanding
common shares of Itasca
* Acquired indirect ownership of an aggregate of 465,500
common shares of Itasca Capital through open market purchases on
TSX-V market
* Co paid average of cad $0.675 per share for recently
acquired shares for total consideration of cad $314,129
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