Zee Bangla
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Network | Cable Television Network |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India and Bangladesh. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.[1][2] The first Bengali-language television channel in India,[3] Zee Bangla was launched on 15 September 1999 by Zee's TV chairman.[3]
It aired the comedy show Raja & Gaja before it switched networks.[4] It has its own YouTube channel which has over 8 million subscribers.[5] The channel was earlier known as Alpha Bangla and it was the first Bengali satellite channel to be launched on the 15th of September, 1999.[6]
References
- ^ India Business Yearbook 2009. Vikas. 2009. p. 152. ISBN 9788125930860.
- ^ Blumenthal, Howard J.; Goodenough, Oliver R. (2006). This Business of Television. BillBoard Books. p. 483. ISBN 9780823077632.
- ^ a b Mehta, Nalin (2008). Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change. Routledge. pp. 158–160. ISBN 9781134062133.
- ^ Chakraborty, Aditya (17 September 2011). "Raja and Gaja No Problem". WBRi Washington Bangla Radio USA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "YouTube".
- ^ "Zee Bangla Salutes You On Its 20th Birthday". Zee News India. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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