Channel 9 ( bn, চ্যানেল নাইন) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Virgo Media Limited. Based in the

Panthapath Pantapath is an important east west road in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. It connects Tongi Diversion road, Mymenshing Road (now Old Airport Road) and Mirpur Road. It is home to one of South Asia's largest shopping c ...

neighborhood of

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, the channel began broadcasting on 30 January 2012. The channel airs sports and entertainment programming, and formerly aired news until the closure of its news division in 2019. It had the rights to broadcast the

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and

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History

The

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিযোগাযোগ নিয়ন্ত্রণ কমিশন) is an independent commission founded under the Bangladesh Telecommunic ...

granted Channel 9 a license to broadcast among other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels on 20 October 2009. It commenced test transmissions on 8 April 2011, and officially began broadcasting on 30 January 2012. On 14 April 2012, the channel launched on

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in the

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and

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, where it replaced

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. The channel was broadcast

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. This closed on 27 June 2014 and was replaced by Iqra Bangla, a sister channel to

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. It has been rumoured that Channel 9 will launch on Talk Talk Youview platform but no further information has been released. In September 2017, in observance of

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, the telefilm ''

Boro Chele ''Boro Chele'' is a 2017 Bangladeshi telefilm written and directed by Mizanur Rahman Aryan. It features Ziaul Faruq Apurba and Mehazabien Chowdhury in lead roles. The telefilm premiered on Channel Nine on the occasion on Eid al-Adha. It marks a ...

'' aired on Channel 9, which went viral on

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. On 21 May 2021, Channel 9, along with

SA TV SA TV ( bn, এসএটিভি), the acronym of the lesser known South Asian Television, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel based in Gulshan, Dhaka. It is owned by the SA Group, one of Bangladesh's larges ...

, was obliged to temporarily cease operations over unpaid satellite transponder fees, according to authorities. It was also announced that Channel 9 would resume transmissions by 23 May, which it did.

Programming

List of programming

* ''Aşk Ağlatır'' (title localized as ''Akash Jure Megh'') * ''

Bachelor Point Bachelor Point is a Bangladeshi comedy drama series, started at 4 August 2018 which is aired on Channel Nine. It is directed by Kajal Arefin Ome and it stars Mishu Sabbir, Tawsif Mahbub, Ziaul Haque Polash, Shamim Hasan Sarkar, Chashi Alam, ...

'' * ''Bohe Somantoral'' * ''Dekha Dekhi'' * ''Dhonni Meye'' * ''Grandmaster'' * ''Rabbu Bhai-er Bou'' * ''Traveler's Story''

Key people

Chairman: Syeda Mahbuba Akhter, wife of retired Major General Syed Shafayetul Islam, son of

Syed Nazrul Islam Syed Nazrul Islam ( bn, সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম, Soiyod Nozrul Islam; 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was declared a ...

. Managing Director: Enayetur Rahman Bappy is the managing director of Channel 9. He resigned from

and joined the company.

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