Around 45 privately owned television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2019, of which thirty-five are currently on air.[1] Six television channels, namely STV-US, CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channel 16, have been taken off air. Bangladesh has four state-owned television stations, of which only three broadcast on terrestrial television, which are BTV Dhaka, BTV Chittagong, and Sangsad Television. In total, there are 49 television channels in Bangladesh, with 39 currently on air.

State-owned

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

NameIn BengaliLaunchedInformationReference(s)
BTVবাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 December 1964Founded in 1964 as Pakistan Television when East Pakistan, but renamed BTV after 1971.[2]
BTV Chittagongবিটিভি চট্টগ্রাম19 December 1996Regional channel.[2]
BTV Worldবিটিভি ওয়ার্ল্ড11 April 2004Available worldwide.[2]
Sangsad Bangladeshসংসদ বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 January 2011Broadcasts live Bangladesh's National Parliament Assemblies.[2]

Privately owned

Mixed Entertainment

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
ATN Banglaএটিএন বাংলা15 July 1997Multimedia Production Company Ltd.Bangladesh's first privately owned television channel.[2]
Channel iচ্যানেল আই1 October 1999Impress Group[2]
Ekushey Televisionএকুশে টেলিভিশন14 April 2000S. Alam Group of IndustriesFormerly broadcast via terrestrial television. Shut down in 2002 but returned on satellite television in 2007.[2]
NTVএনটিভি3 July 2003International Television Channel Ltd.[2]
RTVআরটিভি26 December 2005Bengal Media Corporation[2]
Boishakhi TVবৈশাখী টেলিভিশন27 December 2005Destiny 2000 LimitedFormerly owned by BNS Group of Companies[2]
Banglavisionবাংলাভিশন31 March 2006Shyamol Bangla Media Ltd.[2]
My TVমাই টিভি15 April 2010V.M. International Ltd[2]
Mohona Televisionমোহনা টিভি11 November 2010Mohona Television Limited[2]
Maasranga Televisionমাছরাঙ্গা টেলিভিশন30 July 2011Square Group[2]
Channel 9চ্যানেল নাইন8 April 2011Virgo Media Limited[2]
GTVজিটিভি12 June 2012Gazi Group Limited[2]
Asian TVএশিয়ান টিভি18 January 2013Asian Group of Industries[2]
SA TVএসএ টিভি19 January 2013S. A. GroupS A Paribahan[2]
Bijoy TVবিজয় টিভি31 May 2013Bijoy Television Limited[2]
Deepto TVদীপ্ত টিভি18 November 2015Kazi Media LimitedKazi Farms Group[2]
Bangla TVবাংলা টিভি19 May 2017Akhter groupBritish Bangali channel[2]
Nagorik TVনাগরিক টিভি1 March 2018Jadoo Media LimitedMohammadi Group[2]
Ananda TVআনন্দ টিভি11 March 2018Abbasuddin Media Ltd.[2]
Global Televisionগ্লোবাল টেলিভিশন30 June 2022Globe Multimedia Limited[3]
Green TVগ্রিন টিভি19 May 2023Rongdhanu Group[4]

News

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Desh TVদেশ টিভি26 March 2009Desh Television Limited (karnaphuli Group)Formerly a mixed entertainment channel prior to 26 October 2022[5][2]
ATN Newsএটিএন নিউজ7 June 2010Multimedia Production Company Ltd.First contemporary news channel in Bangladesh[2]
Somoy TVসময় টিভি17 April 2011City Group[2]
Independent Televisionইনডিপেনডেন্ট টেলিভিশন28 July 2011BEXIMCOFirst local channel to use MPEG-4[2]
Channel 24চ্যানেল টুয়েন্টিফোর24 May 2012Times Media Limited (Ha-meem Group)[2]
Ekattorএকাত্তর21 June 2012Meghna Group of IndustriesFirst full HD news channel[2]
Jamuna Televisionযমুনা টেলিভিশন5 April 2014Jamuna Group[2]
News24নিউজ টুয়েন্টি ফোর28 July 2016East West Media GroupBashundhara Group[2]
DBC Newsডিবিসি নিউজ21 September 2016Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd.[2]

Infotainment

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Nexus Televisionনেক্সাস টেলিভিশন30 July 2021S. Alam Group of IndustriesNon-fiction television channel[6]
NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Ekhonএখন9 June 2022City GroupFormerly Spice Television during its prelaunch[7][8]

Music

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Gaan Banglaগান বাংলা16 December 2013One More Zero Group[2]

Children's

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Duronto TVদুরন্ত টিভি5 October 2017Barind Media Limited[2]

Sports

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotes
T Sportsটি স্পোর্টস9 November 2020East West Media GroupBashundhara Group

Defunct

ChannelLaunched and closed
STV-US22 November 2005 – September 2007
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 1616 December 2011 – 2 December 2014

Upcoming channels

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Hasan: 45 TV channels get permission, 30 in operation". Dhaka Tribune. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 তালিকা ধরে চ্যানেল দেখানোর নির্দেশনা ক্যাবল অপারেটরদের. BanglaNews24 (in Bengali). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ↑ পূর্ণাঙ্গ সম্প্রচারে আসছে গ্লোবাল টেলিভিশন. GlobalTVBD. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ↑ জমকালো আয়োজনে গ্রিন টিভির যাত্রা শুরু. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "দেশ টিভির নতুন লোগো উন্মোচন ও গুণীজন সংবর্ধনা". tribunenewsbd.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "যাত্রা শুরু করল নেক্সাস টেলিভিশন" [Nexus Television begins transmissions]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ↑ স্পাইস টিভি পরীক্ষামূলক সম্প্রচার শুরু করছে আজ. Barta24. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ↑ যাত্রা শুরু করলো দেশের প্রথম ব্যবসাকেন্দ্রিক টিভি ‘এখন’. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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