ATN Aastha is a Canadian
pay television
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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 cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in ...
(ATN).
ATN Aastha broadcasts religious and spiritual programming in
Hindi
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,
Gujarati
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* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
, and
English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
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, focusing mainly on the teachings and principles of
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
. Programming includes discourses, devotional music,
meditation
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and
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consci ...
techniques, coverage of religious festivals, and ancient Indian scientific practices such as
ayurveda
Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population rep ...
. Programming is primarily sourced from
Aastha International, an Indian-based television channel, in addition to Canadian content.
History
In April 2005, ATN was granted approval from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''ATN - South Asian Devotional Music & Discourse Channel'', described as ''"a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted to religious programming presented in South Asian languages."''
The channel launched on October 19, 2005 as ATN Aastha.
On September 13, 2012, the
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Aastha from a licensed
Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.
AASTHA – Revocation of licence
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References
External links
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Religious television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Mass media of Indian diaspora
Hindi-language television in Canada
South Asian television in Canada
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