NTV (Bengali: এনটিভি), an acronym of less commonly used National Television,[2] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel based in the BSEC Building in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. It was launched on 2 July 2003, and is one of Bangladesh's most popular television channels. NTV is owned by International Television Channel Limited, with Mosaddek Ali Falu, a businessman and former vice president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, being the channel's chairman.[3]
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| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | The sixth floor of BSEC Building, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV (downscaled to 4:3 or 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | International Television Channel Ltd. |
| Sister channels | RTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 July 2003 |
| Replaced by | Channel 9 (in the United Kingdom) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| NTV | |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 3.21 million[1] |
Last updated: 11 December 2023 | |
History edit
On 10 February 2003, NTV was announced to set operations in April of that year, as Bangladesh's previous privately owned television channel, Ekushey Television was shut down in 2002. It had also announced a partnership with CNN.[2] However, its official broadcasts started on 3 July 2003. In 2004, Falu bought NTV and pushed its license approval further.[4] NTV had received investment from Soundview Broadcasting owned by Shafqat Chowdhury, a Pakistani-American businessman.[5]
In August 2006, the United Kingdom-based NTV Europe was launched and targeted the Bangladeshi community throughout Europe on Sky channel 826, but stopped broadcasting a year later. On 26 February 2007, a massive fire took place at the BSEC building in Karwan Bazar, killing three people and injuring over a hundred.[6] As a result, both NTV and its sister, RTV, temporarily ceased operations and forced the channel to broadcast reruns after resuming broadcasts. They worked with Banglavision to broadcast their news onto NTV since they were unable to do their own. NTV Europe was relaunched on Sky channel 834 in the United Kingdom in August 2008.
In September 2011, NTV became the first television channel in Bangladesh to receive an ISO certificate for its contribution to its broadcast management. Mike Bloise handed it to the channel's chairman, Falu.[7] On 14 April 2012, NTV Europe was replaced by Channel 9 on Sky channel 834.[8] However, NTV Europe started broadcasting on Sky channel 852 sixteen days later.,[9] but due to a reshuffle, it moved to channel 838 on 19 August 2014.
On 31 October 2014, another fire broke out in the BSEC building on 11:48 at morning, which once again led to the shut down of both NTV and RTV.[10] NTV resumed transmissions later on that day.[11] In 2016, Falu resigned from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as vice chairman.[12] NTV was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with Bdnews24.com to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called Prism in May 2016.[13] NTV aired the Miss World Bangladesh pageant in 2017.[14] On 1 May 2018, as a part of another reshuffle, NTV Europe moved to Sky channel 757 due to the fact that the International genre had started to begin at channel 701. NTV's old slot was used for Lifetime. It was moved again to channel 780 due to Sky's reshuffle of its international section by language in 2019. In December 2018, NTV began broadcasting using the Bangabandhu-1 satellite.[15] On 26 February 2019, the second anime series of Chibi Maruko-chan, dubbed in Bengali, premiered on NTV.[16]
Recently NTV authority has taken an initiative to promote its website. As a result, NTV online has been started its journey more elaborately to keep people updated about latest news, entertainment program, sports, tech, travel, automobile, lifestyle, education and so on.[17]
Programming edit
NTV's programming is diverse and consists of news coverage, soap operas, edutainment, religious, and political programs.
Drama edit
- 111: A Nelson Number (2007–2008)
- Aim in Life (2008–2009)
- Bhalobasha Kare Koy (2018–2019)
- Family Crisis[18] (2019-2021)
- Family Friends[19] (2022)
- Fnf (2010)
- Golpogulo Amader (2017–2018)
- Hawai Mithai (2020–2021)
- House 44 (2015)
- House Full (2008–2009)
- House No. 96 (2020–2021)
- Joint Family[20]
- Kache Ashar Golpo (Season 1; 2011)
- Maya Mosnod[21]
- Mehoman[22] (2021–present)
- Porer Meye (2020–2021)
- Ronger Manush (2004–2005)
- Shohorali[23] (2019-2020)
- Songshar (2016)
Reality edit
Acquired programming edit
Animated edit
Drama edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "About NTV News". YouTube.
- ^ a b "NTV bows in Bangladesh". Variety. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Under-fire Narayanganj MP Salim Osman, in leaked phone call, abuses journalist". bdnews24.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "10 TV Channels". The Daily Star. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Khan, Sharier (6 January 2006). "Bangladeshi TV". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Devastating fire at BSEC Bhaban: NTV, RTV suspend transmission: 3 killed". The Daily Ittefaq. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007.
- ^ "NTV receives ISO certificate". The Daily Star. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Channel 9 takesover NTV on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "NTV relaunches on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ "Fire again at city's BSEC Bhaban". The Daily Star. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ আবার সম্প্রচারে এনটিভি. Samakal (in Bengali). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Former Khaleda aide Mosaddek Ali Falu resigns as BNP vice-chairman". bdnews24.com.
- ^ "Prism signs up with 7 TV channels". BDNews24. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "NTV to telecast Lovello Miss World Bangladesh 2017". Miss World Bangladesh. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ বঙ্গবন্ধু-১ স্যাটেলাইট থেকে সেবা নিচ্ছে সাত চ্যানেল. Jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 26 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ ছোট্ট সোনামনিদের জন্য আসছে 'ছিবি মারুকো চান'. Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "NTV: Latest Bangla News, Infotainment, Online & Live Tv". NTV.
- ^ ফের সম্প্রচারে আসছে 'ফ্যামিলি ক্রাইসিস'. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ শেষ হচ্ছে 'ফ্যামিলি ফ্রেন্ডস'. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ আজ থেকে 'জয়েন্ট ফ্যামিলি'. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ ছোটপর্দায় আজ. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ মেহমানের সফল সমাপ্তি. Jugantor (in Bengali). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ ধারাবাহিক নাটক 'শহরালী'. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 6 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Pearson, Bryan (1 January 2006). "'Idol' hands out new aud record". Variety. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "'Kuruluş: Osman' rules Bangladesh". The Express Tribune. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ এনটিভিতে জাপানি সিরিয়াল মারুমো’স স্টোরি. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
