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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = ATN Punjabi<br />
| logo = ATN Punjabi.jpg<br />
| logo_size =<br />
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2001}}<br />
| closed_date = <br />
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br />
| network = <br />
| owner = [[Asian Television Network]]<br />
| country = Canada<br />
| area = National<br />
| headquarters = [[Markham, Ontario]]<br />
| former_names = Alpha ETC Punjabi<br />
| website = {{url|http://asiantelevision.net/channel/atn-punjabi|ATN Punjabi}} <br />
}}<br />
'''ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi''' (or simply '''ATN Punjabi''') is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[Punjabi language|Punjabi-language]] [[specialty channel]] owned by [[Asian Television Network]]. It broadcasts programming from India and Canadian content in the form of [[movies]], [[news]], [[dramas]], [[comedies]], and [[talk shows]].<br />
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As of August 2009, ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi no longer broadcasts Shabad Gurbani from the [[Harimandir Sahib]] in [[Amritsar|Amritsar, Punjab]] in Canada as ATN no longer has the rights for the Gurbani. Gurbani from the [[Harimandir Sahib]] now airs on [[PTC Punjabi (Canada)|PTC Punjabi Canada]].<br />
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==History==<br />
On November 24, 2000, ATN was granted approval from the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Punjabi Channel'', described as ''"The licensee shall provide a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service targeting the Punjabi-speaking community."''<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-686.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2000-686] CRTC 2000-14-12</ref><br />
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[[File:Alpha_ETC_Punjabi.PNG|thumb|Alpha ETC Punjabi logo|right|90px]]<br />
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On August 30, 2013, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi from a licensed [[Category B services|Category B]] specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-462.htm ATN Punjabi Channel– Revocation of licence]</ref><br />
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On April 1, 2019, ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi was renamed 'ATN Punjabi' due to loss of programming from Alpha ETC Punjabi.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://asiantelevision.net/channel/atn-punjabi}}<br />
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{{Asian Television Network}}<br />
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[[Category:Digital cable television networks in Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language television channels]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language television in Canada]]<br />
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