ATN to launch 5 Channels in collaboration with India's largest Broadcaster-DOORDARSHAN in Canada

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, May 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International\n Limited (ATN) (TSX-SAT), Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster, is\n pleased to announce the launch of 5 Canadian channels in collaboration\n with India's largest Terrestrial Broadcaster Doordarshan, popularly known as DD.\n\n\nDoordarshan is India's most Powerful Broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati and\n is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the World in terms\n of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters and is a\n Multi-Billion Dollar organization.\n\n\nATN has signed Licensing Agreements with DD under which it has been\n granted exclusive rights to the five television services, namely DD India, DD News, DD Bharati, DD Urdu and DD Sports.\n\n\nATN-DD India: DD India is an Indian satellite television channel which is marketed\n towards Indian audiences living abroad, and offers an update on the\n social, cultural, and political aspects of India. The channel features\n original programming, such as dramas, comedy-series, talk shows,\n documentaries, and re-runs of popular TV shows from other Indian\n television channels. The programming on this channel continues to be\n done in a manner to enable it to meet its primary objective of\n providing a window to the world especially for the Indian diaspora to\n witness the Indian social, cultural, political and economic scene. \n\n\nATN-DD News: The DD-News channel is India's only 24 hours terrestrial news channel\n which telecasts over 16 hours of live news bulletins daily\n in Hindi and English. News Headlines, News updates, breaking news on\n the scroller are regular features on this channel. DD News also carries\n Stock and Commodities indices throughout the day in an automated\n delivery mode, accessing information from NSE & BSE and leading\n commodity exchanges like NCDEX, MCX, etc.\n\n\nATN-DD Bharati: acts as a Cultural Heritage of India. Besides programmes on adventure,\n quiz contests, fine arts/paintings, crafts and designs, cartoons,\n talent hunts, etc., it also telecasts MERI BAAT an hour-long phone-in 'live' show with young people. Programmes\n emphasizing on a healthy life style and focusing on prevention rather\n than cure, both in our traditional and modern forms of med...

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