Channel i

Channel i
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersTejgaon, Dhaka
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerImpress Group
History
Launched1 October 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-01)
Links
Websitechannelionline.com

Channel i (Bengali: চ্যানেল আই) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the oldest satellite television channels in Bangladesh.[1] Channel i is broadcast via satellite television using PanAmSat and Bangabandhu-1,[2] covering most of Asia and parts of Australia. It is sister to the radio station, Radio Bhumi.[3]

  1. ^ Deepita, Novera (4 February 2006). "From BTV to ETV and beyond: The television revolution". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Satellite charts - Channel list - Bangabandhu-1". SatBeams. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Our Subsidiaries". Impress Group. Retrieved 26 July 2017.