Asian TV

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.

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

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. "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. 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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