Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
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| network_type = Broadcast & cable television network | available = National | owner = Aboriginal Peoples Television Network | key_people = Jean LaRose (CEO) | launch_date = 1992 | founder = | past_names = Television Northern Canada | brand = APTN | website = [www.aptn.ca] | }} Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, or APTN, is a Canadian television network which airs and produces programming made by, for, and about Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The service first went on the air in 1992 as Television Northern Canada, and was originally available only in the territories of Canada. It broadcast on CHTY-TV, channel 11 in Yellowknife; CHWT-TV, channel 11 in Whitehorse, and several rebroadcasters across the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador. APTN made its debut as a national network on September 1, 1999. The network is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
APTN's service consists of two different feeds: a terrestrial feed for the Arctic territories (the original TVNC network); and a cable-only, cross-Canada feed. The network's programming is approximately 60% English, 15% French, and 25% Aboriginal languages.
Since its launch in 1999, the CRTC has required all Canadian cable television operators to carry APTN. It is one of four officially licenced television networks in Canada, thus placing it on par with CBC, Radio-Canada and TVA. However, APTN's ratings are very low outside the Arctic territories because many cable companies place it above channel 60 on their systems. The CRTC has considered requiring cable companies to move APTN to a lower dial position.
The network often airs mainstream feature films that have little to do with Aboriginals other than having stars with some aboriginal ancestry, like Speed and JFK.
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