Asian Television Network

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Asian Television Network International Limited
Type Public (TSX Venture: SAT)
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 operates 14 television channels and has licences for an additional 5 channels. 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 also owns the rights to distribute Indian-based Sony Entertainment Television Asia (Hindi) [1] in Canada.


[edit] Coming Soon

[edit] Radio

Main article: ATN-Asian 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

  1. ^ Asian Television Network
  2. ^ 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 on 2007-09-19. 
  3. ^ a b c Asian Television Network International Limited (2007-07-30). STARS SHINE ON ATN. Press release. http://www.asiantelevision.com/pr/StarShines%20in%20threes%20%20press%20release%20July%202007.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-09-19. 

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