Asian Television Network

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Asian Television Network International Limited
Public (TSX-V: SAT)
Industry Media
Founded 1971
Headquarters Markham, Ontario
Key people
 Shan Chandrasekar, Chairman & CEO
Products Broadcasting
Website www.asiantelevision.net
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Asian Television Network headquarters in Markham

Asian Television Network International Limited (often just referred to as Asian Television Network or ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving 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.

Awards and Recognition

  • 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]

Assets

Television

ATN currently owns and operates 38 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]

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Foreign Services

In addition to the 38 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:

Radio

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Main article: ATN-Asian Radio

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

References

  1. ↑ TMX Group, 2011; source data from Capital IQ
  2. ↑ Newmarket Chamber of Commerce, 2009
  3. ↑ Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2008;
  4. ↑ Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 2004;
  5. ↑ http://www.asiantelevision.com/pr/Viacom%2018%20to%20commence%20operations%20in%20Canada.pdf

External links

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