Real VU
Company logo | |
Public | |
Industry | Satellite television |
Founded | in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people |
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Services | Direct broadcast satellite, pay television, pay-per-view |
Owner | Beximco Group (100%) |
Members | 30000+ |
Parent | Beximco Group |
Website | realvubd.com |
RealVU (stylized as Real VU) is the first Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite service provider of Bangladesh. Incorporated in 2013, Beximco Communications Limited is a joint venture between Beximco Holdings Limited and General Satellite Group AG. In 2016, it has launched Bangladesh's first Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV service under the "RealVU" brand name. RealVU offers a variety of digital International and Bangla channels ranging from entertainment, sports, movies and music to news and documentaries.[1][2] The service is provide over 114 channels including 6 HD to the subscribers currently and more channels will be added latter on.[3] The service is intercepted via ABS2 satellite.
RealVAU's tagline is " লাইফ এখন রিয়েলি রঙ্গিণ!" (life ekhon really rongin/life is now really colourful).[4]
The service officially launched in April 2016.On 24 March 2017, the GS Group holding company
announced the sale of its share in the joint venture Beximco
Communication Ltd that operates in Bangladesh under the
RealVU brand. In so doing, the holding company has
successfully completed an investment project to create the
first satellite Pay-TV operator in the country. Beximco
Communication Ltd will continue to operate the
broadcasting equipment and infrastructure developed and
integrated by GS Group.
The RealVU project was launched in April 2016 in
partnership with BEXIMCO, a Bangladeshi diversified
conglomerate. GS Group served as an investor and provided
the supply and integration of its own software and hardware
solutions, which will still remain the basis of RealVU even
after GS Group leaves the project.
The first national DTH-platform RealVU provides high-
quality digital broadcasting throughout Bangladesh. The
operator offers 112 SD and HD TV channels, including
international channels in English, popular Indian TV content,
as well as channels with local content produced in
Bangladesh. Digital TV set-top boxes developed by GS
Group meet the needs of today’s TV viewers offering smart
functions such as PVR and TimeShift along with an
electronic program guide (EPG).
“Launching the RealVU DTH-platform as a greenfield project
has been truly an exciting experience for GS Group. For the
first time ever, our joint venture has provided access to
digital television to a country with a population of more than
165 million people, where only poor-quality terrestrial and
digital cable TV were previously available. GS Group served
as an investor, supplier and integrator of its own
technological solutions. RealVU is the second international
broadcasting project at a national level with GS Group’s in-
house solutions”, Andrew Bezrukov, Director for Strategic
Marketing, GS Group.
RealVU is the second foreign broadcasting project launched
with the direct involvement of GS Group. From 2012 to
2016, the holding company successfully implemented a
project of creating One TV, the first nationwide DTT-
operator in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
References
- ↑ "GS Group- Bangladesh". GS Group. General Satellite. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Briel, Robert. "GS Group to launch digital TV in Bangladesh". Broadband TV News. broadbandtvnews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh people to get direct TV signal". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ "Beximco unveils RealVU logo". The Independent. Dhaka. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.