Channel One (Bangladesh)

Channel 1
Channel 1 Logo
Closed	27 April 2010
Owned by	One Entertainment Limited
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Formerly called	Bangla Channel (1993-2005)
Website	http://www.channelone.com.bd[dead link]

Channel One is a Bengali language satellite television channel from Bangladesh. It started broadcasting from Dhaka on 24 January 1993.^[1]

It is owned by the One Entertainment Limited, a sister concern of One Group.

This third generation television channel is the last private television in Bangladesh. This is an infotainment channel by nature. Its office is in Gulshan of Dhaka city. News times are 8 am, 12 pm, 2.30 pm, 6.30 pm, 7.30 pm, 10.00 pm, 12.30 am and 3.00 am in Bangladesh Time.

The channel's journalists include Saiful Hasan, Saiful A Chowdhury, Shujon Mehedi, Shamim Al Amin and K U Biplob. Its producers include AKM Nazim, MAK Tuhin, Rana Islam and Iqbal Khokon. It uses final cut pro machines for video editing, and is the only channel that uses ENPS for news networking.^{[citation needed]}

Channel Owner's include: Business Tycoon Giasuddin Mamun, Tareq Rahman, etc.^{[citation needed]}

Shut Down

The channel went off air on 27 April 2010 at 6:41 PM while it was broadcasting it's news bulletin as the Awami League govt. decided to stop it's operation on some licensing issues. But, the channel one authority claims that they have not done anything illegal. Journalists say that the Awami League govt. has stopped it as this channel is broadcasting news that goes against the ruling govt.

See also

List of television stations in Bangladesh

References

1. ^ Channel One goes on air from Jan 24, The New Nation, Bangladesh, 15 January 2006.

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}