ATN Bangla (Canada)

ATN Bangla is a Canadian exempt Category B Bengali language pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).

For the unrelated Bangladeshi television channel, see ATN Bangla.
ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla logo
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
HeadquartersMarkham, Ontario
Programming
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAsian Television Network
History
LaunchedOctober 19, 2005
Links
WebsiteATN Bangla
Availability
Cable
CogecoChannel 1054
Rogers CableChannel 861
IPTV
Bell Fibe TVChannel 814
VMediaChannel 861

ATN Bangla broadcasts a variety of programming in the Bengali language including news, films, television dramas and talk shows. It airs programming from foreign sources in India and Bangladesh as well as locally produced Canadian content.

History

In April 2005, ATN was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ATN - Bangla Channel One, described as "a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted to programming of interest to persons who speak Bengali."[1]

Original ATN Bangla logo

The channel launched on October 19, 2005 as ATN Bangla.[2][3]

On September 13, 2012, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Bangla from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.[4]

In September 2014, ATN lost the rights to programming from ATN Bangla in Bangladesh. The channel was subsequently re-branded with a generic logo but retains the same name and now airs foreign programming from India as well as Bangladesh.

References
  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-126 CRTC 2005-04-07
  2. ATN launches four more digital television channels and acquires more cricket Archived 2007-09-24 at the Wayback Machine ATN press release
  3. ATN launches four more digital television channels and acquires more cricket Archived October 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Channel Canada 2005-10-24
  4. ATN Bangla – Revocation of licence


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