Ethnic Channels Group

Infobox_Company
company_name = Ethnic Channels Group Limited
company_
company_type = Private company
country = CAN
foundation = 2004
key_people = Slava Levin, Chairman & CEO
location = North York, Ontario
num_employees =
industry = Broadcasting
products = Ethnic Broadcasting
owner = Slava Levin, & Other Investors
homepage = [http://www.ethnicchannels.com/ www.ethnicchannels.com]

Ethnic Channels Group is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster providing premium programming to Canada's multicultural community. The company broadcasts content catering to various ethnicities from European to Asian to Caribbean. It has been in operation since 2004 and is owned by Slava Levin. Ethnic Channels Group has launched 10 services and plans on launching others. Most of the channels are available through Rogers Cable, with the exception of Iran TV Network and 1+1 International. DTH Satellite provider Bell TV currently offers 4 ECG channels in its lineup.

As Canadian ethnic services, all channels are required to air 15% Canadian content, which ECG produces in its state-of-the art broadcast studio.

Channels

On the air

* Abu Dhabi TV (Arabic)
* FTV (Filipino)
* ProSiebenSat.1 Welt (German)
* MEGA Cosmos (Greek)
* The Israeli Network (Hebrew)
* Iran TV Network (Persian)
* NTV Canada (Russian)- broadcasting only. Co-owned with Luba Cherny.
* RTVi (Russian)
* RTVi+ (Russian)
* 1+1 International (Ukrainian)
* SBTN (Vietnamese)

Coming soon

* Hype TV (Caribbean)
* RBTi (Portuguese- Brazil)
* Jewish Life TV (English)

NEXTV

In November 2007, Ethnic Channels Group launched NEXTV, an IPTV service that distributes channels to consumers via broadband.

Resources

* [http://www.ethnicchannels.com/Press/sep.jpgDigital Melting Pot] (Description of Ethnic Channels Group)
* [http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/PrinterFriendly.asp?story_id=51945145707&id=159333&RType=&PC=&issue=11012004 Under Attack] (Difficulty getting channels launched)
* [http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/PrinterFriendly.asp?story_id=85084115443&id=165348&RType=&PC=&issue=06012005 Unicode|A Diamond in the rough times] (Interview with ECG owner Slava Levin)
* [http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/PrinterFriendly.asp?id=50380&RType=&PC=&issue= Carriage deal with Rogers Cable for The Israeli Network]
* [http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/PrinterFriendly.asp?story_id=&id=56913&RType=&PC=&issue=06082006 Carriage deal with Rogers Cable for ProSiebenSat.1 Welt]
* [http://www.hypetvjam.com/news.php# Content deal with Hype TV from Jamaica]
* [http://www.jewishlifetv.com/pdf/jltvbulletin49.pdf Content deal with Jewish Life TV]

ee also

* List of broadcasting licenses held by Ethnic Channels Group

External links

* [http://www.ethnicchannels.com Official ECG website]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/cht203.pdf CRTC chart of ECG's assets]