Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded

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company (listed SAT on the

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), 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

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and the

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. Headquartered in

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, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by

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broadcaster Shan Chandrasekar.

Awards and recognition

* In 2011, ATN was ranked 9th in "Diversified Industries" on the

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. * In 2008, the executive vice president and vice president of programming, Jaya Chandrasekar was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. * In 2004, Shan Chandrasekar spoke at the CAB Convention.Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2004

Television and Radio

ATN currently owns and operates 54 Canadian television channels and has licences for several others. * ATN &TV (Hindi) * ATN Aastha TV (Hindi/Gujarati) * ATN ABP Sanjha (Punjabi) * ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi (Punjabi) *

ATN ARY Digital ATN Urdu is a Canadian pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It is an Urdu-language general entertainment network, airing programming that appeals to the entire family including comedies, serials, talk shows, music, religi ...

(Urdu) *

ATN ARY News ATN is the Sydney Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax Media, John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the ...

(Urdu) *

ATN ARY Musik ATN is the Sydney Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax Media, John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the ...

(Urdu) *

ATN B4U Movies ATN B4U Movies is a Canadian Category B specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network International. It broadcasts programming from B4U Movies and Canadian content. Programming consists of Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known ...

(Hindi) *

ATN B4U Music ATN B4U Music is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN B4U Music broadcasts music-related programming primarily in the form of a variety of music video-based programs and interview seri ...

(Hindi) * ATN B4U Plus (Hindi) *

ATN Bangla ATN Bangla (), 'ATN' being the acronym of the unused Asian Television Network, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Multimedia Production Company. It is based in the Kawran Bazar neighborhood of Dha ...

(Bengali) * ATN Colors (Hindi) * ATN Colors Bangla (Bengali) * ATN Colors Marathi (Marathi) * ATN Colors Rishtey (Hindi) *

ATN Cricket Plus ATN Cricket Plus is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN Cricket Plus broadcasts programming related to the sport of cricket including live and tape-delayed matches and news and h ...

(English) * ATN DD Bharati (Hindi) * ATN DD India (Hindi) * ATN DD News (Hindi) *

ATN DD Sports ATN DD Sports is a Television in Canada, Canadian Discretionary service, discretionary English language digital cable specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It airs live and tape-delayed Cricket matches as well as other Asian sp ...

(English) * ATN Food Food (Hindi) * ATN Gujarati (Gujarati) *

ATN Jaya TV ATN Jaya TV (still unofficially known as ATN Tamil) is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Jaya TV, a popular television channel from India, and Cana ...

(Tamil) * ATN Life (Hindi) *

ATN Movies ATN Movies is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN Movies is a Bollywood film channel with a focus on family-oriented films. It airs blockbusters, modern classics and contemporary c ...

(Hindi) * ATN MTV India (Hindi) * ATN News (English) * ATN News18 India (English) *

ATN PM One ATN PM One is a Canadian exempt Category B Punjabi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts Punjabi music and family based entertainment programming. ATN PM One originally launched as ''ATN MH 1'' on Septe ...

(Punjabi) *

ATN Punjabi ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi (or simply ATN Punjabi) is a Television in Canada, Canadian Punjabi language, Punjabi-language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from India and Canadian content in the form of movi ...

(Punjabi) *

ATN Punjabi 5 ATN Punjabi 5 is a Canadian pay television channel 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 ...

(Punjabi) * ATN Punjabi News (Punjabi) *

ATN Punjabi Plus ATN Punjabi Plus is a Canadian pay television channel 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 i ...

(Punjabi) * ATN Sony Sab (Hindi) * ATN Sony Aath (Bengali) * ATN Sony Max (Hindi) * ATN Sony Max 2 (Hindi) * ATN Sony Pal (Hindi) * ATN Sony TV (Hindi) * ATN Sony Yay! (Hindi) *

ATN Star Plus ATN Star Plus is a Canadian Category A specialty channel, owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It is the flagship channel of the Asian Television Network and features programming from StarPlus as well as Canadian content in several South Asi ...

(Hindi) * ATN SVBC (Telugu) *

ATN Tamil Plus ATN is the Sydney Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax Media, John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the ...

(Tamil) *

ATN Times Now ATN Times Now is a Canadian Category B English language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Times Now and Canadian content. It features live coverage of news stories with a focus on internatio ...

(English) *

ATN Urdu ATN Urdu is a Canadian pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It is an Urdu-language general entertainment network, airing programming that appeals to the entire family including comedies, serials, talk shows, music, religi ...

(Urdu) * ATN Zoom (Hindi) *

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(English) * ATN Vijay TV (Tamil) * ATN Vijay Super (Tamil) * ATN Zee Punjabi (Punjabi)

Foreign Services

In addition to the 50 O&O channels that it has launched itself, Asian Television Network also distributes a number of foreign services in Canada. ATN is the official Canadian distributor for the following channels: *

ABP News ABP News is an Indian Hindi-language free-to-air television news channel owned by ABP Group. Initially launched as Star News in 1998, it was later acquired by the ABP Group (ABP). It won the Best Hindi News Channel award in the 21st editi ...

(India) *

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(Pakistan) *

Channel i Channel i () is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the oldest satellite television chan ...

(Bangladesh) *

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(India)

Radio

On October 27, 2007, ATN launched a 24hr South Asian satellite radio station on the

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platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi, among other regional languages.

References

External links

Asian Television Network

ATN-Asian Radio

CRTC chart of ATN's assets
{{Asian Television Network Asian-Canadian culture in Ontario Companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange Television broadcasting companies of Canada Companies based in Markham, Ontario Indo-Canadian culture Indian diaspora mass media

Awards and recognition

Television and Radio

Foreign Services

Radio

See also

References

External links