Zee TV wants ATN's complaint dismissed

OTTAWA – The CRTC should “dispose of” Asian Television Network (ATN)’s “unsubstantiated claims” that Zee TV has contravened its condition of license, say owners Ethnic Channels Group. In a response to the CRTC dated September 3, Ethnic Channels Group flatly denies allegations made by ATN last June that Zee TV has breached its nature of service requirement as a Category B niche third-language women's programming service, and is actually operating as a general interest programming service unfairly competing with ATN’s flagship Category A SATV service. “ATN provided no particular information regarding any of our programming in its complaint”, reads the lengthy...