Asian Television Network
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| Type | Public (TSX Venture: SAT) |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Newmarket, Ontario |
| Key people | Shan Chandrasekar, Chairman & CEO |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Broadcasting |
| Website | www.asiantelevision.com |
Asian Television Network International Limited (often just referred to as Asian Television Network or ATN) is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster providing premium programming in several South Asian languages, as well as English, to communities across Canada. ATN has programming alliances with leading broadcasters such as Zee TV, STAR Plus, B4U, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Alpha ETC Punjabi, ARY Digital, and Jaya TV. It has been broadcasting since 1997 and is a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "SAT". The company is headquartered in Newmarket, Ontario, and is headed by longtime Indo-Canadian broadcasting stalwart Shan Chandrasekar.
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[edit] Channels
ATN currently operates 13 television channels and has licenses for several others. In addition, ATN is a major distributor of cricket programming in Canada, as it possesses the Canadian broadcasting rights for many of the top cricket events in the world.
[edit] On The Air
- ATN Aastha TV (Hindi/Gujarati)
- ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi (Punjabi)
- ATN ARY Digital (Urdu)
- ATN B4U Movies (Hindi)
- ATN B4U Music (Hindi)
- ATN Bangla (Bengali)
- ATN Channel (Hindi, other South Asian languages)
- ATN Cricket Plus (Sports channel- English)
- ATN Gujarati (Gujarati)
- ATN Jaya TV (Tamil)
- ATN MH 1 (Punjabi)
- ATN NDTV 24x7 (English)
- ATN Zee Cinema (Hindi)
- Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (English)
[edit] Foreign Services
In addition to the 13 channels that it has launched itself, Asian Television Network also distributes various foreign services. ATN is the official Canadian distributor for the following channels:
- Sony Entertainment Television Asia (India)
- SET Max[1] (India)
- STAR News (India)
- STAR Gold (India)
- STAR One (India)
- STAR Vijay (India- Tamil)
[edit] Radio
On October 27, 2007, ATN launched a 24hr South Asian radio station on the XM Satellite Radio platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi as well as other regional languages.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Asian Television Network International Limited (2007-07-30). "ATN to Launch SET MAX across Canada". Press release. http://asiantelevision.com/pr/SET%20MAX%20Channel%20Approval%20Press%20Release%20July%2030%202007%20oc.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
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