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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Bangladesh Television<br />
| logo = Bangladesh Television Logo.png<br />
| headquarters = Rampura, [[Dhaka]]<br />
| country = Bangladesh<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| area = Asia, Middle East, Africa<br />
| slogan = <br />
| owner = Government of Bangladesh<br />
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1964|12|25}} (as Pakistan Television) <br> {{Start date and age|1971|3|26}} (as Bangladesh Television)<br />
| website = {{URL|btv.gov.bd}}<br />
| terr_serv_1 = [[Over-the-air programming|Over-the-air]] <br/> Analog<br />
| terr_chan_1 = VHF 9 (Dhaka)<br />
| sat_serv_1 = AsiaSat- 3S 3725.0 MHz<br />
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 1 (BTV), Channel 2 (BTV World)<br />
| cable_serv_1 = Bengal Digital (Bangladesh)<br />
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 6<br />Channel 7<br />
| sister_channels = [[BTV World]]<br />[[BTV Chittagong]]<br />
| parent = <br />
| divisions = <br />
| subsid = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| intl = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bangladesh Television''' ({{lang-bn|বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন}}), also known by the acronym '''BTV''', is the state-owned television network of [[Bangladesh]]. It started broadcasting as [[Pakistan Television]] in what was then [[East Pakistan]] on 25 December 1964. It was renamed to Bangladesh Television after [[Bangladesh Liberation War|independence]] in 1971. Broadcasts in full colour started in 1980. About 2 million televisions receive transmissions from the network's 17 relay stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangladesh.com/tv/ |title=Television of Bangladesh |publisher=Bangladesh.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081222072404/http://www.bangladesh.com/tv/ |archive-date= 22 December 2008 | url-status= live |access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> On March 13, 2021, Bangladesh Television announced that they will be establishing 6 more regional stations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/amp/650318 |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশনের আরো ৬টি কেন্দ্র স্থাপন হবে : তথ্যমন্ত্রী |date=2021-03-13 |language=bn |access-date=2021-07-03}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Bangladesh Television administrative building.jpg|thumb|Bangladesh Television administrative building]]<br />
BTV has a national channel which is broadcast from [[Dhaka]]. This transmission is relayed to the whole country via local relay stations in major cities of the country. There is also a regional station located in [[Chattogram]] which broadcasts local programmes in the evening. In the mid-1990s the national TV channel started to broadcast the news programs of BBC and CNN. In 2004, BTV started worldwide broadcasts through its satellite based branch, [[BTV World]].<br />
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BTV is primarily financed through the [[television licence]] fees. Although it has produced many award-winning programmes, it has often been criticised for being the mouth-piece of the ruling government and their lack of quality entertaining programmes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Media men slam ministry for poor BTV standards |url=http://international.ucla.edu/institute/article/12950 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=22 July 2004 |access-date=24 June 2011 |via=UCLA International Institute}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
BTV started its black-and-white transmission on 25 December 1964, as a pilot project in the then [[East Pakistan]], airing a song by the singer [[Ferdausi Rahman]]. It began from the DIT Bhaban (present Rajuk Bhaban) on a four-hour basis. In 1972, after the [[independence of Bangladesh]], the previously autonomous organisation was made a full-fledged government department. In 1975, the offices and studios were shifted to Rampura, Dhaka.<ref name=beyond>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/celebrating_bd/celeb_bd18.htm|title=From BTV to ETV and beyond: The television revolution|date=4 February 2006|access-date=6 August 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|first=Novera|last=Deepita}}</ref><br />
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BTV started colour transmission in 1980 through a programme named ''"Desher Gaan"'' produced by Selim Ashraf. In 2004, BTV launched its satellite transmission under the name of [[BTV World]].<ref name=beyond/><br />
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The first drama on BTV, ''"Ektala Dotala"'', written by [[Munier Choudhury]], was aired in 1965. In 1979, inspired by the idea of [[David Frost|The David Frost Show on BBC]], a new magazine programme, ''"[[Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren]]"'', was developed by [[Fazle Lohani]]. Children's competition series ''[[Notun Kuri]]'' started in 1976. The first television commercial was made in 1967 for a detergent soap ''707''. In 1994, BTV telecasted the first private production, a one-hour play ''Prachir Periye'', directed by [[Atiqul Haque Chowdhury]].<ref name=beyond/><br />
