Ethnic Channels Group

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Ethnic Channels Group Limited
Type Private company
Founded 2004
Headquarters North York, Ontario
Key people Slava Levin, Chairman & CEO
Industry Broadcasting
Products Ethnic Broadcasting
Owner Slava Levin, & Other Investors
Website www.ethnicchannels.com

Ethnic Channels Group is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster providing premium programming to Canada's multicultural community. The company broadcasts content catering to various ethnicities from European to Asian to Caribbean. It has been in operation since 2004 and is owned by Slava Levin.

Ethnic Channels Group has launched 10 services and plans on launching others. Most of the channels are available through Rogers Cable, with the exception of Iran TV Network which is carried by Telus TV, who also carry five other ECG channels. DTH Satellite provider Bell ExpressVu currently offers 4 ECG channels in its lineup.

As Canadian ethnic services, all channels are required to air 15% Canadian content, which ECG produces in its state-of-the art broadcast studio.

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On the air

Coming soon

  • Hype TV (Caribbean)
  • RBTi (Portuguese- Brazil)
  • Jewish Life TV (English)

[edit] NEXTV

Main article: NEXTV

In November 2007, Ethnic Channels Group launched NEXTV, an IPTV service that distributes channels to consumers via broadband.

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