Channel i

Channel i (Bengali: চ্যানেল আই) is a satellite and cable television channel in Bangladesh, owned by Impress Group and was launched on October 1, 1999. It is Bangladesh's first digital television channel, which formerly broadcast pre-recorded television programs for 12 hours, but was converted to a 24-hour channel within two years of its launch.[1]

This article is about the Bangladesh channel. For the defunct Singapore channel, see Channel i (Singapore).
Channel i
Broadcast areaBangladesh, South Asia, North America
Headquarters40, Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerImpress Group
History
Launched1 October 1999
September 2017 (HD Channel)
Links
Websitechannelionline.com
Availability
Cable
Prisma Digital (Bangladesh)Channel 10
UCS (Bangladesh)Channel 15
Rogers Cable (Canada)Channel 856
StarHub TV (Singapore)Channel 140
ABNXcess (Malaysia)Channel 741
Bengal Digital (Bangladesh)Channel 19 (SD)
Channel 20 (HD)
Satellite
Telstar 10 (Pan Asia)4034H MHz
Dish Network (US)Channel 806
Akash DTH (BD)Channel 117
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV (Canada)Channel 841
VMedia (Canada)Channel 856

Channel i is broadcast via satellite television using PanAm Sat and Bangabandhu-1,[2] covering most of Asia and parts of Australia. It is sister to the radio station, Radio Bhumi.[3]

Channel i HD was launched in September 2017.

Channel i Music Awards is the annual award function organised by the channel.

History

The Impress Group first moved beyond textile production and into television in the early 1980s under the tutelage of Faridur Reza Sagor, who had heretofore worked at state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) on a freelance basis. The initial steps into television involved setting up Impress Telefilm, which produced small mini-series and one-off shows for BTV.

Currently, Channel i competes with several other domestic satellite channels, including ATN Bangla, Ekushey TV and NTV. For the past decade, the channel has held the highest market share among non-terrestrial channels in Bangladesh.

Channel i is also the first satellite channel in Bangladesh to broadcast modern western-themed telefilms such as Play, directed by M-SIB.[4]

Notable programming: past and present

See also

References
  1. "Channel i Online". Channel i Official Website. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "Satellite charts - Channel list - Bangabandhu-1". SatBeams. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. "Our Subsidiaries". Impress Group. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "'Most expensive' Bangladeshi telefilm premieres at Doha even." Gulf-Times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.

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