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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Sikh Channel<br />
| logo = Sikh Channel logo.png<br />
| logo_size = 150px<br />
| logo_caption = Sikh Channel logo<br />
| launch_date = 13 April 2009<br />
| owner = Sikh Channel Community Interest Company Limited<br />
| area = International<br />
| replaced = [[Brit Hits]]<br />
| web = [http://www.sikhchannel.tv www.sikhchannel.tv]<br />
| sat_serv_1 = [[Sky UK|Sky]] <small>(UK and Ireland)</small><br />
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 768<br />
| sat_serv_2 = [[Astra 2G]]<br><small>([[Astra 28.2°E|28.2°E]])</small><br />
| sat_chan_2 = 11.082 H 22000 5/6<br />
| iptv_serv_1 = [[Bell Fibe TV]] <small>(Canada)</small><br />
| iptv_chan_1 =<br />
| iptv_serv_2 = [[VMedia]] <small>(Canada)</small><br />
| iptv_chan_2 = 676 (SD)<br />
| online_serv_1 = Sikhchannel.tv<br />
| online_chan_1 = [http://www.sikhchannel.tv/media/LiveStreaming.swf Watch live]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Sikh Channel''' is a [[United Kingdom]]-based, [[free-to-air]], [[Sikhism|Sikhi]]-focused satellite television channel. It broadcasts across [[Europe]] on [[satellite television]], in Canada and is also streamed live on the [[internet]]. The Sikh Channel began to broadcast on 13 April 2009 on [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]] channel 840, replacing [[Brit Hits]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/04/brit_hits_tv_ma.php|title=Brit Hits TV makes way for The Sikh Channel|publisher=Biz Asia|date=10 April 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415142917/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/04/brit_hits_tv_ma.php|archivedate=15 April 2009}}</ref> The Sikh Channel primarily focuses on education and religious programming for the Sikh community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/04/exclusive_the_s.php|title=Sikh Channel launches this month|publisher=Biz Asia|date=5 April 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416133437/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/04/exclusive_the_s.php|archivedate=16 April 2009}}</ref> It operates from a studio in the [[Aston]] area of [[Birmingham]].<br />
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The Sikh Channel was set up by Davinder Singh Bal in April 2009 by TV Legal Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/02/owner_of_brit_a.php|title=Owner of The Sikh Channel fined |publisher=Biz Asia|date=26 February 2010}}</ref> TV Legal formed The Sikh Channel Community Broadcasting Company Limited to accept donations, which are used to pay broadcast and programming costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb162/|title=Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 162 19/07/10|publisher=Ofcom|date=19 July 2010}}</ref> The Sikh Channel Community Broadcasting Company Limited became a registered [[community interest company]] on 25 September 2009 and a [[Charitable organization|registered charity]] on 2 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhchannel.tv/cic.php|title=Certificate of incorporation of a community interest company|publisher=Sikh Channel|accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/07/ofcom_clears_th.php|title=Ofcom clears The Sikh Channel on appeals|publisher=Biz Asia|date=19 July 2010}}</ref> In December 2012, TV Legal Limited transferred the channel's television broadcast licence to the Sikh Channel Community Interest Company Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/122012|title=Television Broadcast Licensing Update December 2012|publisher=Ofcom|accessdate=8 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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On 18 April 2013, the channel launched in Canada as "ATN Sikh Channel" through an exclusive licensing agreement with the [[Asian Television Network]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013042327383/canada-s-atn-boosts-punjabi-tv-offer.html|title=Canada's ATN boosts Punjabi TV offer|publisher=Rapid TV News|date=23 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Brit Hits]]<br />
*[[Sikhism in England]]<br />
*[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikhism in United Kingdom]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.sikhchannel.tv/ Official website]<br />
{{Sikhism}}<br />
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[[Category:Broadcasting in Birmingham, West Midlands]]<br />
[[Category:Religious television channels in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Sikh mass media]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009]]<br />
[[Category:Sikhism in the United Kingdom]]<br />
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