RTV (Bangladeshi TV channel)

RTV (Bengali: আরটিভি) is a Bangladeshi satellite and cable television channel owned by Mosaddek Ali Falu, and operated by the Bengal Media Corporation. It was launched on 26 December 2005, and is the sister channel of NTV.[1] It is headquartered in the BSEC Building in Kawran Bazar, Dhaka.

RTV
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaBangladesh
HeadquartersBSEC BHABAN, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture formatMPEG-2 / DVB SDTV
Ownership
OwnerBengal Media Corporation
Sister channelsNTV
History
Launched26 December 2005
Links
Websitewww.rtvonline.com
Availability
Cable
UCS (Bangladesh)Channel 2
Prisma Digital (Bangladesh)Channel 5
Satellite
Apstar-7 76.5°E4111H MHz
Dish Network (United States)Channel 805
BSkyB (UK)Channel 804
Satellite radio
UCS (Bangladesh)Channel 3

History

RTV officially commenced transmissions on 26 December 2005, as the sister channel of NTV. According to Falu, the channel's chairman, the 'R' comes from his daughter's name, Roza Ali.[1] On 26 February 2007, a fire broke out at the BSEC building, causing over 100 injuries. As a result, both RTV and its sister, along with the unrelated Islamic TV, were temporarily taken off air.[2] All three of those channels resumed broadcasting after some time.

On 31 October 2014, as a result of another fire at the BSEC Building, both RTV and its sister once again went off the air temporarily, but resumed transmissions overtime.[3]

See also

References
  1. Another private TV channel RTV starts functioning from Dec 26 Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, The Bangladesh Observer, 11 November 2005.
  2. "A Devastating Fire at BSEC Building, Dhaka". VOA. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. "Fire again at city's BSEC Bhaban". The Daily Star. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2021.


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