ATN Aastha TV

ATN Aastha TV is a Canadian pay television channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).

ATN Aastha TV
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
HeadquartersNewmarket, Ontario
Programming
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAsian Television Network
(name licensed by Vedic Broadcasting)
History
LaunchedOctober 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)
Links
WebsiteATN Aastha TV
Availability
Cable
CogecoChannel 1069
Rogers CableChannel 847
IPTV
Bell Fibe TVChannel 793
Optik TVChannel 2348
VMediaChannel 847

ATN Aastha broadcasts religious and spiritual programming in Hindi, Gujarati, and English, focusing mainly on the teachings and principles of Hinduism. Programming includes discourses, devotional music, meditation and yoga techniques, coverage of religious festivals, and ancient Indian scientific practices such as ayurveda. Programming is primarily sourced from Aastha TV, an Indian-based television channel, in addition to 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 - South Asian Devotional Music & Discourse Channel, described as "a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted to religious programming presented in South Asian languages."[1]

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

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

References
  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-139 CRTC 2005-04-08
  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. AASTHA – Revocation of licence


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