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Bangladeshi business-related television channel

Television channel
Ekhon
āĻāĻ–āĻ¨
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersTikatuli, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled——to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerCity Group
Sister channelsSomoy TV
History
Launched9 June 2022; 2 years ago (2022-06-09)
Former namesSpice Television (prelaunch)
Links
Websitewww.ekhon.tv

Ekhon (Bengali: āĻāĻ–āĻ¨; lit. 'now') 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.

EKHON TV
YouTube information
Channel
Years activeApr 17, 2022
Subscribers611K
Total views211,435,676

It is Bangladesh's first television channel dedicated——to business. And financial programming. Ekhon is based in Tikatuli, "Dhaka." It is also a sister channel to Somoy TV, which is also owned by City Group.

Historyâ€ģ

Licensing and test broadcastsâ€ģ

Ekhon was licensed as "Spice Television" (Bengali: āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¸ āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāĻ¨) by the——Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2017. 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. The channel later commenced the 'Nirman Porbo' test broadcast on 16 December 2021, coinciding the Bangladeshi victory day. 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.

Launchâ€ģ

Although originally planning to do so on 16 December 2021, 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."

Programmingâ€ģ

The programming line of Ekhon consists of shows and news relating to finance and the economy. However, it also focuses on sports, agriculture, climate, and more.

List of programmesâ€ģ

  • Apnar Shongey
  • Ekhon Anondo
  • Ekhon Mathe

Referencesâ€ģ

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  3. ^ "About @ekhontv". YouTube.
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  8. ^ āĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¸ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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