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===Akash DTH===
{{Short description|Bangladeshi DTH company}}


{{Infobox company
| name = Akash DTH
| logo = Akash-logo-blue.svg
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Satellite television
| predecessor = RealVU
| founded = {{start date and age|2016}} (Original RealVU)<br />{{start date and age|2019|05|19}} (Akash DTH)
| hq_location_city = Dhaka
| hq_location_country = Bangladesh
| area_served = Bangladesh
| key_people = Faisal Hyder (CEO)
| products = [[Direct broadcast satellite]]
| owner = [[BEXIMCO]]
| parent = Beximco Communications Limited
| website = {{URL|akashdth.com}}
}}
'''Akash DTH''', formally incorporated as '''RealVU DTH''', is the sole [[direct broadcast satellite]] television provider to households in [[Bangladesh]], operated by Beximco Communications Limited, and owned by parent company [[BEXIMCO]]. It broadcasts multichannel TV services via satellite [[Bangabandhu-1]]. It also offers [[Digital video recorder|Personal Video Recording]] (PVR) capabilities, and [[High-definition video|HD]] support.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/akash-dth-slashes-connection-fee-hook-housebound-customers-1925313|title=Beximco launches DTH service Akash|work=The Daily Star|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |title=Akash expands television network to former enclaves |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/companies/akash-reaches-its-services-enclave-people-219922 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
In 2014, Bangladesh government gave license to operate digital service to RealVu(Now Akash DTH) and Bengal Digital.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rahman|first=Harisur|title=The Political Economy, Materiality and the Visceral Experience of Cable Television|date=2020|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31707-2_4|work=Consuming Cultural Hegemony: Bollywood in Bangladesh|pages=79–103|editor-last=Rahman|editor-first=Harisur|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-31707-2_4|isbn=978-3-030-31707-2|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref>

RealVU DTH began broadcasting in 2016 on [[ABS-2]] at 75 degrees east as a joint venture with [[GS Group (Russia)|GS group]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2016/06/08/bangladeshs-first-dth-operator-shares-plans-market/|title=Bangladesh's First DTH Operator Shares Plans for Market|work=Via Satellite|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-06 |title=GS Group launches Bangladesh's first DTH service |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2016/05/06/gs-group-launches-bangladeshs-first-dth-service/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Digital TV Europe |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=david.nunes |date=2016-05-05 |title=GS Group launched the first DTH service in Bangladesh |url=https://connect-world.com/gs-group-launched-the-first-dth-service-in-bangladesh/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Connect-World |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral Relations - Embassy of the Russian Federation in the People's Republic of Bangladesh|url=https://bangladesh.mid.ru/bilateral-relations|access-date=2022-02-11|website=bangladesh.mid.ru}}</ref> The owner of the provider is [[BEXIMCO]] via Beximco Communications Limited.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/05/06/gs-group-launches-first-dth-service-in-bangladesh/|title=GS Group launches first DTH service in Bangladesh|work=BroadbandTV News|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.beximco.com |title=BEXIMCO - Taking Bangladesh to the World |url=https://www.beximco.com/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=beximco.com |language=en}}</ref> The early years of the company were unstable due to technical and financial difficulties. RealVU DTH failed to capture the market, and postponed it services within a years.

In 2017, GS group sold their share in Beximco Communications(holding company of RealVu and now Akash) but continued providing hardware and software for the service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GS Group completes project to create Bangladesh's first satellite pay-TV operator {{!}} Satellite {{!}} News {{!}} Rapid TV News |url=https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017032546620/gs-group-completes-project-to-create-bangladesh-s-first-satellite-pay-tv-operator.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=www.rapidtvnews.com}}</ref>

In 2019, they came back with a rebranded name Akash DTH.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Business/beximco-communications-launches-akash-dth/18425|title=Beximco Communications Launches Akash DTH|work=United News of Bangladesh|access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>

From 2019, Akash DTH has been providing television services to customers using Bangladeshi satellite Bangabandhu-1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ডটকম |first=নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর |title=বেক্সিমকোর ডিটিএইচ সেবায় বঙ্গবন্ধু স্যাটেলাইটের বাণিজ্যিক যাত্রা শুরু |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/business/article1623355.bdnews |access-date=2022-02-11 |website=[[Bdnews24.com]] |language=bn}}</ref> The company broadcasts more than 120 television stations from around the world, along with exclusive Bangladeshi channels. In 2021, Akash DTH started offering its customers the first PVR in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=AKASH DTH introduces basic connection package|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/119774/akash-dth-introduces-basic-connection-package|work=New Age|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>

The company got a fee waiver due to losses from May 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hossain|first=Ismail|title=Akash DTH to get spectrum charge waiver of Tk 111.56m|url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/akash-dth-to-get-spectrum-charge-waiver-of-tk-11156m-1634440697|access-date=2022-02-11|website=The Financial Express|language=en}}</ref> But a spectrum charge waiver over the next five years was denied.

