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." On August 30, 2013, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi from a licensed
Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service. On April 1, 2019, ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi was renamed 'ATN Punjabi' due to loss of programming from Alpha ETC Punjabi. ==References==