ATN B4U Music is a

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Category B

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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). ATN B4U Music broadcasts music-related programming primarily in the form of a variety of

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-based programs and interview series. Programs are primarily sourced from

B4U Music B4U Music is an India & Worldwide free to air music television channel owned by the B4U Network Limited. The channel broadcasts a mixture of contemporary Bollywood, Indipop, Bhangra and international music. Programs include celebrity intervie ...

, an Indian-based television channel, in addition to locally produced Canadian content.

History

In April 2005, ATN was granted approval from the

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(CRTC) to launch a television channel called ATN - Music Network One (Hindi Music) ''-'' AMN1, described as ''"''a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted to music programming, interviews with the artists, scenes from the production of their music videos and songs, all in the Hindi language''."'' B4umusic

The channel launched on April 4, 2006 as ATN B4U Music initially on Rogers Cable. On September 25, 2012, B4U Music's broadcasting license to operate as a pay service was revoked at ATN's request.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- Music Network One (Hindi Music) - AMN1.

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Specialty television channels in Canada Music video networks in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2006 Hindi-language television in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub