Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
| Aboriginal Peoples Television Network | |
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APTN logo
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| Launched | January 21, 1992 |
| Owned by | Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (2008–present) 480i (SDTV) (1992-present) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Formerly called | Television Northern Canada (1992–1999) |
| Website | APTN |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Whitehorse, YT | CHWT-TV 10 |
| Yellowknife, NT | CHTY-TV 11 |
| Other Areas | See Below |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | 269 (East) (SD) 270 (CHTY-TV) 1197 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | 350 (East) (SD) 55 / 555 (East) (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| FibreOP | 23 (East) (SD) 414 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | 269 (East) (SD) 1269 (HD) |
| MTS | 14 (West) (SD) 425 (HD) |
| Optik TV | 155 (West) (SD) 616 (HD) |
| SaskTel | 22 (West) (SD) 322 (HD) |
| Zazeen | 127 (East) (SD) 128 (HD) |
| VMedia | 70 (SD) |
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN, stylized aptn) is a Canadian broadcast and Category A cable television network. Established in 1992 with Canadian government support to broadcast in the territories, since 1999 APTN has had a national broadcast licence. It airs and produces programs made by, for and about aboriginal peoples in Canada and the United States. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, it is the first network by and for aboriginal peoples.
In 1980 the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued the Therrien Committee Report. In that report, the committee concluded that northern Aboriginal peoples had increasing interest in developing their own media services and that the government has a responsibility to ensure support in broadcasting of Aboriginal cultures and languages. The committee recommended measures to enable northern native people to use broadcasting to support their languages and cultures.
The Canadian government created the Northern Broadcasting Policy, issued on March 10, 1983. It laid out principles to develop Northern native-produced programming. The policy included support for what was called the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program, a funded program to produce radio and/or television programs in First Peoples' languages to reflect their cultural perspectives.
Soon after the program's creation, problems were recognized in the planned program distribution via satellite. In January 1987, Canadian aboriginal and Northern broadcasters met in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to form a non-profit consortium to establish a Pan-Northern television distribution service. In 1988, the Canadian government gave the organizers $10 million to establish the network. The application for the new service, initially known as Television Northern Canada (TVNC), was approved by the CRTC in 1991. The network officially launched on over-the-air signals to the Canadian territories and far northern provinces on January 21, 1992.
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