Asian Television Network International Limited were licensed in January 2005 to operate a cable specialty channel to provide a service “devoted to programming of interest to persons who speak Bengali”. Not less than 15% of the programming was required to be Canadian in content, with the balance originating from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel offered a […]
Author: Christopher Zikos
Originally licensed to Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) as ATN Music Network One, and rebranded on being launched in April 2006, B4U (Bollywood For You) Music carried programming from a highly popular Hindi music channel, with movies, videos and specials interviews with artists, scenes from the production of their music videos and songs. The […]
Licensed to South Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) in 2000, and launched in 2001, B4U (Bollywood For You) Movies offered the best of the movie programming offered by this popular Hindi channel, plus a proportion of Canadian-originated material to meet Canadian content licence obligations. www.asiantelevision.com/atnb4u.htm Written by Pip Wedge – June, 2007 Ownership: South Asian Network […]
In June 2008, Glassbox Television Inc. announced a $5,000,000 private financing that involved four major industry names: former CHUM Limited CEO Jay Switzer, former Standard Radio CEO Gary Slaight, former Alliance Atlantis International Distribution head Ted Riley, and former XM satellite radio exec Stephen Tapp. Glassbox had launched cable specialty channel Bite TV (q.v.) in […]
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ASN
ASN was owned by Bell Media, with its studios located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was part of Bell Media’s A Network, though uniquely with no over-the-air signal. The satellite to cable channel had launched as the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) in 1983, and carried programming from CHUM’s Citytv and A-Channel . Some CTV programs […]
A specialty channel to be known as the Urdu Channel was licensed in November 2000 to South Asian Network International Limited (ATN) to provide a service entirely in the Urdu language, with a proportion of Canadian content as a mandatory requirement of the licence. Subsequently the channel was rebranded as ARY Digital, and carried a […]
The specialty service (La Télé des Arts) ARTV was authorized by the CRTC on September 14, 2000. ARTV is the offspring of a partnership between Radio-Canada (37%), Télé-Québec (25%), CTVglobemedia (16%), Arte France (15%) and L’équipe Spectra (7%). ARTV is on the air 24 hours a day and is distributed over analog cable, digital cable […]
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Argent
When originally proposed, this channel was to be known as LCN Affaires. The original ownership consisted of Groupe TVA, Publications Transcontinental and BCE Media. Before launching, Groupe TVA bought out its partners and acquired 100% interest in the channel which launched as Argent on February 21, 2005. Argent was shut down by Quebecor (TVA) on […]
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APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
APTN received its licence from the CRTC in February 1999, and was on the air within six months. Offering programming in English (55%), French (15%) and a variety of Aboriginal languages, the Network was available in nine million Canadian homes, and offered a unique vehicle for the reflection of First Nations, Inuit and Métis history […]
On October 16th 1990, the CRTC approved applications by The National Broadcast Reading Service Inc. (NBRS) and La Magnétothèque for licences to carry on national audio programming network operations in English and in French respectively to provide, via satellite, programming of benefit to persons who were blind, visually impaired or print handicapped due to physical […]