Filmy is a

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Category B

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specialty channel owned by SoundView Entertainment Inc. Filmy broadcasts

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films, music programs, and other Bollywood film based programming.

History

In October 2007, SoundView Entertainment Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Sahara Filmy'', described as ''"a national, third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty service devoted to the Hindi-speaking community. The programming schedule shall only consist of feature films, made-for-TV movies, actor interviews, documentaries and similar movie-related programming."''Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-383
CRTC 2007-10-18 The channel launched as Filmy on April 29, 2009 initially on Rogers Cable.

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Digital cable television networks in Canada Movie channels in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2009 Hindi-language television stations Sahara India Pariwar Hindi-language television in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub

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