List of television stations in Bangladesh

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Around 45 privately owned television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2019, of which thirty-five are currently on air. [1] Six television channels, namely STV-US, CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, 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 39 currently on air.

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State-owned

As of today, Bangladesh has four state-owned television channels. Among them, Bangladesh Television is the oldest, founded in 1964.

NameIn BengaliLaunchedInformationReference(s)
BTV বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 December 1964Founded in 1964 as Pakistan Television when East Pakistan, but renamed BTV after 1971. [2]
BTV Chittagong বিটিভি চট্টগ্রাম19 December 1996Regional channel. [2]
BTV World বিটিভি ওয়ার্ল্ড11 April 2004Available worldwide. [2]
Sangsad Bangladesh সংসদ বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন25 January 2011Broadcasts live Bangladesh's National Parliament Assemblies. [2]

Privately owned

Mixed Entertainment

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
ATN Bangla এটিএন বাংলা15 July 1997Multimedia Production Company Ltd.Bangladesh's first privately owned television channel. [2]
Channel i চ্যানেল আই1 October 1999 Impress Group [2]
Ekushey Television একুশে টেলিভিশন14 April 2000 S. Alam Group of Industries Formerly broadcast via terrestrial television. Shut down in 2002 but returned on satellite television in 2007. [2]
NTV এনটিভি3 July 2003International Television Channel Ltd. [2]
RTV আরটিভি26 December 2005Bengal Media Corporation [2]
Boishakhi TV বৈশাখী টেলিভিশন27 December 2005Destiny 2000 LimitedFormerly owned by BNS Group of Companies [2]
Banglavision বাংলাভিশন31 March 2006Shyamol Bangla Media Ltd. [2]
My TV মাই টিভি15 April 2010V.M. International Ltd [2]
Mohona Television মোহনা টিভি11 November 2010Mohona Television Limited [2]
Maasranga Television মাছরাঙ্গা টেলিভিশন30 July 2011 Square Group [2]
Channel 9 চ্যানেল নাইন8 April 2011Virgo Media Limited [2]
GTV জিটিভি12 June 2012Gazi Group Limited [2]
Asian TV এশিয়ান টিভি18 January 2013Asian Group of Industries [2]
SA TV এসএ টিভি19 January 2013 S. A. Group S A Paribahan [2]
Bijoy TV বিজয় টিভি31 May 2013Bijoy Television Limited [2]
Deepto TV দীপ্ত টিভি18 November 2015Kazi Media Limited Kazi Farms Group [2]
Bangla TV বাংলা টিভি19 May 2017Akhter groupBritish Bangali channel [2]
Nagorik TV নাগরিক টিভি1 March 2018Jadoo Media Limited Mohammadi Group [2]
Ananda TV আনন্দ টিভি11 March 2018Abbasuddin Media Ltd. [2]
Global Television গ্লোবাল টেলিভিশন30 June 2022Globe Multimedia Limited [3]
Green TV গ্রিন টিভি19 May 2023Rongdhanu Group [4]

News

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Desh TV দেশ টিভি26 March 2009Desh Television Limited (Karnaphuli Group)Formerly a mixed entertainment channel prior to 26 October 2022 [5] [2]
ATN News এটিএন নিউজ7 June 2010Multimedia Production Company Ltd.First contemporary news channel in Bangladesh [2]
Somoy TV সময় টিভি17 April 2011 City Group [2]
Independent Television ইনডিপেনডেন্ট টেলিভিশন28 July 2011 BEXIMCO First local channel to use MPEG-4 [2]
Channel 24 চ্যানেল টুয়েন্টিফোর24 May 2012Times Media Limited (Ha-meem Group) [2]
Ekattor একাত্তর21 June 2012 Meghna Group of Industries First full HD news channel [2]
Jamuna Television যমুনা টেলিভিশন5 April 2014 Jamuna Group [2]
News24 নিউজ টুয়েন্টি ফোর28 July 2016 East West Media Group Bashundhara Group [2]
DBC News ডিবিসি নিউজ21 September 2016Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd. [2]

Infotainment

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Nexus Television নেক্সাস টেলিভিশন30 July 2021 S. Alam Group of Industries Non-fiction television channel [6]
NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Ekhon এখন9 June 2022 City Group Formerly Spice Television during its prelaunch [7] [8]

Music

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Gaan Bangla গান বাংলা16 December 2013One More Zero Group [2]

Children's

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotesReference(s)
Duronto TV দুরন্ত টিভি5 October 2017Barind Media Limited [2]

Sports

NameNative nameLaunchedOwnerNotes
T Sports টি স্পোর্টস9 November 2020 East West Media Group Bashundhara Group

Defunct

ChannelLaunched and closed
STV-US 22 November 2005 – September 2007
Channel 1 24 January 2006 – 27 April 2010
CSB News 9 April 2007 – 6 September 2007
Islamic TV April 2007 - May 2013
Diganta Television 28 August 2008 – 6 May 2013
Channel 16 16 December 2011 – 2 December 2014

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