Asian TV
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersGulshan, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerAsian Group of Industries
History
Launched18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)
Links
Websitewww.asiantv.com.bd

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.

History

Asian 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 at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on 20 June 2012.[5] It launched on 18 January 2013, after months of test transmissions.[1] Asian Radio, its radio sister, also began broadcasting the same day.[6] However, the radio station was later shut down.[7]

Programming

Shortly 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.[8] Afsan Chowdhury, advisory editor for the Dhaka Courier, described the channel as politically independent, and wrote that it "markets low end entertainment products".[9]

List of programming

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Asian TV takes off". The Daily Star. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Asian Group chairman running for weavers' group Tanti League president". bdnews24.com. 14 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Islam, Shahidul (25 November 2013). "13 TV channels await approval". bdnews24.com.
  4. ↑ অনুমোদনের অপেক্ষায় আরো ১৩ টিভি. BDNews24 (in Bengali). 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  5. ↑ লোগো উন্মোচন অনুষ্ঠানে এশিয়ান টিভির জমকালো আগমনী বার্তা. BanglaNews24 (in Bengali). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ↑ এশিয়ান টিভির চতুর্থ প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী ১৮ জানুয়ারি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ↑ কেন দাঁড়াতে পারল না এফএম রেডিও. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ↑ আজ থেকে বাংলায় 'ডোরেমন' [From today, 'Doraemon']. Samakal (in Bengali). 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017.
  9. ↑ Choudhury, Afsan (10 May 2019). "Bangladesh TV: Ownership patterns and market crisis". Dhaka Courier.
  10. 1 2 এশিয়ান টিভিতে নতুন দুই ধারাবাহিক. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ↑ নতুন ধারাবাহিক নাটক লাগ ভেলকি লাগ. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ↑ এশিয়ান টিভিতে টার্কিশ ধারাবাহিক 'আয়েশা মরিয়ম'. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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