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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
Canada
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and the
United States
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. Headquartered in
Markham, Ontario
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, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by
Indo-Canadian
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broadcaster Shan Chandrasekar.
Awards and recognition
* 2011
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* 2009 Newmarket Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year
* 2008 Jaya Chandrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame
* 2004 Shan Chandrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame
Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2004
Television
ATN currently owns and operates 46 Canadian television channels and has licences 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.
* ATN Aastha TV (Hindi/Gujarati)
* ATN ABP Sanjha (Punjabi)
* ATN Aapka Colors (Hindi)
* ATN ARY Digital (Urdu)
* ATN B4U Movies
ATN B4U Movies is a Canadian Category B specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network International. It broadcasts programming from B4U Movies and Canadian content. Programming consists of Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known ...
(Hindi)
* ATN B4U Music
ATN B4U Music is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN B4U Music broadcasts music-related programming primarily in the form of a variety of music video-based programs and interview ser ...
(Hindi)
* ATN B4U Plus (Hindi)
* ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla ( bn, এটিএন বাংলা), 'ATN' being the acronym of the unused Asian Television Network, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Multimedia Production Company. It is based in the ...
(Bengali)
* ATN Brit Asia TV (Hindi/Punjabi)
* ATN Channel
ATN Channel is a Canadian Category A specialty channel, owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It is the flagship channel of the Asian Television Network and features programming from &TV as well as Canadian content in several South Asian lan ...
(Hindi, other South Asian languages)
* ATN Colors Bangla (Bengali)
* ATN Colors Marathi (Marathi)
* ATN Colors Rishtey (Hindi)
* ATN Cricket Plus
ATN Cricket Plus is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN Cricket Plus broadcasts programming related to the sport of cricket including live and tape-delayed matches and news and hig ...
(Sports channel- English)
* ATN DD Bharati (Culture- Hindi)
* ATN DD India (Hindi)
* ATN DD News (Hindi)
* ATN DD Sports
ATN DD Sports is a Canadian Category B English language digital cable specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It airs live and tape-delayed Cricket matches as well as other Asian sports such as Kabaddi, Kho-kho, Field hockey, Ar ...
(English)
* ATN DD Urdu (Urdu)
* ATN Food Food
ATN Food Food is a Canadian exempt Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Food Food as well as Canadian content.
ATN Food Food is a lifestyle channel with a focus on I ...
(Lifestyle channel- Hindi)
* ATN Gujarati
ATN Gujarati is a Canadian exempt Category B Gujarati language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).
ATN Gujarati broadcasts programming focused on family entertainment and culture. Programming includes talk shows, current a ...
(Gujarati)
* ATN IBC Tamil
* ATN Jaya TV
ATN Jaya TV (still unofficially known as ATN Tamil) is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Jaya TV, a popular television channel from India, and Cana ...
(Tamil)
* ATN Life (Hindi)
* ATN Max 2 (Hindi)
* ATN Movies
ATN Movies is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).
ATN Movies is a Bollywood film channel with a focus on family-oriented films. It airs blockbusters, modern classics and contemporary ci ...
(Hindi)
* ATN MTV India (Hindi)
* ATN News (English)
* ATN News18 India (English)
* ATN PM One
ATN PM One is a Canadian exempt Category B Punjabi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts Punjabi music and entertainment programming for the entire family.
ATN PM One originally launched as ''ATN MH 1'' ...
(Punjabi)
* ATN Punjabi
ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi (or simply ATN Punjabi) is a Canadian Punjabi-language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from India and Canadian content in the form of movies, news, dramas, comedies, and talk s ...
(Punjabi)
* ATN Punjabi 5
ATN Punjabi 5 is a Canadian pay television channel 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 cultu ...
(Punjabi)
* ATN Punjabi News (Punjabi)
* ATN Punjabi Plus
ATN Punjabi Plus is a Canadian pay television channel 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 cul ...
(Punjabi)
* ATN SAB TV
ATN SAB TV is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from SAB TV as well as Canadian content.
ATN SAB TV is a family entertainment channel with a focus on comedy- ...
(Hindi)
* ATN Sikh Channel (Punjabi)
* ATN Sony Aath
ATN Sony Aath is a Canadian exempt Category B Bengali language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Sony Aath
Sony AATH is an Indian Bengali-language general entertainment pay television ...
(Bengali)
* ATN Sony Max (Hindi)
* ATN Sony Mix (Hindi)
* ATN Sony TV
ATN Sony TV is a Canadian exempt Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from SET Asia as well as Canadian content.
ATN Sony TV is a general interest family entertainment chan ...
(Hindi)
* ATN SVBC (Telugu)
* ATN Tamil Plus (Tamil)
* ATN Times Now (English)
* ATN Urdu
ATN Urdu is a Canadian pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It is a Urdu-language general entertainment network, airing programming that appeals to the entire family including comedies, serials, talk shows, music, relig ...
(Urdu)
* ATN Zoom
ATN Zoom is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Zoom as well as Canadian content.
ATN Zoom is an Indian entertainment channel whose sole focus is Bollywoo ...
(Hindi)
* Commonwealth Broadcasting Network
Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).
CBN primarily focuses on cricket programming such as live and tape-delayed matches featuring Commonwealth ...
(English)
Foreign Services
In addition to the 46 O&O channels that it has launched itself, Asian Television Network also distributes a number of foreign services in Canada. ATN is the official Canadian distributor for the following channels:
* ABP News
ABP News is an Indian Hindi-language free-to-air television news channel owned by ABP Group. The news channel was launched in 1998 originally as STAR News before being acquired by ABP Group. It won the Best Hindi News Channel award in the 21st ...
(India)
* ARY Musik
ARY Musik (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It features musi ...
(Pakistan)
* ARY News ARY may stand for:
* Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman
* Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre
* Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game
* ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network
* ARY Digital Ne ...
(Pakistan)
* ARY Qtv
ARY QTV, formerly known as Quran Television (QTV), is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni Islam belief, that produces programs mainly having focus on the Ahlesunnat wal Jamaat. QTV is part of the ARY Digital Network of Pakistan.
The c ...
(Pakistan)
* ARY Zauq ARY may stand for:
* Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman
* Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre
* Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game
* ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network
* ARY Digital N ...
(Pakistan)
* Channel i
Channel i ( bn, চ্যানেল আই) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the ...
(Bangladesh)
* NDTV Good Times
''Goodtimes'' is the flagship channel of Lifestyle & Media Broadcasting Ltd. It was launched in September 2007.
Rebranding
Goodtimes underwent a makeover in November 2013 to redefine the lifestyle entertainment category codes once again. Fro ...
(India)
Radio
On October 27, 2007, ATN launched a 24hr South Asian satellite radio station on the XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable television. Its s ...
platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi, among other regional languages.
See also
* List of broadcasting licences held by Asian Television Network
References
External links
Asian Television Network
ATN-Asian Radio
CRTC chart of ATN's assets
{{Asian Television Network
Asian-Canadian culture in Ontario
Companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
Television broadcasting companies of Canada
Companies based in Markham, Ontario