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 Canada and the United States. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by Indo-Canadian broadcaster Shan Chandrasekar.
| Company type | Public (TSX-V: SAT) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Markham, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | Shan Chandrasekar, Chairman & CEO |
| Products | Broadcasting |
| Website | www |
Awards and recognition edit
- 2011 TSX Venture 50[1]
- 2009 Newmarket Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year [2]
- 2008 Jaya Chandrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame [3]
- 2004 Shan Chandrasekar inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame [4]
Television edit
ATN currently owns and operates 46 Canadian television channels and has licences for several others. In addition, ATN is a major distributor of cricket programming in Canada, [citation needed] as it possesses the Canadian broadcasting rights for many of the top cricket events in the world. [citation needed]
- ATN Aastha TV (Hindi/Gujarati)
- ATN ABP Sanjha (Punjabi)
- ATN Aapka Colors (Hindi)
- ATN ARY Digital (Urdu)
- ATN B4U Movies (Hindi)
- ATN B4U Music (Hindi)
- ATN B4U Plus (Hindi)
- ATN Bangla (Bengali)
- ATN Brit Asia TV (Hindi/Punjabi)
- ATN Star Plus (Hindi)
- ATN Colors Bangla (Bengali)
- ATN Colors Marathi (Marathi)
- ATN Colors Rishtey (Hindi)
- ATN Cricket Plus (Sports channel- English)
- ATN DD Bharati (Culture- Hindi)
- ATN DD India (Hindi)
- ATN DD News (Hindi)
- ATN DD Sports (English)
- ATN DD Urdu (Urdu)
- ATN Food Food (Lifestyle channel- Hindi)
- ATN Gujarati (Gujarati)
- ATN IBC Tamil
- ATN Jaya TV (Tamil)
- ATN Life (Hindi)
- ATN Movies (Hindi)
- ATN MTV India (Hindi)
- ATN News (English)
- ATN News18 India (English)
- ATN PM One (Punjabi)
- ATN Punjabi (Punjabi)
- ATN Punjabi 5 (Punjabi)
- ATN Punjabi News (Punjabi)
- ATN Punjabi Plus (Punjabi)
- ATN Sony San (Hindi)
- ATN Sikh Channel (Punjabi)
- ATN Sony Aath (Bengali)
- ATN Sony Max (Hindi)
- ATN Sony Max 2 (Hindi)
- ATN Sony TV (Hindi)
- ATN SVBC (Telugu)
- ATN Tamil Plus (Tamil)
- ATN Times Now (English)
- ATN Urdu (Urdu)
- ATN Zoom (Hindi)
- Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (English)
- ATN Vijay TV (Tamil)
- ATN Star Gold (Hindi)
- ATN Vijay Super (Tamil)
Foreign Services edit
In addition to the 46 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 (India)
- ARY Musik (Pakistan)
- ARY News (Pakistan)
- ARY Qtv (Pakistan)
- ARY Zauq (Pakistan)
- Channel i (Bangladesh)
- NDTV Good Times (India)
Radio edit
On October 27, 2007, ATN launched a 24hr South Asian satellite radio station on the XM Satellite Radio platform. It features news, sports & entertainment programming broadcast primarily in Hindi & Punjabi, among other regional languages.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ TMX Group, 2011; source data from Capital IQ July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Newmarket Chamber of Commerce, 2009
- ^ Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2008;
- ^ Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2004; July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Asian Television Network
- ATN-Asian Radio
- CRTC chart of ATN's assets