ATN Bangla is a

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Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken o ...

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channel owned by

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(ATN). ATN Bangla broadcasts a variety of programming in the Bengali language including news, films, television dramas and talk shows. It airs programming from foreign sources in India and Bangladesh as well as locally produced 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 - Bangla Channel One'', described as ''"a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted to programming of interest to persons who speak Bengali."''

The channel launched on October 19, 2005 as ATN Bangla. On September 13, 2012, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Bangla from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.ATN Bangla – Revocation of licence
/ref> In September 2014, ATN lost the rights to programming from ATN Bangla in Bangladesh. The channel was subsequently re-branded with a generic logo but retains the same name and now airs foreign programming from India as well as Bangladesh.

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* Asian-Canadian culture in Ontario Digital cable television networks in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2005 Bangladeshi-Canadian culture Bengali-Canadian culture Bengali-language television channels South Asian Canadian culture South Asian television in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub