Asian Tribune September 23, 2022

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Issue 316 (2) Asian Tribune September 23, 2022
ATN to launch two more channels from Sony Pictures Networks India
Toronto;
(ATB) Asian Television
Network International
Limited (ATN) (TSX-
VSAT), Canada’s largest
South Asian broadcaster
and pioneer
broadcaster of cricket,
is pleased to announce
that is has acquired the
Canadian distribution
rights for two more TV
channels from Sony Pictures
Networks India
(SPN) namely Sony
YAY! and Sony PAL.
Sony YAY! is India's goto
kids channel for nonstop
Kids entertainment!
Its vision is to be
a part of kids’ everyday
lives through various
endeavours. A channel
targeted at kids aged
between 2 – 14 years,
Sony YAY! is here to
set new standards and
benchmarks in kids'
entertainment genre
with its unique, fresh
and relatable content.
Sony PAL is
the general entertainment
channel (GEC)
from the SPN stable.
The channel showcases
stories and characters
which forms an instant
bond with its viewers.
With the tagline ‘Yeh
Pal Humara Hai’, which
means ‘This moment is
ours’, Sony PAL aims
to bring positivity
through its content offerings
which inspires its
viewers. “We are very
proud of our long association
with Sony Pictures
Networks, a world
leader in Entertainment.”
said Dr. Shan
Chandrasekar, President
& CEO of ATN. “We
are delighted to launch
our first children’s channel
across Canada
along with another popular
General Entertainment
Channel from the
network. With the massive
growth in South
Asian population across
Canada, these channels
will attract a large
loyal audience.” he
added.
Commenting
on the partnership, Mr.
Jaideep Janakiram,
SVP International Business
– America, said,
“We are ecstatic to announce
our launch in
Canada with Sony YAY!
and Sony PAL. Our partnership
with ATN goes
a long way and will further
help in taking our
channels to the right
audiences. The consumption
of Indian content
has surged
amongst the South
Asian diaspora in the
recent years and the
launch of both these
channels in Canada will
fill in the need gap of
audiences with our compelling
content.”
ATN already
has a long-lasting association
with Sony Pictures
Networks India
and distributes five
channels across
Canada namely SET
HD, Sony SAB, Sony
MAX, Sony MAX2 and
Sony AATH.
Sony YAY! And Sony
PAL will launch on September
13, 2022 on
TELUS Optik TV in
Western Canada, and
soon after in other parts
of the country through
licensed distributors.
About Culver Max Entertainment
Private Limited
(formerly known as
Sony Pictures Networks):
Sony Pictures
Networks is the consumer-facing
identity of
Culver Max Entertainment
Private Limited,
which is an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary
of Sony Group Corporation,
Japan. The
Company has several
channels including Sony
Entertainment Television
(SET and SET
HD), one of India's leading
Hindi general entertainment
television
channels; MAX, India's
premium Hindi movies
and special events
channel; MAX 2, another
Hindi movie
channel showcasing
great India Cinema;
MAX HD, a high definition
Hindi movie channel
airing premium quality
films; WAH, the
Hindi movies channel
for rural markets; SAB
and SAB HD the family-oriented
Hindi comedy
The Company reaches
entertainment out to over 700 million
channels; PAL, a genre
leader in rural Hindi
viewers in India and is
available in 167 countries.
speaking markets
(HSM) showcasing the
best of Hindi general
entertainment and Hindi
movies from its content
library; PIX and PIX HD,
Sony BBC Earth and
The Company
is recognised as an
employer of choice
within and outside the
media industry. It is a
recipient of several
Sony BBC Earth HD, awards, including
the premium factual entertainment
channels,
Sony AATH, the Bangla
entertainment channel;
YAY!, the kids entertainment
channel; Sony
Sports Network –
SONY SIX, SONY SIX
HD, SONY TEN 1,?
SONY TEN 1 HD,
India’s Best Companies
to Work For 2021 by
the Great Place to
Work® Institute, India,
‘Aon Best Employers
India’ awards in recognition
of the company’s
unique workplace culture
and exceptional
people practices, consistently
SONY TEN 2, SONY
ranking
TEN 2 HD, SONY TEN
3, SONY TEN 3 HD;
SONY TEN 4, SONY
TEN 4 HD; Sony ?????,
the Marathi general entertainment
channel;?
SonyLIV - the digital
entertainment VOD
platform and Studio
NEXT the independent
production venture for
original content and IPs
for TV and digital media.
amongst India’s Top 10
Companies with Best
Health & Wellness
Practices by SHRM &
CGP Partners and
listed by Working
Mother & AVTAR as one
of the 100 Best Companies
for Women in India.
