In December 2000, Ravinder Singh Pannu, on behalf of a company to be incorporated, was granted a cable specialty channel licence for a service to be known as SSTV (Sur Sagar TV) , which would provide a national ethnic serviceto be “dedicated to programming that focuses on Punjabi religious teachings and religion: music dance and video based on Punjabi culture…”, plus news and information from East Indian countries and Punjabi communities in Canada. The service would have no less than 50% Punjabi language programming, no more than 25% in Hindi, and no more than 25% in English.
Ownership: Ravinder Singh Pannu
Start Year: 2017