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 ATN to launch SET Asia across Canada | Televisionpoint.com News
Asian Television Network has received regulatory approval from the CRTC to add Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia), to the list of Eligible Satellite services for distribution across Canada on a digital basis.
Sony Entertainment Television has an impressive lineup, which ranges from the supernatural to the lighthearted, from talk shows to lifestyle improvers, from the most glamorous events to legendary blockbusters.
ATN in collaboration with the Canadian Cable and Satellite Industry will soon announce the launch date and plans for this service.
www.televisionpoint.com /news/newsfullstory.php?id=1123581621   (162 words)

  
 Television - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rosing dissapeared during the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, but Zworykin later went to work for RCA to build a purely electronic television, the design of which was eventually found to violate patents by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
European colour television was developed somewhat later, in the 1960s, and was hindered by a continuing division on technical standards.
Nigeria was one of the first countries in Africa to introduce television, in 1959, followed by Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1961, while Zanzibar was the first in Africa to introduce colour television, in 1973.
www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/t/te/television.html   (3633 words)

  
 CVS Systems, Inc. DISH Network and XM Radio Distributor
ATN, a South Asian programmer in Canada, and Viewer's Choice Canada, a pay-per-view distributor for many cable and satellite operators across Canada, have together acquired rights to distribute 25 of the 54 matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 via Canadian cable and satellite television providers.
Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) is Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster with four digital specialty channels in operation, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The viewers of ATN include thousands of cricket fans from countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, East Africa, South Africa, the U.K. and the West Indies, where cricket is the national sport.
www.cvssystems.com /Press/0207031.cfm   (905 words)

  
 "AZN Television: The Network for Asian America"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
And fourth, both networks indirectly express that the need for Asian American television networks stems from a deficiency in "general TV" which does not seem to be a hospitable realm where Asian Americans matter or register in any significant way.
Sure its great that there are new networks for different racial groups, but its also sad that they need their own seperate space to express themselves, when they should be (as should other races and cutures) incorporated into daily network programming, since people of all colors are part of our daily existence.
Flow is a critical forum on television and media culture published biweekly by the department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin.
jot.communication.utexas.edu /flow?jot=view&id=1347   (3246 words)

  
 Asian Television Network: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/asian_television_network.htm   (490 words)

  
 Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : SET Asia to commence operations in Canada
ATN currently owns and operates four South Asian channels and has been awarded licenses for eight more digital channels.
Amongst the new licenses one is in collaboration with Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) and the Sports Network (TSN) and the second in collaboration with Vision TV and Radio Nord.
ATN is a publicly trading company, quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange as YTN.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k2/dec/dec41.htm   (219 words)

  
 HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN | September 2002 | Report | Critical mass for an Asian television news network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One of these organisations is Aaj Tak, the 24-hour Hindi news network in India that has garnered some 60 percent of the country’s television audience.
“The Asian networks are still fairly new, the oldest being about 10 years old, versus the 50–plus years that the Western corporations can boast of”, says Hazinski, coming back to the question of why an Asian television news network has not been formed.
The Asian networks have a bit of an inferiority complex, in a business where the Western networks have been doing this for so much longer.
www.himalmag.com /2002/september/report_1.htm   (938 words)

  
 Building The Asian Television Network
The Asian Television Network is an important communications link among the South Asian communities of Ontario, and between them and Ontarians generally.
From this beginning we grew with the population and also collaborated with others who were involved in television programming for their own communities.
In addition, we are participating in the Vista Television network with the result that our programs now have a national audience and market.
www.tgmag.ca /magic/mt29.html   (3046 words)

  
 Asian American News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"ImaginAsian," the first 24-hour Asian American television network in the United States, is to begin broadcasting soon, and as it plans to broadcast popular Korean dramas like "Damo - The Female Detective Of Chosun" and "All In," many hope the "Korean Wave" might start in earnest in the United States as well.
The nation's first 24-hour Asian American television network, ImaginAsian, will premiere on Aug. 30 and reach 5 million households as a result of new distribution agreements with Equity Broadcasting Corp. In addition to previously announced carriage in Las Vegas, Ventura, Calif., and Denver, ImaginAsian will also broadcast in Atlanta, Seattle, and Minneapolis.
Sentencing for a highly publicized case in which several Asian American teens were beaten by whites in the Sunset District could be closed to the public at a hearing this week, but prosecutors and advocates for the victims want it kept open.
www.asiansinamerica.org /news/082804_news.html   (1914 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT Business News: 'Lawless cable television market cause for monopolistic tendencies and murders'
Operators of cable television networks all over the country have expressed concern over the killing of two of their associates this fortnight and sought to draw the attention of the prime minister and the home minister to the entry of crime into the sunrise industry.
The massive presence of community television sets in 600,000 rural villages gives a much larger audience access to television, even if 75 per cent of the sets are fl and white and can retrieve only seven to eight channels.
The Indian public network reaches 85 per cent of the Indian population and covers two-thirds of the territory.
www.rediff.com /business/1998/sep/22cable.htm   (772 words)

