Bangladesh Television (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), also known by the acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting as Pakistan Television in what was then East Pakistan on 25 December 1964. Broadcasts in full colour started in 1980. About 2 million televisions receive transmissions from the network's 17 relay stations.[1]
BTV has a national channel whi
ch is broadcast from Dhaka. This transmission is relayed to the whole country via local relay stations in major cities of the country. There is also a regional station located in Chittagong which broadcasts local programmes in the evening. In the mid-1990s the national TV channel started to broadcast the news programs of BBC and CNN. In 2004, BTV started worldwide broadcasts through its satellite based branch, BTV World. BTV is primarily financed through the television licence fees. Although it has produced many award-winning programmes, it has often been criticised for being the mouth-piece of the ruling government and their lack of quality entertaining programmes
Bangladesh Television
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Launched December 25, 1964
Owned by Government of Bangladesh
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali
Broadcast area Asia, Middle East,Partial Africa
Headquarters Rampura, Dhaka
Sister channel(s) BTV World
Website www.btv.gov.bd
Availability
Terrestrial
Available in Bangladesh, Middle East Check local listings
Satellite
AsiaSat- 3S 3725.0 MHz Check local listings
Cable
Available on most cable systems Check local listings
Chittagong Center
Bangladesh Television,
Chittagong Center, Chittagong.
031-659139 - GM
031-659148 - News
031-659091
031-659073
