Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Branding	ASN
Channels	Cable 7 (Halifax) analog
Affiliations	None
Owner	Bell Globemedia
Founded	May 29, 1983
Former affiliations	None
Website	http://www.asn.ca/

Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) is a television channel serving Atlantic Canada, with studios in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned by Bell Globemedia through CTV. Designated by the CRTC as a "satellite-to-cable television programming undertaking," it is essentially a local station without any broadcast transmitters. In other words, it is available in the region on cable television and throughout Canada through satellite television, but not over the air. Image File history File links ASN.jpg Summary ASN Logo Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: (former city) 79. ... A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular broadcast station. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the signal. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ... Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: urban area 79. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ... CTV is a TLA that may stand for: CTV Television Network - a Canadian English language television network Channel Television - the main television broadcaster in the Channel Islands Chukyo TV. Broadcasting - a Japanese TV station in Nagoya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA, or broadcast television) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves transmitted through open space, usually carrying unencrypted signals. ...

Although not officially affiliated with any network, ASN has historically received most of its programming from the Citytv and A-Channel systems, which do not operate in the region. However, as of the 2006-07 season, it is reducing this content significantly, at least temporarily, in favour of other series from the CTV library – including repeats, "shelf" series like What About Brian, programming from MTV, and timeshifted CTV programming for simsub purposes. Citytv is an urban television brand owned by CHUM Limited. ... A-Channel, formerly known as NewNet or The New Net, is a system of six local Canadian television stations in Ontario and British Columbia, all owned by CHUM Limited. ... What About Brian is an American dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams company Bad Robot Productions. ... MTV Canada (usually just called MTV), formerly known as talktv, is a Canadian cable television specialty channel devoted to talk and lifestyle programming, and is owned and operated by Bell Globemedia through CTV, in collaboration with MTV Networks. ... Simultaneous substitution or simsub, in Canadian broadcasting, is the practice by which cable, direct broadcast satellite and multichannel multipoint distribution service television distribution companies substitute the local Canadian signal over a non-Canadian or non-local signal, when two or more stations are airing the same programming at the same...

History

Launched by CHUM Limited in 1983 as a supplementary service to its ATV system of CTV affiliates (now known as CTV Atlantic), ASN initially aired Atlantic Pulse newscasts at alternate times to ATV's newscasts. Atlantic Pulse used ATV reporters, but different anchors and graphics, with a comparatively spartan set located across the newsroom from ATV's. ASN also carried alternative entertainment programming, much of it produced by or otherwise sourced from CHUM's Citytv. CHUM-City Building, the headquarters of CHUM Limited. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CTV Atlantic (formerly known as ATV) is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network. ... Citytv is an urban television brand owned by CHUM Limited. ...

ASN also devoted a significant amount of its daytime schedule to educational programming provided by provincial education departments and by local universities. Currently, it provides a total of 16 hours of educational programming each weekend from 6:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. and a total of 10 hours every Monday to Friday morning from 4:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. (In the early years, some TVOntario programs were carried on ASN, such as Polka Dot Door, Today's Special and Fast Forward.) Later it launched a local version of Citytv's Breakfast Television, moving educational programs to the weekend and to overnight hours. By 1996, as specialty television began to grow in popularity, Atlantic Pulse gave way to a short-lived cut-back version called ATV Headline News. While ATV aired some United States syndicated programming that was shown on Citytv in Toronto (e.g. Friends and Seinfeld repeats), ASN aired programs associated with CTV in the rest of the country, such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Camilla Scott. ASN was also the original home of The Oprah Winfrey Show until it moved to ATV early in its run. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... TVOntario, officially the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, is an educational public television broadcaster in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Polka Dot Door was a childrens television series produced and broadcast by TVOntario from 1971 until 1993. ... Todays Special was a childrens television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TV Ontario from 1981 to 1987. ... The last minutes of Breakfast Television (Toronto) on November 16, 2004 Liza playing ping-pong with the previous guest (now off screen), while the camera begins to cut to Kevin for a news update Breakfast Television, also known as BT, is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program which airs... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show originally devised by Merv Griffin which runs in local editions around the world. ... Jeopardy! is a popular international television quiz game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ... Camilla Scott (born July 12, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress and television host. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American nationally syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey and is the highest rated talk show in television history. ...

In 1997, as part of a multi-station trade between CHUM and Baton Broadcasting, ATV and ASN became Baton properties; ATV was integrated into the expanded CTV network, while ASN took over the few remaining CHUM programs from ATV. ASN remains, for all intents and purposes, the Citytv affiliate in Atlantic Canada, and until recently carried a similar mix of movies and series in primetime. However, as noted above, and notwithstanding the proposed Bell Globemedia/CHUM merger (as further discussed below), the amount of CHUM programming on the ASN schedule has in fact decreased, and CHUM-supplied soap operas and movies (aside from late-night weekend movies) are no longer present. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baton Broadcasting System (BBS) was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. ... Citytv is an urban television brand owned by CHUM Limited. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

It also airs selected CTV network programming, including sports coverage and Canadian Idol, which, until recently, would not otherwise be widely available in Newfoundland and Labrador as a result of the 2002 disaffiliation of CJON from CTV (in July 2006, CJON purchased rights to the remainder of the fourth season of Idol; the first three seasons aired exclusively on ASN). Since fall 2005, ASN has also carried same-night rebroadcasts of CTV programs, presumably for simultaneous substitution purposes, on most nights at 11:00 p.m. AT (10:00 p.m. ET). Canadian Idol is a reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show Pop Idol and its American counterpart American Idol. ... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Official languages English Flower {{{Flower}}} Tree {{{Tree}}} Bird {{{Bird}}} Capital St. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... CJON is a privately-owned television station in St. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Simultaneous substitution or simsub, in Canadian broadcasting, is the practice by which cable, direct broadcast satellite and multichannel multipoint distribution service television distribution companies substitute the local Canadian signal over a non-Canadian or non-local signal, when two or more stations are airing the same programming at the same...

Since 1997, ASN's local programming has been cut back significantly. At its peak, Breakfast Television aired for two and a half hours daily; it now airs for 90 minutes, the first half-hour simulcast on CTV Atlantic. Also, while ASN still airs a noon newscast and an early-morning rebroadcast of CTV's Live at 5, both are branded as CTV News programs. As of mid-October 2005 ASN no longer carries a late newscast, due to the additional CTV programming noted above. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On July 12, 2006, Bell Globemedia announced plans to purchase CHUM. If approved, this would reunite ASN with CITY and may result in the channel sharing a standard schedule with the Citytv stations. However, as ASN's focus is on the entire Atlantic region, not one particular city, and is not even allowed to sell local advertising in Halifax — the region's biggest city — hence it is unclear whether ASN would adopt the "Citytv" brand.

Notes

• Currently, the CRTC requires that "commercial messages that are likely to have a negative impact on (CJON) be deleted from the ASN service distributed in St. John's and Mount Pearl (and area)" by Rogers Cable. [1] For several years Rogers has aired scrolling text from Broadcast News in its place, and has been faulted on several occasions for untimely malfunctions of the automated equipment that performs the deletion (i.e. entire segments of Canadian Idol being blocked). In spring 2006, Rogers applied to have this condition removed, citing these complaints among other reasons. [2]

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External links

• Official Site
• Fall 2006 schedulePDF