Ekhon (Bengali: এখন; Bengali pronunciation: [ækʰon]; lit. 'now')[2] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable business-related infotainment television channel owned by Spice Television Limited, a subsidiary of the City Group, one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates.[3]
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| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Tikatuli, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | City Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 June 2022 |
| Former names | Spice Television (prelaunch) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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| Years active | 2022–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.99 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 723.9 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 21 September 2024 | ||||||||||
It is Bangladesh's first television channel dedicated to business and financial programming. Ekhon is based in Tikatuli, Dhaka.[4]
History
editLicensing and test broadcasts
editEkhon was licensed as "Spice Television" (Bengali: স্পাইস টেলিভিশন) by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2017.[5] It commenced experimental broadcasts via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite on 30 July 2021 using the Spice Television name, after it signed an agreement with BSCL on 28 July of that year to use the satellite for broadcasting.[6][7] The channel later commenced the 'Nirman Porbo' test broadcast on 16 December 2021, coinciding the Bangladeshi victory day.[8] On 30 May 2022, Ekhon signed a corporate agreement with state-owned telecommunications company TeleTalk, which would provide various services to the television channel at an affordable price.[9]
Launch
editAlthough originally planning to do so on 16 December 2021,[10] the channel was officially launched using the "Ekhon" name on 9 June 2022, as the first television channel in Bangladesh to air business-related programming and the thirty-seventh television channel overall to be launched in the country.[4]
Programming
editThe programming line of Ekhon consists of shows and news relating to finance and the economy.[8] However, it also focuses on sports, agriculture, climate, and more.[4]
List of programmes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About EKHON TV". YouTube.
- ^ Biswas, Sailendra (2000). "Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed". Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 183.
- ^ পরীক্ষামূলক সম্প্রচারে স্পাইস টিভি. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b c যাত্রা শুরু করলো দেশের প্রথম ব্যবসাকেন্দ্রিক টিভি 'এখন'. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 10 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "HC directs BTRC to allocate Spice TV frequency". The New Nation. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ বঙ্গবন্ধু স্যাটেলাইটের সম্প্রচার সেবা নেবে স্পাইস টিভি. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ পরীক্ষামূলক সম্প্রচারে স্পাইস টিভি. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b বিজয় দিবসে স্পাইস টিভির পরীক্ষামূলক যাত্রা শুরু. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ টেলিটক-এখন টিভি চুক্তি. Jugantor (in Bengali). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ বিজয়ের ৫০ বছরে দীর্ঘ অনুষ্ঠান আনছে স্পাইস টিভি. RTV (in Bengali). 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b c ঈদে ভিন্ন আয়োজনে 'এখন'. Dhaka Times 24 (in Bengali). 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.