Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a

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Category B

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owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). CBN primarily focuses on

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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

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and

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n communities.

History

In November 2000, ATN, through one of its subsidiaries, was granted approval by the

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(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 was launched on April 19, 2005 as ATN Caribbean on

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, 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. On September 25, 2012, CBN's broadcasting licence to operate as a pay service was revoked at ATN's request. The channel subsequently re-launched as a regular specialty service on June 17, 2012, under the following license
ATN Cricket Channel One

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