Asian Television Network
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Asian Television Network International Limited (often just referred to as Asian Television Network or ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 33 television channels in 9 languages, serving diverse South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in Canada and the United States. Headquartered in Newmarket, Ontario
, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by longtime Indo-Canadian broadcasting stalwart Shan Chandrasekar.
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:
platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi, among other regional languages.
Newmarket, Ontario
Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...
, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by longtime Indo-Canadian broadcasting stalwart Shan Chandrasekar.
Awards and Recognition
- 2011 TSX Venture 50
- 2009 Newmarket Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year
- 2008 Jaya Chanrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame
- 2004 Shan Chandrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame
Television
ATN currently owns and operates 22 Canadian television channels and has licences for several others. 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.- ATN Aastha TV (Hindi/Gujarati)
- ATN Alpha ETC PunjabiATN Alpha ETC PunjabiZee Punjabi, formerly 'Alpha ETC Punjabi', is a pay television channel that is available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. It is a popular Punjabi language television channel from Noida, India. Programming comes in the form of movies, news, dramas, comedies, talk shows and...
(Punjabi) - ATN ARY DigitalATN ARY DigitalATN ARY Digital is a Canadian Category B Urdu language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from ARY Digital, a popular television channel from Pakistan, and Canadian content. It has a wide variety of programming which includes sports, news, talk...
(Urdu) - ATN B4U MoviesATN B4U MoviesATN B4U Movies is a Canadian Category B pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from B4U Movies and Canadian content. Programming consists of Bollywood movies and other Bollywood film based programming in Hindi.-External links:* *...
(Hindi) - ATN B4U MusicATN B4U MusicATN B4U Music is a Canadian Category B Hindi music pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from B4U Music and Canadian content. Programming consists of music from Bollywood movies and other music videos, interviews, request shows, and...
(Hindi) - ATN BanglaATN Bangla (Canada)ATN Bangla is a Canadian Category B Bengali language pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from ATN Bangla, an unrelated popular television channel from Bangladesh and Canadian content. The channel offers a wide variety of programming...
(Bengali) - ATN Channel (Hindi, other South Asian languages)
- ATN Cricket PlusATN Cricket PlusATN Cricket Plus is a Canadian Category B English language pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It is the first television channel in Canada dedicated to the sport of Cricket and features extensive coverage of various tournaments...
(Sports channel- English) - ATN Gujarati (Gujarati)
- ATN Jaya TVATN Jaya TVATN Jaya TV is a Canadian Category B Tamil language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from Jaya TV, a popular television channel from India, and Canadian content.Programming includes dramas, sitcoms, talk shows, movies and more...
(Tamil) - ATN JUS PunjabiATN JUS PunjabiATN JUS Punjabi is a Canadian Category B Punjabi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from JUS Punjabi and Canadian content....
(Punjabi) - ATN MalayalamATN MalayalamATN Malayalam is a Canadian Category B Malayalam specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It is the first Malayalam channel in Canada and is currently available via Bell Fibe TV and Rogers Cable....
(Malayalam) - ATN MH 1ATN MH 1ATN MH 1 is a Canadian Category B Punjabi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from MH1 and Canadian content...
(Punjabi) - ATN NDTV 24x7ATN NDTV 24x7ATN NDTV 24x7 is a Canadian Category B English language pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from NDTV 24x7, a popular news and information television channel from India, and Canadian content...
(English) - ATN NEO CricketATN NEO CricketATN NEO Cricket is a Canadian Category B English language digital cable specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It is the second fully dedicated cricket channel owned by ATN, after ATN Cricket Plus. Programming includes live and tape-delay matches as well as other...
(English) - ATN Punjjabi TVATN Punjjabi TVATN Punjjabi TV is a Canadian Category B Punjabi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from Punjjabi TV and Canadian content....
(Punjabi) - ATN SAB TVATN SAB TVATN SAB TV is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from SAB TV as well as Canadian content...
