ATN Jaya TV (still unofficially known as ATN Tamil) is a

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exempt Category B

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

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owned by

Asian Television Network Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in ...

(ATN). It broadcasts programming from

Jaya TV Jaya TV HD is a Tamil language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV HD is also broadcast to the expatriate Tamil community via various media partnerships. Hemant Sahai of HSA had Jaya TV HD as his first client. Jaya TV ...

, a popular television channel from

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, and Canadian content. Programming includes dramas, sitcoms, talk shows, movies and more. ATN Jaya TV was previously known on air as ''ATN Tamil Channel'' before a deal with Jaya TV was made and the name change occurred.

History

On November 24, 2000, ATN was granted approval from the

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(CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Tamil Channel'', described as ''"The licensee shall provide a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service targeting the Tamil-speaking community."'' On August 30, 2013, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Jaya TV from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.ATN Tamil Channel – Revocation of licence
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References

External links

* Digital cable television networks in Canada Tamil-language television in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub