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| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Karwan Bazar, Dhaka[1] |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Insight Telecast |
| History | |
| Launched | 16 December 2011 |
| Closed | 2 December 2014 |
| Links | |
| Website | channel-16tv |
Channel 16 (Bengali: চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন; in reference to 16 December) was a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable music-oriented television channel owned and operated by Insight Telecast. The channel was permitted to broadcast via a Singaporean satellite and officially began broadcasting on 16 December 2011. It was ordered to be shut down by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on 2 December 2014.[2]
It was the first and the sole music channel in Bangladesh until the launch of Gaan Bangla in 2013. Channel 16's managing director was K G Muhit, who had requested the government to let him run a downlinked privately owned satellite television channel in 2008.[3] Despite only being allowed to broadcast from abroad, Channel 16 illegally broadcast from Dhaka, and even via the Israel-based RRsat satellite.[3][4]
- ^ "Contact". Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Govt orders 'Channel 16' off the air in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b Hossain, Mosabber (29 May 2014). অবৈধভাবে চলছে চ্যানেল সিক্সটিন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Mehedi, Rashed (10 December 2014). চ্যানেল সিক্সটিনের নজিরবিহীন প্রতারণা. Samakal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2021.