News24 is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable
pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...
channel dedicated to news programming. It began broadcasts on 28 July 2016, and is owned by
East West Media Group
East West Media Group is a media conglomerate located in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group. Mostafa Kamal Mohiuddin is the chairman of the Media Group. Novelist and former editor of Kaler Ka ...
, a subsidiary of
Bashundhara Group
Bashundhara Group ( bn, বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West ...
. News24 is based in the
Bashundhara Residential Area
Bashundhara ( bn, বসুন্ধরা আবাসিক এলাকা) is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The area is developed by Bashundhara Group.
The project of Basundhara was started in the 1980s. In 2011 porti ...
in
Baridhara
Baridhara ( bn, বারিধারা) is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and north east of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the ...
.
History
In November 2013, the
granted Bashundhara Group's East West Media Group a broadcasting license to operate News24.
It received its frequency allocation in January 2015. Its logo was officially revealed in February 2016. The channel began test broadcasts on 26 March 2016. News24 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 officially went on the air on 28 July 2016. News24 commenced
high-definition broadcasts on 1 February 2021. News24 revamped its logo on 26 March 2021.
Organisation
Sayem Sobhan is the managing director of News24.
Shahnaz Munni
Shahnaz Munni (Bengali শাহনাজ মুন্নী, born 1969) is a Bangladeshi journalist, poet and writer. Since January 2016, she has been chief news editor with the Dhaka-based television channel News24. She also takes a special int ...
is the chief news editor.
Naem Nizam
Naem Nizam (born 5 November 1965) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, philanthropist and the editor of daily ''Bangladesh Pratidin'', the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the Vice President of Sheikh Russell KC, a p ...
was the CEO of this tv channel since its starting telecast. On Nov, 2021 he was relieved from his position.
See also
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List of television stations in Bangladesh
Around 45 privately owned television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2019, of which thirty four are currently on air. Five television channels, namely CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channe ...
References
Television channels and stations established in 2016
Television channels in Bangladesh
2016 establishments in Bangladesh
Mass media in Dhaka
24-hour television news channels in Bangladesh
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