ATN Bangla

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ATN Bangla is the first^{[citation needed]} Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows, and more.

The channel started broadcast in South Asia on 16 July 1997. Broadcasts to Europe began in 2001.

One of its programmes, Amrao pari (We, too, Can), won an Emmy award at the 32nd Academy of Television Arts and Science Awards in 2002. The documentary was shot and directed by 18 teenagers from Bangladesh, and was focused on the true story of Abul Khaer, a 9 year old boy, who stopped a passenger train from approaching a disjointed railtrack, and prevented a train disaster. ^[1].

The program Amrao Pari did not win an Emmy Award. It was the recipient of the International Children's Day of Broadcasting Award which is co-produced by UNICEF and The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the organization that produces the International Emmy Awards for television programming produced and broadcast outside of the United States).