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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.
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.
Toffee (Bengali: টফি) is an over-the-top streaming service available in Bangladesh, owned by Banglalink. [1] It offers a library of films, foreign tv shows, live sports and live tv channels. It also has video sharing feature and content creators can earn by monetizing their channel.
On 15 August 2015, coinciding the 40th death anniversary of the founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Maasranga aired a special musical program titled Bangabandhu Ke Niye. [8] Along with Bangladesh Television and GTV , Maasranga Television broadcast the 2016 Asia Cup for Bangladeshi audiences.
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.
State-owned Bangladesh Television began test transmissions on digital terrestrial television in Dhaka, Chittagong, and Khulna on 25 January 2011. [53] Bangladesh adopted the DVB-T system for digital television broadcasts in 2014. [54] Licence for DVB-S was provided to RealVU on 2014.
Sangsad Bangladesh Television, [a] often known as Sangsad Television, [b] [1] branded on-air as Sangsad Bangladesh, [c] is a Bangladeshi state-owned parliamentary television channel, which is the sister of Bangladesh Television. It was launched on 25 January 2011, and broadcasts live from the National Parliament of Bangladesh. [2] [3]
Before its official launch, Somoy TV was sold to City Group on 8 June 2010. [13] In November 2011, Somoy TV, along with three other Bangladeshi television channels, signed an agreement with UNICEF to air children's programming for one minute. [14] My TV was available for streaming on phones through Teletalk's 3G services in October 2012. [15] [16]