== Marketing ==
Customers of analog cable system were switching to digital cable system such as Bengal Digital, Jadoo Digital and DTH system such as Akash DTH for its superior picture quality.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Khan|first=Israt Moriom|last2=Quadir|first2=Sabrina|last3=Islam|first3=Sanjida|date=2021-11-19|title=Anticipation & Advancement of DTH Service in Bangladesh|url=https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/1150|journal=European Journal of Business and Management Research|language=en|volume=6|issue=6|pages=53–58|doi=10.24018/ejbmr.2021.6.6.1150|issn=2507-1076}}</ref> While the market penetration remained low, the market share of Akash DTH was growing. Akash DTH used multiple types of marketing such as TV marketing, guerilla marketing, word of mouth and viral marketing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Banu|first=Saira|last2=Tasnim|first2=Jarin|date=2020-06-01|title=Entrepreneurial Marketing in Direct to Home (DTH) Service: The Case of AKASH in Bangladesh|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352555159_Entrepreneurial_Marketing_in_Direct_to_Home_DTH_Service_The_Case_of_AKASH_in_Bangladesh|volume=3|pages=61–73}}</ref>


== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.akashdth.com}}

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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 05:37, 10 September 2022

Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited
Company typePublic
DSE: BEXIMCO
CSE: BEXIMCO
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Founders
Headquarters
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease BD৳25.387 billion[1]
(US$304 million) (FY2018)
Increase BD৳7.085 billion[1]
(US$85 million) (FY2018)
Increase BD৳1.259 billion[1]
(US$15 million) (FY2018)
Total assetsIncrease BD৳122.746 billion[2]
(US$1.47 billion) (FY2018)
Total equityIncrease BD৳63.373 billion[2]
(US$757 million) (FY2018)
Owner
  • A. S. F. Rahman
  • Salman F Rahman
Number of employees
70,000
Subsidiaries
Websitebeximco.com bol-online.com beximcolpg.com

Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited, commonly known by its trade name BEXIMCO (DSE: BEXIMCO CSE: BEXIMCO), is a multinational conglomerate holding company, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in the early 1970s.[3] Beximco is Bangladesh's largest conglomerate, with the largest market capitalisation on the country's stock market. BEXIMCO's subsidiaries export products to 55 countries worldwide.[4] It has retail outlets in South Asia and Eastern Europe.

Beximco operates one of the largest integrated textile production businesses in Asia. It is also a major exporter of jute yarn. Its main manufacturing base is the Beximco Industrial Park in Gazipur, Bangladesh. Beximco Pharma, the group's pharmaceutical producer, was the first Bangladeshi company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.

History

The company was founded by brothers A. S. F. Rahman and Salman F Rahman in 1972, right after the independence of Bangladesh. Their family was earlier engaged in the jute business. The jute factory was nationalized in the early 1970s. However, with free market reforms in the late 1970s and 1980s, the family regained many of their businesses.

Since the early 1970s, Beximco has been a pioneer in industrial and business sectors. Currently it has operations and investments across a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, ceramics, renewable energy, textiles, LPG,  food & beverage, satellite to home television, PPE, media, ICT,  real estate, financial services, and travel & tourism.[5]

In 2005, Beximco Pharma became the first Bangladeshi company to be listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.[6] Beximco also opened its first overseas retail outlet with the launch of the Yellow clothing brand in Karachi, Pakistan.[7] Yellow has since expanded to several Bangladeshi and Pakistani cities. In 2009, Shinepukur Ceramics opened a showroom in Moscow, Russia.[8] In 2010, the company acquired stakes in several major Bangladeshi businesses, including IFIC Bank, GMG Airlines, The Independent newspaper and Unique Hotels and Resorts.[9][10][11]

