ATN Bangla

For the Canadian television channel, see ATN Bangla (Canada).
ATN Bangla

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 827
Eutelsat 28A (Europe) 11681 V 27500 2/3
Dish Network (USA) Channel 818
Cable
UCS (Bangladesh) Channel 18
Prisma Digital (Bangladesh) Channel 12
IPTV
VMedia (Canada) Channel 861

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

List of television stations in Bangladesh

References

  1. ↑ ATN Bangla wins International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award, Unicef, 2004
  2. ↑ From BTV to ETV and beyond: The television revolution Archived October 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine., The Daily Star, February 4, 2006.

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