The channel was founded in 2011 by Ninos Ternian in order to preserve and extend the reach of Assyrian heritage, culture, and language.

[1] The channel was also noted to have played a positive impact, giving Assyrian humanitarian organizations and business owners a voice to discuss developments in the community.

[6] In November 2019, William Bnyameen Adam, who was on reporting duty in Rojava, was detained by the Asayish forces in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan after traveling to a Peshmerga-run checkpoint through a smuggler.

[7] [8] ANB had previously been unable to broadcast in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, until it had received a license to do so in Ankawa, Erbil in June 2020.

The channel complied and stated that it was forced to close due to its criticism of the Barzani family, the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, and using the term "northern Iraq" to reference the KRI.