Asian TV (Bengali: এশিয়ান টিভি) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language satellite and cable television channel owned by the Asian Group of Industries. It began broadcasts on 18 January 2013, with the "Your Channel" slogan.[1] It broadcasts a selection of general entertainment programming.
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| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Niketan, Gulshan-1, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Alhaj Harun-ur-Rashid |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 January 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
editAsian TV was formed by businessman Harun-ur-Rashid, as part of his Asian Group of Industries, which also includes Asian Radio, Asian Textile, Asian Fabrics, and Asian Yarn Dyeing.[2] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted the channel a license to broadcast in June 2011.[3][4] The logo of Asian TV was unveiled in an event at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on 20 June 2012. The event began with the theme song of Asian TV "Elo Praner Protichchhobi" sang by Runa Laila.[5][6]
It was launched on 18 January 2013, after months of test transmissions.[1] Asian Radio, its radio sister, also began broadcasting the same day.[7] However, the radio station was later shut down.[8] As a result of massive vandalism against eight television channels occurred on 5 August 2024 during anti-government protests in Bangladesh, Asian TV was one of the channels to go off the air temporarily.[9]
Programming
editShortly before its launch, management announced that the station's programming would include "plays, reality shows, musical programmes, talk shows, cartoons etc."[1] It started broadcasting the Bengali dub of Japanese anime series Doraemon in April 2014.[10] On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, Asian TV was one of the eight television channels to broadcast the cooking series Pran Premium Ghee Star Cook in July 2014.[11] Afsan Chowdhury, advisory editor for the Dhaka Courier, described the channel as politically independent, and wrote that it "markets low end entertainment products".[12]
List of programming
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Asian TV takes off". The Daily Star. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Asian Group chairman running for weavers' group Tanti League president". bdnews24.com. 14 March 2017.
- ^ Islam, Shahidul (25 November 2013). "13 TV channels await approval". bdnews24.com.
- ^ অনুমোদনের অপেক্ষায় আরো ১৩ টিভি. BDNews24 (in Bengali). 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ লোগো উন্মোচন অনুষ্ঠানে এশিয়ান টিভির জমকালো আগমনী বার্তা. BanglaNews24 (in Bengali). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "ASIAN TV logo revealed". The Daily Star. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ এশিয়ান টিভির চতুর্থ প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী ১৮ জানুয়ারি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ কেন দাঁড়াতে পারল না এফএম রেডিও. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ একাত্তর-এটিএনসহ ৬ টিভির সম্প্রচার বন্ধ. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 6 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ আজ থেকে বাংলায় 'ডোরেমন' [From today, 'Doraemon']. Samakal (in Bengali). 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017.
- ^ প্রাণ প্রিমিয়াম ঘি 'স্টার কুক' আট চ্যানেলে. Bangla News 24 (in Bengali). 6 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Choudhury, Afsan (10 May 2019). "Bangladesh TV: Ownership patterns and market crisis". Dhaka Courier.
- ^ a b এশিয়ান টিভিতে নতুন দুই ধারাবাহিক. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ নতুন ধারাবাহিক নাটক লাগ ভেলকি লাগ. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ এশিয়ান টিভিতে টার্কিশ ধারাবাহিক 'আয়েশা মরিয়ম'. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
