NTV (Bangladeshi TV channel)

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NTV
Logo of NTV Bangladesh
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersThe sixth floor of BSEC Building, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture format16:9 HDTV (downscaled to 4:3 or 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerInternational Television Channel Ltd.
Sister channelsRTV
History
Launched2 July 2003
Replaced byChannel 9 (in the United Kingdom)
Links
Websitewww.ntvbd.com
Availability
Cable
Bengal Digital (Bangladesh)Channel 15
Rogers Cable (Canada)Channel 863
Satellite
Telstar 10
(Pan Asia)		4175 H MHz
Dish Network (USA)Channel 790
Sky (UK and Ireland)Channel 780 (NTV Europe)
Astra 2F (Europe)12663 H 22000 5/6 (NTV Europe)
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV (Canada)Channel 815

NTV, an acronym of less commonly used National Television,[1] is a Bangladeshi satellite and cable television channel based in the BSEC Building in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. It was launched on 2 July 2003, and is one of Bangladesh's most popular television channels. In the anniversary of the channel, the founder expressed interest in creating NTV2 to satisfy the watchers further. NTV is owned by Mosaddek Ali Falu, a businessman. He was leader & vice president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[2]

History[]

On 10 February 2003, NTV was announced to set operations in April of that year, as Bangladesh's previous privately owned television channel, Ekushey Television was shut down in 2002. It had also announced a partnership with CNN.[1] However, its official broadcasts started on 2 July 2003. In 2004, Falu bought NTV and pushed its license approval further.[3]

In August 2006, the United Kingdom-based NTV Europe was launched and targeted the Bangladeshi community throughout Europe on Sky channel 826, but stopped broadcasting a year later. On 26 February 2007, a massive fire took place at the BSEC building in Karwan Bazar, killing three people and injuring over a hundred.[4] As a result, both NTV and its sister, RTV, temporarily ceased operations and forced the channel to broadcast reruns after resuming broadcasts. They worked with Banglavision to broadcast their news onto NTV since they were unable to do their own. NTV Europe was relaunched on Sky channel 834 in the United Kingdom in August 2008.

In September 2011, NTV became the first television channel in Bangladesh to receive an ISO certificate for its contribution to its broadcast management. Mike Bloise handed it to the channel's chairman, Falu.[5] On 14 April 2012, NTV Europe was replaced by Channel 9 on Sky channel 834.[6] However, NTV Europe started broadcasting on Sky channel 852 sixteen days later.,[7] but due to a reshuffle, it moved to channel 838 on 19 August 2014.

On 31 October 2014, another fire broke out in the BSEC building on 11:48 at morning, which once again led to the shut down of both NTV and RTV.[8] In 2016, Falu resigned from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as vice chairman.[9] NTV aired the Miss World Bangladesh pageant in 2017.[10] On 1 May 2018, as a part of another reshuflle, NTV Europe moved to Sky channel 757 due to the fact that the International genre had started to begin at channel 701. NTV's old slot was used for Lifetime. It was moved again to channel 780 due to Sky's reshuffle of its international section by language in 2019.

Recently NTV authority has taken an initiative to promote its website. As a result, NTV online has been started its journey more elaborately to keep people updated about latest news, entertainment program, sports, tech, travel, automobile, lifestyle, education and so on.[11]

Programming[]

NTV's programming is diverse and consists of news coverage, soap operas, edutainment, religious, and political programs.[12]

Drama[]

Reality[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "NTV bows in Bangladesh". Variety. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Under-fire Narayanganj MP Salim Osman, in leaked phone call, abuses journalist". bdnews24.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 992". The Daily Star. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ITTEFAQ.COM".
  5. ^ "NTV receives ISO certificate". The Daily Star. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Channel 9 takesover NTV on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  7. ^ "NTV relaunches on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Fire again at city's BSEC Bhaban". The Daily Star. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. ^ bdnews24.com
  10. ^ "NTV to telecast Lovello Miss World Bangladesh 2017". Miss World Bangladesh. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. ^ "NTV: Latest Bangla News, Infotainment, Online & Live Tv". NTV.
  12. ^ http://www.mediabangladesh.net/television_bangladesh.php?recordID=7

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