Commonwealth Broadcasting Network

Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN)
CBN logo
Launched	April 19, 2005
Owned by	Asian Television Network
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Newmarket, Ontario
Formerly called	ATN Caribbean
Website	CBN
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 730
Cable
Rogers Cable	Channel 798
Shaw Cable	Channel 526
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV	Channel 796
MTS	Channel 516
Optik TV	Channel 526

Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a Canadian English language Category B pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).

CBN primarily focuses on cricket programming such as live and tape-delayed matches featuring Commonwealth nations. CBN also broadcasts a select number of lifestyle, entertainment, and informational series aimed primarily at the Caribbean and African communities.

History

In November 2000, ATN, through one of its subsidiaries, was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Caribbean & African Network, described as "a national ethnic Category 2 pay television service targeting Caribbean and African communities."

The channel launched on April 19, 2005 as ATN Caribbean initially on Rogers Cable, airing a variety of programming aimed at the Caribbean and African communities in Canada with such programming as sports, music, dramas, and more.

The channel later rebranded in the later 2000s as the Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) and began focusing more on cricket and other programming that would appeal to those outside the Caribbean and African communities, such as other Commonwealth nations.

External links

• CBN
• Weekly schedule