Independent Television ( bn, ইনডিপেনডেন্ট টেলিভিশন) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable 24-hour news television channel owned by
Beximco
Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (Bangla Transliteration: বাংলাদেশ এক্সপোর্ট ইমপোর্ট কোম্পানি লিমিটেড, romanised: ''Bānglādēsh ēkspōrṭ impōrṭ kō ...
, one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates. The channel commenced transmissions on 28 July 2011, and is headquartered in
Tejgaon, Dhaka.
History
In January 2010, India-based
NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...
collaborated with Beximco with a goal of launching a Bangladeshi news channel, which was given a broadcasting license by the
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on 20 October 2009. Independent Television commenced test transmissions on 20 October 2010, and officially began broadcasting on 28 July 2011. It is the first television channel in Bangladesh to use the
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a group of international standards for the compression of digital audio and visual data, multimedia systems, and file storage formats. It was originally introduced in late 1998 as a group of audio and video coding formats and related t ...
technology to broadcast.
Independent Television produced a quiz show titled ''Bangladesh Jiggasha'', which premiered on the channel on 12 October 2018. In December 2018, the channel began broadcasting using the
Bangabandhu-1
The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (''Bangabandhu-1'') is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite. It is named after the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was manufactured by Thales Aleni ...
satellite.
Programming
Independent Television usually broadcasts news programming. However, it also airs non-news programming, such as Ajker Bangladesh,
which
Khaled Muhiuddin
Khaled Muhiuddin ( bn, খালেদ মুহিউদ্দীন) is a Bangladeshi journalist of international news media DW, writer, Former Assistant Commissioner of Bangladesh Government, Advisor of the World Bank, and Magistrate. He is a ...
hosted earlier. Other programs include Rat 9 Tar Bangladesh, Joto Khelam and Goal. It also covers shows on culture, business, entertainment. During several occasions such as holidays, Independent Television broadcasts special programming, such as ''Bazar Sodai'', a shopping program aired on the last day of the month of
Ramadan
, type = islam
, longtype = Religious
, image = Ramadan montage.jpg
, caption=From top, left to right: A crescent moon over Sarıçam, Turkey, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Ramadan Quran reading in Bandar Torkaman, Iran. ...
, observing
Eid al-Fitr
, nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast
, observedby = Muslims
, type = Islamic
, longtype = Islamic
, significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan
, date ...
.
See also
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List of television stations in Bangladesh
References
External links
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{{Television in Bangladesh
BEXIMCO group
Television channels in Bangladesh
Mass media in Dhaka
Television channels and stations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Bangladesh
24-hour television news channels in Bangladesh