  
 ATN launches Canada's first South Asian music channel - SatelliteGuys.US
ATN has featured singers and performers of international stature as well as encouraging local Canadian talent.
ATN has presented massive musical events at venues such as The SkyDome and The Roy Thompson Hall.
ATN operates a national analog specialty service and twelve more digital specialty channels including general interest channels, movie channels, news and sports and regional language channels.
www.satelliteguys.us /showthread.php?p=531112#post531112   (501 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News : ImaginAsia TV to launch in August 2004 in US   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The network's initial carriage line-up includes KTVY (Channel 7) in Las Vegas, Nevada, KIMG (Channel 23) in Ventura, California and KKTU-DT in Denver, Colorado.
Television for Equity Broadcasting Corp vice president Steven Soldinger said, "We are happy to be associated with a quality-driven network such as ImaginAsian TV.
The Asian audience is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing segments of the communities that are served by our stations.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/feb/feb1.htm   (657 words)

  
 ATN Bangla (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ATN Bangla is a Canadian category 2 Bengali language digital cable television channel that is owned by Shan Chandrasekar and is part of his Asian Television Network (ATN).
It broadcasts programming from ATN Bangla, a popular television channel from Bangladesh and Canadian content as well.
The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows, and more.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ATN_Bangla_(Canada)   (114 words)

  
 ATN to launch more digital television channels -- CHANNEL CANADA
ATN owns and operates six television channels across Canada and has been awarded 16 more digital television licenses by the CRTC.
ATN is one of Canada's largest promoters and distributor of World Class Cricket.
ATN in collaboration with the Canadian Cable and Satellite industry is planning to offer the most compelling and comprehensive bundle of South Asian Television Programming across Canada.
www.channelcanada.com /Article958.html   (368 words)

  
 (10/27/97) Asian TV Network Fights Western Values
television network specifically directed at youth has been battling for two years to reduce the massive overdose of Western values and lifestyles on TV screens in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Young Asia Television (YATV), established on Oct. 24, 1995, is delivering alternative programs based on the issues and values promoted around the world by the United Nations.
With the spread of globalization, the airwaves of Asian countries are being increasingly invaded by overseas broadcasters, including Cable News Network (CNN), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Sky News, International Television Network (ITN) and Star Television, all of which are owned and run by international conglomerates.
www.albionmonitor.com /9711a/asiatv.html   (842 words)

  
 CNW Group
TORONTO, Dec. 21 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN), the largest broadcaster of South Asian programming in Canada (TSX-SAT) is delighted to announce the launch of India's finest television news channel NDTV 24/7 (New Delhi Television), on Wednesday December 21st, 2005 on Rogers Digital Cable, Canada's largest digital cable service provider.
The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) on April 8th 2005 awarded to ATN a broadcast license for a South Asian English News Channel.
ATN has formed a strategic programming Alliance with NDTV 24/7 to bring to Canadian viewers the NDTV's award winning view on the Indian subcontinent, on international news and current affairs.
www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/December2005/21/c2893.html   (404 words)

  
 PopPolitics.com - The Great Divide
One might wonder if it is not Ling's cheesecake appeal that rankles some Asians, but that she is yet another Asian woman coupled with a white man. There isn't an attractive Asian male character on the show for Ling to date.
But film and television in America are largely a celebration of the average white person, very often of the average white guy (who ends up with a long-legged beauty).
Asian women have long been accused of whoring themselves to white men, but now, we're practically told, "Hooray, Asian men are sleeping with white women." When Asian women outmarry, it's betrayal; when Asian men do it, it's social progress.
www.poppolitics.com /articles/2000-12-19-divide.shtml   (3233 words)

  
 COMMUNICATIONS: Asian TV Network Fights Western Values
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20 (IPS) - As Asian television network, specifically directed at youth, has been battling for two years the reduce the massive overdose of Western values and lifestyles on TV screens in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Young Asia Television (YATV) - established on Oct 24 1995 - is delivering alternative programmes based on the issues and values promoted around the world by the United Nations.
A national of Norway, Fjortoft says that some Asian countries are trying to protect their culture and traditional values by banning the use of satellite dishes.
www.ips.fi /koulut/199744/3.htm   (760 words)

