So, for the longest time, folks lamented the lack of an Asian American TV network featuring Asian American programming (as opposed to simply playing language-specific programs here in states: wacky Japanese game shows, tear-jerking Korean soap operas, epic Bollywood films etc...)

Then, all of a sudden, two major players emerged pretty much out of nowhere: AZN (formerly the International Channel), and Imaginasian.

AZN was purchased by Comcast sometime last year, and Imaginasian, as far as I know is a privately funded venture.

Anyways, it looks like AZN is getting the shaft, which kinda sucks b/c they apparently had a bunch of Asian American shows in development that now may never see the light of day.

Further, they're about to do something really cool, which is an awards show featuring Asian American artists/entertainers and the like.

No love.

Jeff Yang's got the scoop on AZN:

A 24-hour channel featuring unique original programming for Asian Americans, backed by the biggest and most powerful entity in the cable business? It seemed too good to be true. And apparently it was.

sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi

Here's a link to the awards show:
www.azntv.com/axa/