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==Notable aired programs: past and present==<br />
===Domestic===<br />
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* ''[[Ain Adalat]]''<br />
* ''[[Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren]]''<br />
* ''[[Ittyadi]]''<br />
* ''[[Bohubrihi]]''<br />
* ''[[Ayomoy]]''<br />
* ''[[Songsoptok]]''<br />
* ''[[Shomoyer Kotha]]''<br />
* ''[[Mati O Manush]]''<br />
* ''[[Sisimpur]]''<br />
* ''[[Notun Kuri]]''<br />
* ''[[Kothao Keu Nei]]''<br />
* ''[[Aaj Robibar]]''<br />
* ''[[Nokkhotrer Raat]]''<br />
* ''[[BTV National Debate]]''<br />
* ''[[Meena (character)|Meena]]''<br />
* ''[[BTV 50 Years Celebration]]''<br />
* ''[[Tri Rotno]]''<br />
* ''[[Sokal Sondhya]]''<br />
* ''[[Ei Shob Din Ratri]]''<br />
* ''Ayna''}}<br />
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===International programs===<br />
From the late 1980s to the late 2000s, BTV aired many international programs, including children's TV shows, cartoons, and many popular English TV series. BTV did not encourage dubbing those shows, as this was seen as a step in pushing children and adults alike to get acquainted with the English language and its various accents outside of the regular academic environment and in a fully entertaining form.<br />
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Some of the many popular English-language TV programs and cartoons aired on BTV were:<br />
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* [[A Disney Christmas Gift]]<br />
* [[Amazon (1999 TV series)|Amazon]]<br />
* [[Alif Laila]]<br />
* [[Babar (TV series)|Babar]]<br />
* [[Brum (TV series)|Brum]]<br />
* [[Bananas in Pyjamas]]<br />
* [[Bionic Six]]<br />
* [[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]<br />
* [[Care Bears]]<br />
* [[Charlie Chaplin filmography|Charlie Chaplin]]<br />
* [[Dark Justice]]<br />
* [[Earth: Final Conflict]]<br />
* [[Faerie Tale Theatre]]<br />
* [[Family Ties]]<br />
* [[Feluda in film|Feluda]]<br />
* [[Godzilla: The Series]]<br />
* [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]<br />
* [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]<br />
* [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (franchise)#Films|Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]<br />
* [[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]<br />
* [[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]<br />
* [[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]<br />
* [[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]<br />
* [[Miami Vice]]<br />
* [[Mysterious Island]]<br />
* [[Mortal Kombat: Conquest]]<br />
* [[Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book]]<br />
* [[Mr. Bean]]<br />
* [[Oshin]]<br />
* [[Ocean Girl]]<br />
* [[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]<br />
* [[Peter Pan]]<br />
* [[Raven (U.S. TV series)|Raven]]<br />
* [[List of Ripley's Believe It or Not! episodes (2000–03)|Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000-03)]]<br />
* [[RoboCop]]<br />
* [[RoboCop: The Series]]<br />
* [[Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs]]<br />
* [[Rurouni Kenshin#Anime series|Samurai X]]<br />
* [[Sky Trackers]]<br />
* [[Spellbinder (TV series)|Spellbinder]]<br />
* [[Spenser: For Hire]]<br />
* [[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]<br />
* [[Team Knight Rider]]<br />
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]<br />
* [[The A-Team]]<br />
* [[The Adventures of Sinbad]]<br />
* [[The Bill Cosby Show]]<br />
* [[The Crystal Maze]]<br />
* [[The Equalizer (TV series)]]<br />
* [[The Fall Guy]]<br />
* [[The Girl from Tomorrow]]<br />
* [[The Lost World (TV series)]]<br />
* [[The Miraculous Mellops]]<br />
* [[The New Adventures of Jonny Quest]]<br />
* [[The New Adventures of Robin Hood]]<br />
* [[The New Woody Woodpecker Show]]<br />
* [[The Real Ghostbusters]]<br />
* [[The Smurfs (TV series)]]<br />
* [[The Three Stooges]]<br />
* [[The Twilight Zone]]<br />
* [[:ja:腕におぼえあり|The Sensitive Samurai (''Ude ni oboe ari'')]]<br />
* [[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]<br />
* [[The Wizard (TV series)|The Wizard]]<br />
* [[The X-Files]]<br />
* [[Thunder Cats]]<br />
* [[Thunder in Paradise]]<br />
* [[Time Trax]]<br />
* [[Tom and Jerry]]<br />
* [[Twin Peaks]]<br />
* [[Woody Woodpecker]]<br />
* [[The Six Million Dollar Man]]<br />
* [[The Wild Wild West]]<br />
* [[The Bionic Woman]]<br />
* [[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{portal|Bangladesh|Television}}<br />
* [[List of television stations in Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[Mass media in Bangladesh]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Bengali language television channels}}<br />
{{Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)}}<br />
{{European Broadcasting Union Members}}<br />
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