Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a

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owned by

Asian Television Network Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company (listed SAT on the TSX Venture Exchange), with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a So ...

(ATN). CBN primarily focuses on

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programming such as live and tape-delayed matches featuring

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. 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 On September 25, 2012, CBN's broadcasting licence to operate as a pay service was revoked at ATN's request.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

References

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Weekly schedule
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