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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 50 television channels in Bangladesh, with 40 currently on air.
State-owned Bangladesh Television, the owner of BTV Dhaka and BTV Chittagong, is the oldest television broadcaster in Bangladesh, having to be founded in 1971. For a brief period of time, Ekushey Television was the first and only privately owned terrestrial channel in the country and was also the first of its kind in South Asia , [ 15 ] until ...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted Channel 9 a license to broadcast among other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels on 20 October 2009. [2] It commenced test transmissions on 8 April 2011, [ citation needed ] and officially began broadcasting on 30 January 2012.
Bangladesh Television was the sole television broadcaster in Bangladesh [52] until the launch of ATN Bangla on satellite television in 1997, and Ekushey Television on terrestrial in 2000. As competition grew over the years, BTV declined and stagnated, and privately owned television channels gained more popularity among locals.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the official government-owned news agency of Bangladesh, was created on 1 January 1972 from the Dhaka bureau of the state-owned. Abul Kalam Azad , who was formerly Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 's press secretary, became its chief editor in 2014. [ 34 ]
Snell Limited, owned by bankers LDC, was created from the merger of Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel in 2009. In March 2014 Snell was acquired by another company owned by LDC, Quantel Ltd . [ 3 ] After LDC's replacement of Snell CEO Simon Derry with Quantel CEO Ray Cross, the process of merging the companies began.
It also produces Mati-O-Manush and Banglar Krishi programs on Bangladesh Television. The agency also produces programs for Bangladesh Betar, the public radio broadcaster, and community radios. It operates a call center were farmers can call for information on agriculture. [1] [5] [6]
Department of Mass Communication is a government department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Bangladesh. Its headquarter is located in Dhaka, It has 68 field level offices all over the country. Among those 64 District Information Offices are located in 64 district headquarters and 4 offices are located in 4 Upzilas of hill ...