Bangladesh Television (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), also known by its acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting Black-and-White transmission on 25 December1964. It was known as Pakistan Television at that time, and was renamed Bangladesh Television after the independence of Bangladesh. Broadcasts in full colour started from 1980. Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা ) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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 Chittagong which broadcasts local programs in the evening. In 2004, BTV started worldwide broadcasts through its satellite based branch, BTV world. Panorama of Dhakas skyline Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bangla: ঢাকা Ähaka), population 12,560,000[1] (2005 UN projection for statistical metropolitan area), is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. ... Chittagong (Bengali: চটà§à¦Ÿà¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chaá¹á¹agrÄm) is the major sea-port and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
BTV is primarily financed through the television license fees. Although it has produced many award-winning programs, it has often been criticized for being the mouth-piece of the ruling government.
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