NTV (Bangladesh)

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NTV (Bangladesh)
NTV Logo
Launched 2003
Website www.ntvbd.com
Availability
Satellite
Telstar 10 76.5°E 4,300 H SR 27500 FEC 3/4
Internet Television
Broadband Live Internet Broadcast

NTV is a Bengali language satellite television channel based in Bangladesh. It started operation in 2003. It was founded by Mosaddeq Ali Falu, a politician and former Member of Parliament from the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is one of the most popular Bengali TV channels in the country. In the anniversary of the channel, the founder expressed interest in creating NTV2 to satisfy the watchers further, but however it is a matter of fun now that he is in jail and, all of his properties have been seized by the government. The channel broadcasts excellent coverage of news, soap shows, educational, religious and politics related programs.

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[edit] Technical data

  • Satellite Telstar 10
  • Orbital Location 76.5° E
  • Transponder C14A
  • Downlink Polarization Horizontal
  • Modulation QPSK
  • Downlink Frequency 4173 MHz
  • L-Band Frequency 977 MHz
  • Carrier Type MPEG-2 / DVB
  • Symbol Rate 7.400 MS/s
  • FEC 3/4
  • PMT PID 33
  • PCR PID 8189
  • Video PID 309
  • Audio-1 PID 258
  • Audio-2 PID 259

[edit] History

  • August 2006: Channel S, a UK-based Bengali TV channel, acquired the rights to show NTV programmes throughout the UK & Europe.
  • 26 February 2007: NTV, along with its sister station RTV, was forced off the air temporarily due to a massive fire at the station building [1]. Three people died and over 100 were injured in the blaze. The fire caused NTV to broadcast reruns of programming. Since NTV was not able to broadcast their own news, they worked with Banglavision to broadcast Banglavision news on the NTV channel.


[edit] See also

List of television stations in Bangladesh

[edit] External links