List of television stations in Bangladesh

Around 45 television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2019, of which thirty seven are currently on air.[1] Five television channels, namely CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channel 16, have been taken off air. Bangladesh has four state-owned television stations and several privately owned television channels. Currently, there are only two terrestrial television channels, which are BTV Dhaka and BTV Chittagong.

State-owned

As of today, Bangladesh has four state-owned television channels. Among them, Bangladesh Television is the oldest, founded in 1964.

NameIn BengaliLaunchedInformation
BTVবাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 December 1964 (1964-12-25)Founded in 1964 as Pakistan Television when East Pakistan, but renamed BTV after 1971.
BTV Chittagongবিটিভি চট্টগ্রাম19 December 1996 (1996-12-19)Regional channel.
BTV Worldবিটিভি ওয়ার্ল্ড11 April 2004 (2004-04-11)Available worldwide.
Sangsad Bangladeshসংসদ বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 January 2011 (2011-01-25)Broadcasts live Bangladesh's National Parliament Assemblies.

Privately owned

Mixed Entertainment
NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotes
ATN Banglaএটিএন বাংলা15 July 1997 (1997-07-15)Multimedia Production Company Ltd.Bangladesh's first privately owned television channel.
Channel iচ্যানেল আই1 October 1999 (1999-10-01)Impress Group
Ekushey Televisionএকুশে টেলিভিশন14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)S. Alam Group of IndustriesFormerly broadcast via terrestrial television. Shut down in 2002 but returned on satellite television in 2007.
NTVএনটিভি3 July 2003 (2003-07-03)International Television Channel Ltd.
RTVআরটিভি26 December 2005 (2005-12-26)Bengal Media Corporation
Boishakhi TVবৈশাখী টেলিভিশন27 December 2005 (2005-12-27)Destiny 2000 LimitedFormerly owned by BNS Group of Companies
Banglavisionবাংলাভিশন31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)Shyamol Bangla Media Ltd.
Desh TVদেশ টিভি26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)Desh Television Limited
My TVমাই টিভি15 April 2010 (2010-04-15)V.M. International Ltd
Mohona TVমোহনা টিভি11 November 2010 (2010-11-11)Mohona Television Limited
Maasranga Televisionমাছরাঙ্গা টেলিভিশন30 July 2011 (2011-07-30)Square Group
Channel 9চ্যানেল নাইন8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)Virgo Media Limited
GTVজিটিভি12 June 2012 (2012-06-12)
Bijoy TVবিজয় টিভি16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)Bijoy Television Limited
Asian TVএশিয়ান টিভি18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)Asian Group of Industries
SA TVএসএ টিভি19 January 2013 (2013-01-19)
Deepto TVদীপ্ত টিভি18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)Kazi Media Limited
Bangla TVবাংলা টিভি19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Nagorik TVনাগরিক টিভি1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)Jadoo Media Limited
Ananda TVআনন্দ টিভি11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)

News
ChannelInformation
ATN Newsa 24/7 news channel in Bengali. The channel transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and is also transmitted throughout South Asia, the Middle-East, Europe, and North America.
Independent Televisiona 24/7 news channel in Bengali that is transmitted from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Somoy TVa 24-hour Bengali news-based private satellite television channel in Bangladesh known for its news presentations.
Channel 24a private television station in Bangladesh that is transmitted from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ekattor TVthe first full HD 24/7 news and current affairs channel in Bengali that is transmitted from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Jamuna TVa private television station in Dhaka, an associate company of Jamuna Group, has been launched on 5 April 2014, as a 24x7 news channel to provide national and international news and information.
News24a new 24 hours HD news channel owned by East West Media Group in Bangladesh. It was launched on 28 July 2016.
DBC NewsStarted operation in September 2016. Owned by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury.

Infotainment
NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotes
Nexus Television[2]নেক্সাস টেলিভিশন30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)S. Alam Group of IndustriesNon-fiction television channel
Spice Television[3]স্পাইস টেলিভিশনCurrently under test transmissionInfotainment television channel

Music
ChannelInformation
Gaan Banglaa music channel in Bangladesh that started on 16 December 2013.

Children's
ChannelInformation
Duronto TVDuronto TV is a television channel in Bangladesh for children

Sports
ChannelInformation
T Sportsa private television station in Bangladesh for all kinds of sports. The Basundhara Group is the owner of this channel. T sports has run in 2020.

Defunct
ChannelLaunched & Closed
Channel 124 January 2006 - 27 April 2010
CSB News9 April 2007 - 6 September 2007
Islamic TVApril 2007 - May 2013
Diganta Television28 August 2008 - 6 May 2013
Channel 162011-2014

See also

References
  1. "Hasan: 45 TV channels get permission, 30 in operation". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "যাত্রা শুরু করল নেক্সাস টেলিভিশন" [Nexus Television begins transmissions]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. স্পাইস টিভি পরীক্ষামূলক সম্প্রচার শুরু করছে আজ. Barta24. 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
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