BTV Mymensingh

Bangladesh Television Mymensingh Subcenter
বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন ময়মনসিংহ  উপকেন্দ্র

Type	Relay station
Country	Bangladesh
Broadcast area	Mymensingh Division
Network	BTV Dhaka
Headquarters	Akua, Mymensingh
Programming
Language(s)	Bengali
Ownership
Owner	Government of Bangladesh
Parent	Bangladesh Television
History
Launched	May 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05)
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog terrestrial	VHF channel 12[1][2]

Bangladesh Television Mymensingh or BTV Mymensingh (Bengali: বিটিভি ময়মনসিংহ) is a BTV-affiliated relay television station broadcast from Mymensingh, serving the namesake division. It was established in May 1979 and is slated to become a regional television station. BTV Mymensingh is headquartered in the city's Akua neighborhood.^[3]

History

BTV Mymensingh commenced operations in May 1979 on VHF channel 12 with a 10-kilowatt transmitter.^[4] As of August 1989, BTV Mymensingh broadcast with an increased 398 kilowatt transmitter.^[5]

While Bangladesh Television was seeking 13,910,000 BDT for five new full-fledged television stations in March 2017, then Planning Minister Mustafa Kamal stated that then prime minister Sheikh Hasina directed authorities also to include Mymensingh among the stations to be converted on 14 March,^[6][7] as it became a divisional city following the establishment of the Mymensingh Division in 2015.^[8][9]

The station, originally slated to run as regional by December 2018 officially, was mainly set to highlight the current affairs, as well as the local cultures, of the Mymensingh region. It would have initially broadcast five to six hours a day, although the schedule would increase over time.^[10] The same announcement to convert the station alongside five others was made twice in 2021^[11] and 2022.^[12]

Programming

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Bangladesh Television

References

1. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1997. p. 546. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
2. "Short Brief of Technical Profile of BTV" (PDF). Bangladesh Television. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
3. "Offices of BTV". Bangladesh Television. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
4. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1981–82. p. 1189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
5. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1990. p. 409. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
6. "BTV to get Tk1,391cr for five new centres". Dhaka Tribune. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
7. "6 BTV centres to be built in divisional cities". Prothom Alo. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
8. "Mymensingh a division now". Dhaka Tribune. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
9. বিটিভির আরও ৬টি পূর্ণাঙ্গ কেন্দ্র হবে: তথ্যমন্ত্রী. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
10. Sarkar, Shihab (28 March 2017). "Six new BTV centres: Expectation and reality". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
11. বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশনের আরো ৬টি কেন্দ্র স্থাপন হবে: তথ্যমন্ত্রী. JagoNews24 (in Bengali). 13 March 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
12. আরও ৬ বিভাগীয় শহরে বিটিভির পূর্ণাঙ্গ কেন্দ্র হবে: তথ্যমন্ত্রী. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.