Channel i

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Channel i
Country Bangladesh
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Headquarters Tejgaon, Dhaka
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
Owner Impress Group
History
Launched1 October 1999;25 years ago (1999-10-01)
Links
Website channelionline.com

Channel i (Bengali : চ্যানেল আই) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the oldest satellite television channels in Bangladesh. [1] Channel i is broadcast via satellite television using PanAmSat and Bangabandhu-1, [2] covering most of Asia and parts of Australia. It is sister to the radio station, Radio Bhumi. [3]

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History

Prior to the establishment of the channel, Faridur Reza Sagar established Impress Telefilm, which initially produced small-mini series and one-off shows for state-owned Bangladesh Television. [4] Channel i began broadcasting on 1 October 1999 from a small building in the Siddheshwari neighborhood of Dhaka, [5] with the "Hridoye Bangladesh" (হৃদয়ে বাংলাদেশ; lit.'Bangladesh in the heart') slogan, which is still used as of today. [6] It initially broadcast pre-recorded television programs for 12 hours, but was converted to a 24-hour channel within two years of its launch. [7]

On 1 October 2001, Channel i began airing news programming. [8] The channel launched its website on 30 September 2003. [6] Channel i's news director, Shykh Seraj, created Hridoye Mati O Manush , based on the old Bangladesh Television program Mati O Manush , which debuted on the channel on 21 February 2004. [9] In March 2008, the channel began broadcasting Sisimpur to Bangladeshi children worldwide. [10] Channel i had also broadcast modern western-themed telefilms, such as Play, directed by M-SIB, in 2010, thus making them the first Bangladeshi television channel to do so. [11] On 11 June 2015, BBC Bangla's BBC Probaho premiered on Channel i. [12]

Channel i 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] Channel i began high definition broadcasts on 15 September 2017, and fully migrated from standard definition broadcasts on 1 October. [14] [15] For Bangladesh Television's 55th anniversary on 25 December 2019, Channel i organized a special program in its headquarters in Tejgaon, which was broadcast on both networks. [16]

Programming

Current and former

Audience share

In 2010, Channel i held a total audience share of 36%, tied with ATN Bangla. In urban areas, the channel had an audience share of 62%, the highest among privately owned channels in Bangladesh, and in metropolitan areas, it had a share of 61%. [28] Channel i was ranked highest among most watched television channels in Bangladesh during its founding anniversary in 2013. [29]

See also

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