Channel i explained

Channel i
Picture Format:1080i HDTV
Headquarters:Tejgaon, Dhaka
Country:Bangladesh
Area:Worldwide
Owner:Impress Group

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]

Background

The Impress Group first moved beyond textile production and into television in the early 1980s, under the tutelage of Faridur Reza Sagor, who had before worked at state-run Bangladesh Television on a freelance basis. The initial steps into television resulted in the establishment of Impress Telefilm, which initially produced small mini-series and one-off shows for BTV.[4]

History

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;) 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%.[25] Channel i was ranked highest among most watched television channels in Bangladesh during its founding anniversary in 2013.[26]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: From BTV to ETV and beyond: The television revolution. 4 February 2006. 1 August 2022. The Daily Star. Novera. Deepita. 13 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313143917/http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/celebrating_bd/celeb_bd18.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Satellite charts - Channel list - Bangabandhu-1 . SatBeams . 2021-07-05.
  3. Web site: Our Subsidiaries . Impress Group . 26 July 2017.
  4. News: Sagor. Faridur Reza. The Genesis of Impress Telefilm. 4 October 2014. 6 June 2022. The Daily Star.
  5. News: Channel i turns 14. 2 October 2012. 5 June 2022. The Daily Star.
  6. News: Channel-i goes 5 steps ahead. 30 September 2003. 5 June 2022. The Daily Star.
  7. Web site: Channel i Online. Channel i Official Website. 8 June 2017.
  8. News: https://www.jagonews24.com/mass-media/news/54591. bn:১৭ বছরে পা দিলো চ্যানেল আই. 30 September 2015. 5 June 2022. Jago News 24. bn.
  9. News: "Hridoye Mati O Manush" turns five. 21 February 2008. 5 June 2022. The Daily Star.
  10. News: Moody. Annemarie. Bangladeshi Sesame Street Will Broadcast Internationally. 3 March 2008. 3 July 2022. Animation World Network.
  11. News: 'Most expensive' Bangladeshi telefilm premieres at Doha even... Gulf-Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301130748/http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/19110/%E2%80%98most-expensive%E2%80%99-bangladeshi-telefilm-premieres-at-doha-event. 1 March 2014.
  12. News: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2015/06/150611_mb_bbc_probaho_update.amp. bn:বাংলাদেশে চ্যানেল আই-তে শুরু হলো বিবিসি প্রবাহ. 11 June 2015. 8 June 2022. BBC. bn.
  13. News: Prism signs up with 7 TV channels. 17 May 2016. 1 November 2022. BDNews24.
  14. News: https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0/. bn:লাল সবুজের চ্যানেল আইয়ের ‘এইচডি’ সম্প্রচার শুরু. 15 September 2017. 5 June 2022. Channel i Online. bn.
  15. News: https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-khobor/article/17094934/%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87. bn:১ অক্টোবর থেকে এইচডি ফরমেটে চ্যানেল আই. 29 September 2017. 5 June 2022. Samakal. bn.
  16. News: bn:চ্যানেল আই চত্বরে বিটিভি’র জন্মদিন!. https://www.banglatribune.com/600497/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E2%80%99%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8. 25 December 2019. 5 June 2022. Bangla Tribune. bn.
  17. News: Farooki’s '420' returns to Channel i today. 5 October 2020. 7 July 2022. The Daily Star.
  18. News: BBC Bangladesh Shonglap on Channel i. 23 August 2009. 7 July 2022. The Daily Star.
  19. News: "Dainik Tolpar" begins on Channel-i tonight. 18 April 2008. 7 July 2022. The Daily Star.
  20. News: "Ekjon Mayaboti" on Channel i. 30 August 2015. 7 July 2022. The Daily Star.
  21. Web site: Ghor Kutum's Gauhar: Khushi in the real life. 2 March 2008. 18 December 2021. The Daily Star.
  22. News: আসছে ‘প্রিয় দিন প্রিয় রাত’. bn. 28 June 2018. 18 December 2021. Jagonews24.com.
  23. News: https://www.jagonews24.com/amp/410852. bn:ফেব্রুয়ারির শেষ দিন থেকে শুরু ‘সাত ভাই চম্পা’. 19 February 2018. 8 June 2022. Jago News 24. bn.
  24. News: Shonar Pakhi Rupar Pakhi in the making. 11 April 2016. 18 December 2021. The Daily Star.
  25. News: Hasan. Khalid. TV 2010. June 2010. 21 August 2022. The Daily Star.
  26. News: https://www.risingbd.com/amp/law-crime/news/15479. bn:জন্মদিনে টিআরপির শীর্ষে চ্যানেল আই. 30 September 2013. 8 July 2022. RisingBD. bn.

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