The Company is in its
27th year of operations
in India. Besides having
overseas subsidiaries, it
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has a subsidiary MSM-
Worldwide Factual Media
Private Limited and
an affiliate, Bangla Entertainment
Private Limited
in India. For more information,
log onto
www.sonypicturesnet
works.com About ATN-
Asian Television Network
International Limited
ATN serves
Canada’s diverse cultural
communities with
over 50 specialty television
channels. The
Company offers its flagship
ATN-HD general interest
service along with
7 other general interest
channels, 3 sports
Channels, 7 news Channels,
5 Bollywood movie
channels and a variety
of channels that include
music, lifestyle, and
several regional language
channels that includes
Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali,
Urdu, Gujarati &
Marathi. ATN has been
a pioneer in the Production
of Multicultural Television
Programming in
Canada. ATN has programming
alliances with
leading international
broadcasters like Sony
Entertainment Television,
Viacom, India
Cast, Zee Network,
Doordarshan, Times
Television, B4U, NDTV,
Republic TV, ABP
News Network, Jaya
TV, ARY, FOOD FOOD
Network and many
more. ATN is also a pioneer
broadcaster of
Cricket in Canada and
has exclusive broadcast
rights for various International
Cricket
Boards. ATN has its
own State Of The Art
Production facilities.
ATN’s content is also
available on Amazon
Prime in USA & UK,
Bell Media’s Crave in
Canada and also operates
a 24X7 South
Asian Radio Service on
Sirius XM Radio across
The United States and
Canada. ATN’s high
class Studio Facilities
have also been used by
Production Companies
associated with Netflix,
CBC and others.
Supreme Court upholds Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act Separate
committee was formed under the Act to manage affairs of gurdwaras in state
New Delhi, (ATB) The Supreme Court
upheld the validity of the Haryana Sikh
Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, under
which a separate committee was formed to
manage the affairs of gurdwaras in the state.
Since the affairs of the Sikh minority
in the state are to be managed by the Sikhs
alone, the Act cannot be said to be violative of
any of the fundamental rights conferred under
Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution. Bench
“Since the affairs of the Sikh minority
in the state are to be managed by the Sikhs
alone, it cannot be said to be violative of any
of the fundamental rights conferred under Articles
25 and 26 of the Constitution,” said a
Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta, dismissing
two petitions filed eight years ago seeking
quashing of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Act,
2014.
The Bench, which also included Justice
Vikram Nath, noted that the Haryana Act
was similar to the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925,
having similar provisions of constituting a committee
to manage gurdwara affairs under Section
3 of the Haryana Act. “The gurdwara property
in terms of Section 2(f) of the Haryana
Act means all movable and immovable properties
of a gurdwara or any institution which,
immediately before the appointed day, vested
or was kept in deposit in the name of any
board, trust, committee, gurdwara management
or was being regulated under the provisions
of the 1925 Act. The members of the
committee have to be elected from the eligible
voters who are Amritdhari Sikh... The co-option
is from the members of the community
alone,” the Bench said.
“The 2014 Act also provides for the
Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission
in the same manner as is provided under the
1925 Act. The affairs of the gurdwara are again
required to be managed by the local gurdwara
committee,” it pointed out. There were two petitions
against the Haryana Act – first by
Harbhajan Singh – an elected SGPC representative
from Kurukshetra and the second one
by the SGPC.
The petitioners contended that under
Section 72 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act,
1966, the power to make laws in respect of
the SGPC as an inter-state body corporate had
been reserved with the Central Government only
and there was no provision in law for any bifurcation
by enacting a state legislation.
Terming it a hasty enactment, the petitioners
had submitted that it’s not only against
the provisions of the Punjab Reorganisation Act,
but was also divisive in its intention to create
dissension among the followers of the Sikh religion.
The Centre had contended that only
Parliament had the exclusive power to enact
law on the subject. “There is no justification
for the Haryana State Legislature to have
passed a law on the same subject matter,
taking away the jurisdiction of the board constituted
under the 1925 Act.”The top court,
however, dismissed the petitions, saying the
Haryana Assembly had the legislative competence
to enact the law in question.
“The SGPC became inter-state body
corporate not because of Entry 44 List I (Union
List under Seventh Schedule) but because
of reorganisation of the territories of the erstwhile
state of Punjab. Therefore, Entry 44
would have no applicability in respect of legislative
competence of the state of Haryana
to enact the Haryana Act,” the top court said.
Holding that incorporation of a statutory
body fell in Entry 32 of List II (State List
under Seventh Schedule), as also unincorporated
religious and other societies,” the top
court concluded that the Haryana Act was
within the legislative competence of the state.