Around 45 privately owned television channels were permitted by the
Government of Bangladesh
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...
as of 2019, of which thirty four are currently on air.
Five television channels, namely
CSB News
CSB News, acronym of Chronus Satellite Broadcast was Bangladesh's first, albeit short-lived, 24-hour news & current affairs channel. It started broadcasting test transmissions from March 24, 2007 and started commercially broadcasting from April 9, ...
,
Channel 1,
Diganta Television
Diganta Television ( bn, দিগন্ত টেলিভিশন; ) was a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable news television channel founded in 2007. The channel was owned Diganta Media Corporation, which also ...
,
Islamic TV, and
Channel 16, have been taken off air. Bangladesh has four state-owned television stations, of which only three broadcast on terrestrial television, which are BTV Dhaka, BTV Chittagong, and Sangsad Television. In total, there are 49 television channels in Bangladesh, with 38 currently on-air.
State-owned
As of today, Bangladesh has four state-owned television channels. Among them, Bangladesh Television is the oldest, founded in 1964.
Privately owned
Mixed Entertainment
News
Infotainment
Business-related
Music
Children's
Sports
Defunct
Upcoming channels
* Amar Gaan
* Amar TV
* Cambrian TV
* Channel 21
* Channel 52
* Citizen TV
* Green TV
* Khela TV
* Prime TV
* TV Today
* Utshab TV
See also
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Television in Bangladesh
Television is one of the most popular forms of media and information in Bangladesh. It was one of the first countries in South Asia to introduce television on 25 December 1964, in the then East Pakistan under the state-owned television network P ...
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List of radio stations in Bangladesh
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Media of Bangladesh
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh
The liberalization of Bangladesh's telecommunications sector began with small steps in 1989 with the issuance of a license to a private operator for the provision of ''inter alia'' cellular mobile services to compete with Bangladesh Telegraph ...
References
External links
Ministry of InformationBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of television stations in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
Bangladesh communications-related lists
Bengali television-related lists