  
 CNW Telbec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
TORONTO, May 16 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) (TSX-SAT) is delighted to announce its plan to launch India's finest television news channel NDTV (New Delhi Television), as part of ATN's bouquet of South Asian Channels across Canada.
ATN, a publicly listed company, owns and operates six television channels across Canada and has programming alliances with leading International Broadcasters.
ATN is also the largest promoter and distributor of World Class Cricket across Canada.
www.cnw.ca /en/releases/archive/May2005/16/c0080.html   (256 words)

  
 Television Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia Shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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www.ecaseload.com /television-encyclopedia.html   (328 words)

  
 Advertise On Future Television Network
Future Television quickly gained a reputation for its eccentric funky look, extensive family programming, an Oriental-Western promotional blend and a diversity of public awareness messages.
Future Television is currently the only Lebanese station to broadcast 24 hours a day.
With its rich variety of local and foreign programs, Future Television has set the standards and quickly gained a reputation for its eccentric funky look, extensive family programming, an Oriental-Western promotional blend and a diversity of public awareness messages.
www.allied-media.com /ARABTV/futurtv.htm   (266 words)

  
 Namaste America - #1 South Asian Television Network in America
Of this ~ 90% are Asian Indian, 7% Pakistani, 2% Bangladeshi and 1% Sri Lankan.
Namaste America is the strongest South Asian television network in the US reaching approximately 70% of the population from the Indian sub-continent.
As of 2004, the largest South Asian satellite television channel is estimated to reach only 12% of South Asian households.
www.namastetv.com /aboutus.html   (393 words)

  
 Sat-ND, 28.11.96
Asia for just US$9.99 Direct-to-home satellite television service Alphastar today launched the Asian Television Network (ATN.) It will be offered 24-hours a day, seven days a week in several major South Asian languages as well as English.
The cost of the Asian Television Network is $9.99 per month.
On November 8, 1996, the company introduced three channels produced by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union in Cairo, Egypt (Sat-ND, 8.11.96.) ATN, a Canadian-based company, produces and distributes television programming and related entertainment to the South Asian community on a global basis.
www.sat-net.com /listserver/sat-nd/msg00207.html   (1557 words)

  
 csrandasiantv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Stephen Tapp, president and COO of Canadian Satellite Radio, and Shan Chandrasekar, president and COO of Asian Television Network International announced a Memorandum of Understanding regarding production for the Mosaic channel, Canada's foremost multicultural radio offering to provide North America-wide reach for satellite radio broadcasting.
"The ATN team is looking forward to a long and rewarding relationship with CSR and is excited to create a true broadcasting breakthrough together – CSR's Mosaic Channel," said Chandrasekar.
The Canadian channels will be a part of the entire continent-wide XM service, marking the first time in history that Canadian content will be broadcast directly into the world's largest consumer market.
www.byrnesmedia.com /News/May2005/csrandasiantv.html   (279 words)

  
 CHANNEL CANADA :: Canada's Entertainment and Broadcasting Information
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AASTHA Broadcasting Network Limited - a Mumbai (Bombay) Stock Exchange Listed public company is the world's first 24 x 7 satellite television network broadcasting India's rich socio-spiritual-cultural heritage and currently reaches over 20 million households with viewer ship in excess of 100 million.
ATN is a publicly listed company on TSX Venture Exchange, owns and operates six television channels across Canada and has programming alliances with leading International Broadcasters.
www.channelcanada.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=881   (403 words)

  
 Indian television dot com's The Ad Linx Reporter dated 10 December 2002 - Global and Indian advertising news, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sony Entertainment Television Asia has entered into a distribution agreement with Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) Canada, to telecast the channel in the territory beginning today...
The television scene in India is exploding but the local channels failed to cut any ice at the recently concluded seventh edition of the Asian Television Awards.
In addition to clinching several prominent awards in the region, it recently bagged four awards at the Asian Television Awards held on 4 December...
india.indiantelevision.com /adlinx/y2k2/dec/dec10.htm   (595 words)

  
 Redhotcurry.com - TV & Video. Zee Network to Distribute Bollywood Films
Zee Network, the leading Asian television network in the UK,today announced their decision to enter into the Bollywood films distribution market.
The first in the many releases planned by the network will be Sajid Nadiadwalla's Mujshe Shaadi Karogi which will be released on the 30th of July in all leading cinemas in the UK.
ZEE NETWORK (UK)has already signed a few more films for distribution before the end of the year with 'One Dollar Curry' -a Zee Network production-slated for release next.
www.redhotcurry.com /archive/entertainment/tv/zee_films.htm   (157 words)

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