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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox television channel Channel i (Шаблон:Lang-bn) 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 into 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; Шаблон:Lit) 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

References

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Шаблон:Television in Bangladesh Шаблон:Bengali language television channels