Asian Television Network International Limited

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Asian Television Network International Limited
Type Public (TSX: SAT)
Founded Newmarket, Ontario (1997)
Headquarters Newmarket, Ontario
Key people Shan Chandrasekar, Chairman & CEO
Industry Media
Products Ethnic Broadcasting
Website www.asiantelevision.com

Asian Television Network International Limited (often just referred to as Asian Television Network or ATN) is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster providing premium programming in several South Asian languages, as well as English, to communities across Canada. ATN has programming alliances with leading broadcasters such as Zee TV, STAR Plus, B4U, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Alpha ETC Punjabi, ARY Digital, and Jaya TV. It has been broadcasting since 1997 and is a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange. The company is headquartered in Newmarket, Ontario, and is headed by longtime Indo-Canadian broadcasting stalwart Shan Chandrasekar.

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[edit] Channels

ATN operates 14 channels and has licences for an additional 14 channels. In addition, ATN is a major distributor of cricket programming in Canada, as it possesses the Canadian broadcasting rights for many of the top cricket events in the world.

[edit] On the air

ATN also owns the rights to distribute Indian-based Sony Entertainment Television Asia (Hindi) [2] in Canada.

[edit] Coming soon

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (2007-09-18). "XM Canada set to launch 'ATN-Asian Radio' Channel". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
  2. ^ Asian Television Network
  3. ^ Asian Television Network International Limited (2007-07-30). "ATN to Launch SET MAX across Canada". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  4. ^ a b c Asian Television Network International Limited (2007-07-30). "STARS SHINE ON ATN". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.

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Asian Television Network

ATN Aastha TV • ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi • ATN ARY Digital • ATN B4U Movies • ATN B4U Music • ATN Bangla • ATN Channel • ATN Cricket Plus • ATN Jaya TV • ATN NDTV 24x7 • ATN Zee Cinema • ATN Zee Gujarati • CBN • ATN-Asian Radio

Planned Channels
ATN Ariana Television Network • ATN Hum TV • ATN Kairali TV • ATN Zee Music