Jamuna Television

Jamuna Television
The headquarters of Jamuna Television in Baridhara
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersJamuna Future Park Complex, Progoti Shoroni, Baridhara, Dhaka[1]
Programming
Picture format16:9 SDTV
Ownership
OwnerJamuna Group
Key peopleFahim Ahmed (CEO)
History
Launched5 April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-05)
Links
Websitewww.jamuna.tv
Jamuna TV
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2017–present
GenreNews (in Bengali)
Subscribers23.5 million[2]
Total views19.146 billion[2]
10,000,000 subscribers2022[3]
Last updated: 22 September 2024

Jamuna Television (Bengali: যমুনা টেলিভিশন; in reference to the Jamuna river), commonly known as Jamuna TV, stylized as ᴊamuna|tv, is a privately owned Bangladeshi satellite and cable news and current affairs television channel. It is owned by the Jamuna Group, and was founded by the company's founder and former chairman Nurul Islam Babul in 2014.[4] The channel's headquarters are located in the Jamuna Future Park Complex at Progoti Shoroni in Baridhara. On YouTube, Jamuna Television is the second most subscribed Bangladeshi YouTube channel after Somoy TV.[5][6]

History

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In 2002, Jamuna Television was granted an NOC certificate to broadcast for five years. They were given rights to broadcast both on terrestrial and satellite television. In 2005, without explanation, the BNP-led government revoked its broadcasting rights, and after the High Court permitted Jamuna Television to broadcast, the government appealed against the decision.[7]

Although its certificate had expired by then, the original channel began test broadcasting on 15 October 2009. The BTRC shut the channel down on 19 November after the channel had allegedly been broadcasting illegally.[4][8] In 2010, the High Court ruled that the government order to stop broadcasting of Jamuna TV was valid.[9] On 29 July 2013, the channel was once again granted a license to relaunch.[10] Jamuna Television was officially launched on 5 April 2014. British foreign correspondent Simon Dring, who was previously the managing director of Ekushey Television, joined the channel as a staff member.[11]

Jamuna Television was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with Bdnews24.com to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called Prism in May 2016.[12] In December 2018, journalists working for Jamuna Television and Jugantor were attacked in Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka, injuring 10 people.[13] Jamuna Television was temporarily taken off-air during the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[14]

In January 2019, three journalists working for Jamuna Television were assaulted by eight to ten people in a rehabilitation center in Bogra. Police arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the incident.[15] On 19 May 2019, Jamuna Television, along with five other channels, began broadcasting via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite after signing an agreement with BSCL.[16][17] On 5 March 2022, Fahim Ahmed was appointed as the CEO of Jamuna Television.[18]

Controversies

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In 2015, a program called Investigation 360 was accused of defaming the then Environment Minister Hasan Mahmud for airing a report related to Climate Fund.[19] A defamation case was filed against the mass media under sections 501 and 502 for the investigative report that 35 crore taka was spent on the construction of the Sheikh Russell Aviary Park in Rangunia from the Climate Fund.[20]

On November 6, 2016, Jamuna TV's senior reporter Shakil Hasan and video journalist Shaheen Alam were attacked while reporting on an illegal polythene bag manufacturing factory at Devidas Lane in Chawkbazar, Dhaka. An attempt was made to set the journalist on fire by pouring kerosene on him. In 2018, the PRAN-RFL group filed a lawsuit. Ravi and the National Board of Revenue filed a case. Jamuna Television's cable broadcast was stopped in the wake of the 11th National Assembly elections held on December 30, 2018.[21][22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Contact". Jamuna Television. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About Jamuna TV". YouTube.
  3. ^ যমুনা টিভির ইউটিউবে ১ কোটি সাবস্ক্রাইবার!.
  4. ^ a b "Salma Islam elected chairman of Jamuna Group, following husband's death". Dhaka Tribune. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Jamuna TV". Youtube. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ "SOMOY TV". YouTube. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ "10 TV Channels". The Daily Star. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Jamuna TV knocked off air". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  9. ^ "HC upholds govt. order to shut down Jamuna TV". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  10. ^ "Basundhara chairman at Jamuna TV launch". bdnews24.com. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  11. ^ যমুনা টিভির পূর্ণাঙ্গ সম্প্রচার শুরু হচ্ছে আজ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Prism signs up with 7 TV channels". BDNews24. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Jugantor, Jamuna TV journalists attacked in Nawabganj". bdnews24.com. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Bangladesh TV station shut, 7 journalists assaulted on election day". Rappler. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  15. ^ Nasim Bogra, Md Nazmul Huda (17 January 2019). "3 held for attack on Jamuna TV journalists in Bogra". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Six TV channels ink deal to use Bangabandhu satellite". The Daily Star. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  17. ^ সব টিভি চ্যানেলের সম্প্রচার আসছে বঙ্গবন্ধু স্যাটেলাইটে. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  18. ^ যমুনা টিভির সিইও হলেন ফাহিম আহমেদ. Jugantor (in Bengali). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  19. ^ "TV reporter, host sued over defaming ex-minister Hasan". The Daily Star. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  20. ^ "Jamuna TV reporter, anchor sued in Ctg". Daily Sun. June 2015. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  21. ^ "Bangladesh TV Station Taken Off Air For Election Day". NDTV. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  22. ^ "Bangladesh TV station shut, seven journalists assaulted on election day". The Hindu. AFP. 2018-12-30. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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