Asian Television Network

Asian Television Network
TypePublic (TSX-V: SAT)
IndustryMedia
Founded1971; 55 years ago (1971)
HeadquartersMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Key peopleShan Chandrasekar, Chairman & CEO
ProductsBroadcasting
Websiteasiantelevision.com
Asian Television Network headquarters in Markham

Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company (listed SAT on the TSX Venture Exchange), 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.

Awards and recognition

Television and Radio

ATN currently owns and operates 54 Canadian television channels and has licences for several others.

Foreign Services

In addition to the 50 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

ATN-Asian Radio
  • Canada
Broadcast area
Canada, United States
FrequencySirius 760
BrandingATN Radio
Programming
FormatSouth Asian programming
Ownership
OwnerAsian Television Network
History
First air date
September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24)
Links
WebsiteATN-Asian Radio

ATN-Asian Radio was a SiriusXM Satellite Radio channel featuring programming dedicated South Asian community in North America. The channel's content was produced by the Asian Television Network. The channel features: talk and phone-in shows, music and poetry, news and current affairs, and live cricket commentary.

The channel was in preview mode from 2007-09-24 until 2007-10-29 at 6 p.m. ET, at which point it was formally launched on XM Canada. The majority of the talk shows were in English with substantial coverage in Punjabi, Hindi, and other South Asian languages. On April 18, 2008, ATN-Asian Radio started broadcasting live Indian Premier League matches on the channel as a part of Asian Television Network International Limited broadcasting rights.

By 2011, it was still on XM only as the Canadian channels were among the last to be consolidated across the two services. In 2012, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission found that the channel failed to play any Canadian musical selections, causing XM to be out of compliance with Canadian content rules. By 2014, ATN-Asian Radio had been moved to SiriusXM channel 165. It aired every evening from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. Eastern as part of the Multicultural Radio channel.

ATN was removed from the SiriusXM lineup in January 2025.[citation needed] In March 2025, SiriusXM Canada launched Dhamaka, a South Asian music channel produced in-house.

See also

References

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