Channel 16 (Bangladeshi TV channel)

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Channel 16
CountryBangladesh
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture format576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerInsight Telecast
History
Launched16 December 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-16)
Closed2 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-02)
Links
Websitechannel-16tv.com

Channel 16 (Bengali: চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন; in reference to 16 December) was a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable music oriented television channel, owned and operated by Insight Telecast. The channel was permitted to broadcast via a Singaporean satellite and officially began broadcasting on 16 December 2011.[citation needed]

It was the first and the sole music channel in Bangladesh until the launch of Gaan Bangla in 2013.[1] Channel 16's managing director was K G Muhit, who had requested the government to let him run a downlinked privately owned satellite television channel in 2008.[2]

Despite only being allowed to broadcast from abroad, Channel 16 illegally broadcast from Dhaka, and even via the Israel-based RRsat satellite.[2][3] After its license for test broadcasting had expired on 30 November 2013, which had not been renewed ever since,[4] the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission obliged Channel 16 to cease all transmissions by 2 December 2014.

However, by that point, it illegally continued broadcasting by ceasing to identify itself as Channel 16 and began using the letter 'k' as its on-screen bug,[5] and later began identifying itself as 'MB', or sometimes 'Movie Bangla', along with its on-screen bug involving a clock.[6] It had also been accused of broadcasting while evading revenue to the government.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Correspondent, Senior. "Govt orders 'Channel 16' off the air in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Hossain, Mosabber (29 May 2014). অবৈধভাবে চলছে চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Mehedi, Rashed (10 December 2014). চ্যানেল সিক্সটিনের নজিরবিহীন প্রতারণা. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন বন্ধের নির্দেশ. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 3 December 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ বন্ধের নির্দেশের পর অন্য নামে চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন. Samakal (in Bengali). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ Mehedi, Rashed (17 February 2016). অবৈধ টিভি চ্যানেলের রমরমা বাণিজ্য. Samakal. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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