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Television channel
Iran TV Network
 Iran TV Network logo
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| Country
| Canada
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| Broadcast area
| National
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| Headquarters
| Toronto
,
Ontario
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| Picture format
| 480i
(
SDTV
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| Owner
| Ethnic Channels Group
(name licensed by Hily Media)
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| Launched
| Early 2006
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| Former names
| Jaam-e-Jam (2010-2015)
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Iran TV Network (ITN)
is a Canadian exempt
Category B
Persian language
specialty channel
. It is wholly owned by Ethnic Channels Group with its name and programming used under license from the
American
-based TV channel Iran TV Network.
ITN is a general entertainment service, it airs programming aimed at the entire family including news, dramas, reality series, music, sports and more.
History
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In November 2004, Ethnic Channels Group was granted approval from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) to launch a television channel called
Persian/Iranian TV
, described as
"a national ethnic Category 2 specialty programming undertaking devoted to providing programming primarily to the Persian-, Azeri-, Kurdish-, Armenian- and Assyrian-speaking communities."
[1]
The channel was launched in early 2006 as
Iran TV Network
(ITN) and featured programming from US-based channel, Iran TV Network. In early 2010, the channel was renamed Jaam-e-Jam and began featuring programming from Jaam-e-Jam International in Iran. In May 2015, the channel was renamed 'Iran TV Network' once again due to loss of programming from Jaam-e-Jam.
On August 30, 2013, the CRTC approved Ethnic Channels Group's request to convert Jaam-e-Jam from a licensed
Category B
specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.
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In 2020, both
Bell Fibe TV
and
Telus TV
, the only providers that carried the channel, dropped it from their line-ups, rendering the channel no longer available. It continues to broadcast on
satellite
and is available throughout North America as well as parts of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Asia.
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References
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External links
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Ethnic Channels Group
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