Diganta Television
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersSyed Nazrul Islam Sharoni, Purana Paltan, Dhaka[1]
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Ownership
OwnerDiganta Media Corporation
Sister channelsDaily Naya Diganta
History
Launched28 August 2008; 15 years ago (2008-08-28)
Closed6 May 2013; 10 years ago (2013-05-06)
Links
Websitewww.digantatv.online

Diganta Television (Bengali: দিগন্ত টেলিভিশন; lit. 'horizon television')[2] was a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable news television channel founded in 2007.[3] The channel was owned Diganta Media Corporation, which also owns the daily newspaper Daily Naya Diganta. Diganta Television officially began broadcasting on 28 August 2008,[4] and was shutdown along with Islamic TV on 6 May 2013, both of which were assumed to be supporting the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, and as a result faced boycotts during the 2013 Shahbag protests.[5][6]

Shutdown

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission forcibly ceased the broadcast of Diganta Television, along with Islamic TV, on 6 May 2013, at about 4:30 am.[7] The channel's chief reporter M. Kamruzzaman said that around 25 plain-clothed policemen and an official from the broadcast commission had entered their studios without warning at dawn.[8] According to Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, it was taken off the air because its reporting on raid on Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh contained "irresponsible exaggerations and misinformation to inflame public opinion, a violation of the conditions of its license."[9][10] Critics have alleged this an instance of the Sheikh Hasina government of using the Islamist issue to silence dissidents.[9]

Programming

Diganta Television mostly aired news programming for sixteen hours per day. Other than that, other types of programming were aired on the channel.[11]

List of programming

See also

References

  1. ^ "Contact". Diganta Television. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ Biswas, Sailendra (2000). "Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed". Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 969.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Diganta Television". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ "A Short Report on Diganta Television". Diganta Television. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Diganta, Islamic TV go off the air". The Daily Star. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Artistes call to boycott Diganta TV". BDNews24. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Diganta, Islamic TV taken off air". bdnews24.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. ^ "At least 32 dead as Bangladesh Islamists demand blasphemy law". DAWN. Agence France-Presse. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b Salam, Maria; Karim, Mohosinul; Islam, Muhammad Zahidul (6 May 2013). "Govt closes 2 TV networks". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Diganta, Islamic TV off air". The Daily Star. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Diganta News". Diganta Television. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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