Beximo Communications, a joint venture of Beximco Holdings with Russian company GS Group, launched Bangladesh's first direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service in 2016, under the brand name RealVU.[12][13] RealVU later suspended operations, but was rebooted as Akash in 2019.[14] As of 2021, Akash had 270,000 subscribers and was still losing money.[15]

The company is considered to enjoy close connections with the Awami League, with its vice chairman Salman F Rahman serving as a Private Sector Development Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister and Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in the past and as Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser at the moment.[4]

Recently Beximco with other companies donated 6.93cr to Labour Welfare Fund support to workers in the formal and informal sectors for accidental deaths, treatment of injuries, incurable diseases, and also for the higher education of their children.[16]

Key officials

A branch of IFIC Bank. Beximco is the single largest stakeholder in the bank, which is one of Bangladesh's largest.
The Dhaka Westin property is partly owned by Beximco.
  • A. S. F. Rahman, Chairman
  • Salman F Rahman, Vice-chairman
  • Shayan F Rahman, Advisors to the Board
  • Shahryar Rahman, Advisors to the Board
  • Iqbal Ahmed, Group Director
  • ABS Rahman, Group Director
  • O K Chawdhury, Group Director and CEO (Power & Engineering)
  • Nazmul Hasan Papon, Group Director and CEO (Pharmaceuticals)
  • Syed Naved Hussain, Group Director and CEO (Textiles)
  • Sami Wadood, Group Director and CEO (IT & Telecom)
  • Ajmal Kabir, Group Director
  • Humayun Kabir FCA, CEO (Ceramics)
  • M Shamsur Rahman, CEO (Media)
  • Shah A Sarwar, Managing Director and CEO (IFIC Bank)
  • Mrinal Roy, CEO (Petroleum)
  • M Asad Ullah FCS, Executive Director & Company Secretary

Products

  • Aviation
  • Banking - IFIC Bank
  • Ceramic
  • Construction
  • DTH
  • Electric Power Generation
  • Fashion
  • Fisheries
  • Food & beverage
  • Information Technology
  • Jute
  • Hotels
  • Media
  • Petroleum Products
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • PPE
  • Private Satellite Television Channel
  • Sports Team & Franchise
  • Travel & tourism
  • Textiles
  • Real Estate
  • Renewable energy

Subsidiaries

The conglomerate compromises four public traded and eight privately held companies.

Akash DTH


Akash DTH
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySatellite television
PredecessorRealVU
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016) (Original RealVU)
May 19, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-19) (Akash DTH)
Headquarters
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Area served
Bangladesh
Key people
Faisal Hyder (CEO)
ProductsDirect broadcast satellite
OwnerBEXIMCO
ParentBeximco Communications Limited
Websiteakashdth.com

Akash DTH, formally incorporated as RealVU DTH, is the sole direct broadcast satellite television provider to households in Bangladesh, operated by Beximco Communications Limited, and owned by parent company BEXIMCO. It broadcasts multichannel TV services via satellite Bangabandhu-1. It also offers Personal Video Recording (PVR) capabilities, and HD support.[23][24]

History

In 2014, Bangladesh government gave license to operate digital service to RealVu(Now Akash DTH) and Bengal Digital.[25]

RealVU DTH began broadcasting in 2016 on ABS-2 at 75 degrees east as a joint venture with GS group.[26][27][28][29] The owner of the provider is BEXIMCO via Beximco Communications Limited.[30][31] The early years of the company were unstable due to technical and financial difficulties. RealVU DTH failed to capture the market, and postponed it services within a years.

In 2017, GS group sold their share in Beximco Communications(holding company of RealVu and now Akash) but continued providing hardware and software for the service.[32]

In 2019, they came back with a rebranded name Akash DTH.[33]

From 2019, Akash DTH has been providing television services to customers using Bangladeshi satellite Bangabandhu-1.[34] The company broadcasts more than 120 television stations from around the world, along with exclusive Bangladeshi channels. In 2021, Akash DTH started offering its customers the first PVR in Bangladesh.[35]

The company got a fee waiver due to losses from May 2019 to 2020.[36] But a spectrum charge waiver over the next five years was denied.

Marketing

Customers of analog cable system were switching to digital cable system such as Bengal Digital, Jadoo Digital and DTH system such as Akash DTH for its superior picture quality.[37] While the market penetration remained low, the market share of Akash DTH was growing. Akash DTH used multiple types of marketing such as TV marketing, guerilla marketing, word of mouth and viral marketing.[38]


[[:Category:Direct broadca

See also

References

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