Channel 24 ( bn, চ্যানেল টুয়েন্টিফোর) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel airing programming relating to news and current affairs, owned by Times Media Limited, a subsidiary of the
Ha-meem Group. The channel was launched on 24 May 2012 initially as a mixed entertainment channel, before moving to solely airing news programming.
History
Channel 24 was granted a license to broadcast in February 2010 by the
. It began test transmissions on 22 August 2011. Although initially planning to do so in December of that year, it officially commenced transmissions on 24 May 2012.
Originally, its programming line was diversified, consisting of drama, news, television films, music, sports, talk shows, and many more. It also offered programming targeted towards viewers in
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
, which is broadcast from the city.
It later changed its focus to mostly airing news and current affairs programming. Within two years of its launch, Channel 24 became the top news channel in Bangladesh. Channel 24 was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with
Bdnews24.com
bdnews24.com is an English and Bengali language news website of Bangladesh.
History
In 2005, the company launched initially as the country's first exclusively web-based news agency, and was known as BDNEWS. The website bdnews24.com developed b ...
to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called ''Prism'' in May 2016. The channel was the first in Bangladesh to introduce an
AI news anchor, named 'Aparajita', who debuted on 19 July 2023.
Programming
* ''Amar Joto Gaan''
* ''Beyond the Gallery'':
The daily sports program broadcast by the network. It focuses on local and international sports events, with special emphasis on cricket and football, daily events, special reports, analyses, and investigative reports.
* ''Entertainment 24''
* ''Lifestyle 24''
* ''Mukhomukhi''
* ''Prosongo Rajniti''
* ''Sports 24''
References
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television channels in Bangladesh
Mass media in Dhaka
24-hour television news channels in Bangladesh
2012 establishments in Bangladesh
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