(Hindi) - ATN Sony AathATN Sony AathATN Sony Aath is a Canadian Category B Bengali language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from Sony Aath and Canadian content....
(Bengali) - ATN Zee CinemaATN Zee CinemaATN Zee Cinema is a Canadian Category B Hindi language pay television channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming and films from Zee Cinema's extensive library of content and Canadian content...
(Hindi) - Commonwealth Broadcasting NetworkCommonwealth Broadcasting NetworkCommonwealth Broadcasting Network is a Canadian English language Category B pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network .CBN focuses on programming from the Caribbean along with programs from Africa...
(English) - Times NowTimes Now (Canada)Times Now is a Canadian Category B English language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from Times Now and Canadian content....
(English) - zoOmZoom (Canadian TV channel)Zoom is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from zoOm as well as Canadian content....
(Hindi)
Foreign Services
In addition to the 22 O&OOwned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
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:
- Asianet Plus (India)
- Asianet SuvarnaAsianet SuvarnaAsianet Suvarna is a Kannada language channel owned by Asianet Communications Limited, aimed at the Kannada-speaking population in the south Indian state of Karnataka and neighbouring regions. Launched with the tag line "24 carat manoranjane", the channel airs soap operas, talk shows, news...
(India) - Aapka Colors (India)
- Channel iChannel IChannel i is a privately owned Television network in Bangladesh. It is owned by the Impress Group, among the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh with interests in textiles, pharmaceuticals and media....
(Bangladesh) - Channel [V] TaiwanChannel VChannel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
(Taiwan) - NDTV Good TimesNDTV GOOD TIMESNDTV Good Times is an India-based lifestyle television channel that is owned by New Delhi Television. The channel is a joint venture between NDTV and Vijay Mallya's UB Group and it launched in September 2007....
(India) - NDTV IndiaNDTV IndiaNDTV India is a premier Hindi language news channel in India that is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. Noted journalist Vinod Dua has been associated with this channel.-History:...
(India) - NDTV ProfitNDTV ProfitNDTV Profit is a business news channel started by New Delhi Television in January 2005. Started to provide competition to the monopoly enjoyed by CNBC-TV18, the channel has managed to garner a decent market share....
India) - SET AsiaSony Entertainment Television AsiaFor the version in India, see Sony Entertainment Television .Not to be confused with Sony Entertainment Television , the SET version in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Fiji....
(India) - SET MaxSET MaxSET Max is Sony Entertainment Television Network's channel that provides its viewers a mix of Hindi Movies and cricket based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Among Hindi movie channels it competes mainly with Zee Cinema and STAR Gold in India. An HD version of the channel was introduced in 2010.-External...
(India) - STAR Chinese ChannelSTAR Chinese ChannelSTAR Chinese Channel is the Mandarin general entertainment channel in Taiwan. Its programming features drama, news, lifestyle, and talk shows in Mandarin.-History:...
(Taiwan) - STAR Chinese Movies 2STAR Chinese MoviesSTAR Chinese Movies is a Chinese movie channel. It features Chinese films with Chinese stars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng and Stephen Chow...
(Hong Kong) - STAR NewsSTAR NewsSTAR News is the Hindi language news channel of STAR TV based in Mumbai. The channel is a co-production of STAR Group and ABP Pvt. Ltd...
(India) - STAR GoldSTAR GoldSTAR Gold is a Hindi movie channel that is part of the STAR TV network and is owned by News Corporation. It features a mix of contemporary as well as classic movies from the 1950s to the present time...
(India) - STAR OneSTAR OneSTAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...
(India) - STAR VijaySTAR VijaySTAR Vijay is a popular Indian entertainment channel broadcasting in Tamil. The channel is also available in several other nations as well. The channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
(India- Tamil)
Radio
On October 27, 2007, ATN launched a 24hr South Asian satellite radio station on the XM Satellite RadioXM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi, among other regional languages.