ATN Channel is a Canadian Category A

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, owned by

Asian Television Network Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in C ...

(ATN). It is the flagship channel of the Asian Television Network and features programming from &TV as well as

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in several

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n languages.

History

On September 4, 1996, South Asian Television Canada Limited was granted approval from the

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to launch an ethnic specialty television channel called ''SATV'', a regional service catering to the South Asian community in Ontario. On August 7, 1997, South Asian Television Canada Limited received approval to convert SATV into a national service, available across Canada. The channel officially launched in May 1998 as ''ATN'' via cable and satellite. ATN signed an agreement with

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, securing the exclusive rights to programming from

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, India's top rated channel at the time. This milestone agreement marked the first major content acquisition for ATN and resulted in Zee TV becoming the main source of programming for ATN channel which was subsequently renamed ''ATN Zee TV''. On September 7, 2006, ATN signed an agreement with

STAR Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedie ...

, India's top rated entertainment channel. Programming from STAR Plus was subsequently added to the lineup of ATN Zee TV in October 2006 and resulted in the channel being renamed ATN channel. On January 23, 2013, it was announced that ATN would no longer be airing any programming from Zee TV as of February 1, 2013, due to the expiration of its licensing agreement with Zee. It was also announced that ATN plans on launching an HD feed of ATN channel in March 2013. On January 29, 2013, it was announced that Zee TV Canada will be launched as a 24/7 channel in Canada, which will be available on Bell, Telus, Rogers. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/jan/jan253.php On October 6, 2017, ATN Star Plus lost the rights to programming from Star Plus. It subsequently began airing foreign programming from &TV.&TV replace Star Plus to be part of the ATN HD channel
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ATN HD

On June 1, 2013, ATN launched ATN HD, a

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simulcast of the

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feed. It is currently available on

Bell Fibe TV Bell Fibe TV is an IP-based television service offered by Bell Canada in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is bundled with a FTTN or FTTH Bell Internet service, and uses the Mediaroom platform. Bell Fibe TV officially launched on Septe ...

Optik TV Telus Optik TV is a product of Telus Communications, a subsidiary of Telus Corporation, that provides IPTV service in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. The service offers over 630 digital channels, including more ...

and Rogers Cable.

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History

ATN HD

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