ATN Launching NDTV News Channel in English on Rogers

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Dec. 21 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International Limited\n(ATN), the largest broadcaster of South Asian programming in Canada (TSX-SAT)\nis delighted to announce the launch of India's finest television news channel\nNDTV 24/7 (New Delhi Television), on Wednesday December 21st, 2005 on Rogers\nDigital Cable, Canada's largest digital cable service provider.\nThe Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) on\nApril 8th 2005 awarded to ATN a broadcast license for a South Asian English\nNews Channel. ATN has formed a strategic programming Alliance with NDTV 24/7\nto bring to Canadian viewers the NDTV's award winning view on the Indian\nsubcontinent, on international news and current affairs. ATN plans to add its\nCanadian perspective on business, health, sports and entertainment.\nFollowing the launch of the most awaited New Delhi Television (NDTV 24/7)\nthe total number of channels launched by ATN on Rogers will increase to\ntwelve. These are: (1) ATN's flag ship channel with the best of\ninternationally acclaimed ZEE TV programming. (2) ATN B4U, Bollywood for you,\nour Hindi movie channel. (3) ATN-Alpha ETC Punjabi, our Punjabi language\nchannel. (4) ATN-Jaya TV, our Tamil language channel. (5) ATN-ARY, our Urdu\nlanguage channel with programming from Pakistan. (6) CBN, the Commonwealth\nBroadcasting Network that features lots of Cricket and Caribbean programming.\n(7) Sony Entertainment Television, SET Asia, which is owned by Sony Pictures\nEntertainment, one of the biggest entertainment powerhouses of America.\n(8) ATN - ZEE Cinema, a popular Indian movie channel. (9) ATN - ZEE Gujarati,\na regional Language channel. (10) ATN-Aastha, a Spiritual, devotional and\nfaith based channel with yoga, fitness, aromatherapy and live telecasts of\nmajor festivals of India. (11) ATN Bangla, the longest running independent\nchannel from Bangladesh. (12) NDTV 24/7, India's No. 1 News Channel in\nEnglish.\n\nATN, a publicly listed company, has programming alliances with leading\nInternational Broadcasters. ATN has been awarded additional digital television\nlicenses by the CRTC. ATN is also the largest promoter and distributor of\nWorld Class Cricket across Canada. For more information see\nwww.asiantelevision.com\n\n\n\n","length":2328,"tagName":"div"}]

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