TORONTO, May 8, 2018 /CNW/ - Republic TV, India's leading
English-language news channel has announced its foray into the
North American continent by way of having its linear programming
content aired nationally in Canada
on a 24 hour licensed Canadian news service of ASIAN TELEVISION
NETWORK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (ATN) (TSXV-SAT).
Founded by stalwart journalist Arnab
Goswami, Republic TV is the newest entrant to the English
news space in India. Breaking
records with 52 per cent market share* in its first week of
broadcast it is now the de-facto leader in the genre.
*(Source: BARC Market:- India TG: NCCS AB Male 22+ Period: Wk
19'2017 (06th - 12th May'18) Time
Band:-0200-2600)
Republic TV has a diverse schedule of shows including The
Debate which airs every day except Saturday, from 9-11pm, and a weekly interview show, Nation
Wants to Know – both hosted by Editor-in-Chief
Arnab Goswami, alongside news shows
focusing on the biggest news incident of the day, called 'Burning
Question' among others. Additional shows include Patriot,
with Major Gaurav Arya, where
viewers are taken into the barracks of the armed forces and R.
Glitz, which showcases the latest news from Bollywood, among
others.
Asian Television Network (ATN) is one of Canada's Pioneer Multi-Cultural Broadcasters
and is a long established Canadian Media company that has grown in
stature along with the fast expanding ethnic population in
Canada. ATN has a state of the art
Digital broadcast center with multiple studios, several non-linear
edit suites; multiple camera crews with a special emphasis on local
Canadian programming and is currently one of the largest producers
of multicultural content in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio
Service on Satellite Radio across The
United States and Canada.
Some ATN content is also available on any Bell mobile phone that
supports video.
Republic TV, President of Distribution & International
Revenues, Priya Mukherjee said:
"Since our inception last year, Republic TV has strived towards
widening the reach of our cutting-edge content. While we
successfully executed the reach of Republic TV across all
households in the fragmented Indian cable distribution ecosystem
during the first six months of the channel, & MENA in
November 2017, our foray into
North America with ATN is a big
step for us. We are very happy to be increasing our footprint and
we hope to soon expand our reach all over the world."
Commenting on the launch, Dr. Shan
Chandrasekar, founder, President & CEO of Asian
Television Network said, "We are excited to have Republic TV's High
Quality Programming available through ATN's Canadian Licensed
Platforms. Since Republic TV's launch in India, it has had a large share of voice in
the Indian news space. With their compelling Content, we hope to
reach the large South Asian diaspora in this part of the globe and
make the network more holistic."
Republic TV CEO, Vikas
Khanchandani, said: "North
America contributes a huge faction of the digital viewership
of Republic. With such high demand, we are heartened that the
Canadian market will soon be able to consume the channel directly
on their TV screens and that Priya and her team will be offering
advertisers, the most impactful news media platform to discerning
audiences in the region."
Republic TV Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, said: "We are delighted to bring
Republic TV to North America,
through ATN. We will also look to create original content in
cooperation with ATN, specific to the market in due course to
provide content on issues specific to the large Indian diaspora.
"
About Republic TV
Launched in May 2017, by stalwart Indian journalist
Arnab Goswami, Republic is India's
first independent media venture, which is managed purely by content
professionals. As a media-tech company, Republic is India's first
global media brand. The channel has been the non-stop market leader
since the first day of telecast, thereby breaking viewership
records for Indian news television. The brand's website
www.republicworld.com launched in July
2017 and has become the fastest growing English news website
in India since then. The
channel is committed to providing original programming and
delivering in-depth analysis on news that matters to the viewers
across platforms and reaffirm the power and reach of independent
media.
About ATN-Asian Television Network International Limited
(TSXV-SAT)
ATN serves Canada's diverse cultural communities with 55
specialty television channels. The Company offers its flagship
ATN-HD general interest service along with 7 other general interest
channels, 3 sports Channels, 7 news Channels, 5 Bollywood movie
channels and a variety of channels that include music Channels,
lifestyle Channels, Chinese Channels, Punjabi channels, and several
regional language channels. ATN has programming alliances with
leading international broadcasters like Doordarshan, Sony
Entertainment Television, Viacom, India
Cast, "&TV "from the Zee group, Times Television, B4U,
Disney's UTV, ARY and many more. ATN channels are available on
various licensed Cable, Satellite and IPTV Platforms across
Canada like Shaw Cable, Bell TV,
Rogers Cable, Bell Fibe TV, TELUS Optic TV, Shaw Direct, Cogeco
Cable, and Others.
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SOURCE Asian Television Network International Limited
