Uvagut TV

Television channel

Uvagut TV
Ownership
Uvagut TV logo
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Owner	Nunavut Independent Television Network
History
Launched	January 18, 2021
Links
Website	uvagut.tv

Uvagut TV (translates to Our TV) is a Canadian licence-exempted Category B specialty television channel owned by Nunavut Independent Television Network.

It is Canada's first television channel devoted exclusively to Inuktitut language programming, and only the second service devoted to indigenous communities in Canada after the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.^[1]

The channel broadcasts a variety of programming including children’s shows, movies, documentaries, and cultural and current affairs programming.

The channel launched on January 18, 2021 initially on Arctic Co-op Cable in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as nationally by Shaw Direct and online.^[2]

References

^ Greg David, "Uvagut TV Breaks Ground as Canada’s First Inuit-Language TV Channel". TV, eh?, January 14, 2021.
^ "New Uvagut TV to feature all programming made in Inuktut language"

External links

Official website

Indigenous media

World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network

Africa

Nigerian	Lagos Television Rivers State Television
South African	SABC

Asia

Taiwanese Aborigines	Taiwan Indigenous Television Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation
China	China Tibet Broadcasting Inner Mongolia Radio TV Sichuan Radio TV Xinjiang Radio TV Ürümqi Radio TV
Malaysia	RTM (Asyik FM Wai FM Sabah V FM)
Vietnam	VTV5

Europe

Crimean Tatar	ATR
Russian	CNBC Shayan TV
Sámi	Árran Áššu Ávvir Báiki Bårjås Daerpies Dierie Gába Kierâš Min Áigi Muitalægje NRK Sápmi Nuorttanaste Ođđasat Sääʹmođđâz Saǥai Muittalægje Ságat Sápmelaš Waren Sardne

North America

First Nations	Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Aboriginal Voices Radio Network (defunct) Big Soul Productions CBC North CHOB-TV First Peoples Radio Kamloops Wawa Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation Native Communications Onkweonwe Say Magazine Tekawennake Turtle Island News Two Row Times Wawatay Native Communications Society
Inuit	CBC North Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Inuit TV Uvagut TV
Native American	Ádahooníłígíí Bishinik Indian Country Today Media Network American Indian Magazine Tribal College Journal ArizonaNativeNet Cherokee Phoenix FNX The Narragansett Dawn Native American Public Telecommunications Native News Today Native Public Media NATV Native American Television Navajo Times Navajo-Hopi Observer News From Indian Country Sequoyah Research Center The Aroostook Indian

Oceania

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	3KND 4K1G 6AR Australian Indigenous Communications Association Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association Flinders Island Chronicle Imparja Television Pty Ltd News TV Indigenous Community Television Koori Mail Koori Radio Message Stick National Indigenous Radio Service National Indigenous Television News National Indigenous Times Noongar Radio 100.9 Vibe Australia
Māori	Māori Television Service Te Māngai Pāho Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori