ATN Bangla
| ATN Bangla | |
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ATN Bangla logo | |
| Launched | 16 July 1997 |
| Owned by | Multimedia Production Company |
| Picture format | MPEG-2 |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Replaced | Efir 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Thaicom 5 76.5°E (Apstar IIR) | 3669.75 MHz H |
| Sky (UK) | Channel 821 |
| Eutelsat 28A (Europe) | 11681 V 27500 2/3 |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 818 |
| Cable | |
| UCS (Bangladesh) | Channel 18 |
| Prisma Digital (Bangladesh) | Channel 12 |
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows, and more. The channel started broadcast in South Asia on 15 July 1997. Broadcasts to Europe began in 2001.
One of its programmes, Amrao pari (We, too, Can), won the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award at the 32nd International Emmy Awards Gala in 2004. The documentary was shot and directed by 18 teenagers from Bangladesh, and was focused on the true story of Abul Khaer, a 9-year-old boy, who stopped a passenger train from approaching a disjointed railtrack, and prevented a train disaster.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ ATN Bangla wins International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award, Unicef, 2004
- ↑ From BTV to ETV and beyond: The television revolution, The Daily Star, February 4, 2006.
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