Radio / Television News

15 more channel requests

OTTAWA – The cable industry has asked that 15 more new ethnic services be added to the eligible satellite list. The Canadian Cable Telecommunications association has asked for 11 of them. Videotron has asked for four. Here are the channels and their thumbnail descriptions, from the Commission’s call. The first 11 are the CCTA’s requests. ATV Home Channel (America) is a 24-hour, general interest service from Hong Kong offering programming primarily in the Cantonese language with a small amount of programming in Mandarin. The mix of programming on ATV Home Channel (America) includes news, documentaries, infotainment, drama, variety and children’s...