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| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Bir Uttam CR Dutta Road, Dhaka[1] |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | City Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 April 2011 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre | News (in Bengali) | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 24 million[2] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 16,166,386,028[2] | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: 24 June 2024 | |||||||||||||
Somoy TV (Bengali: সময় টিভি; lit. 'time TV'),[4] also known as just Somoy (Bengali: সময়; Bengali pronunciation: [ˈʃomɔe̯]) as branded on-air, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable news television channel.[5] It is based in the Nasir Trade Centre at Bir Uttam CR Dutta Road in Dhaka.[1] Somoy is primarily owned by City Group.[6]
The channel was launched on 17 April 2011.[7] It broadcasts using the Bangabandhu-1 satellite since 2019.[8][9] On YouTube, Somoy is the most subscribed Bangladeshi channel, being the first to receive the Diamond Play Button in 2021.[10] Several fact-checking organizations have identified Somoy TV as a significant source of misinformation within Bangladesh.[11][12]
- ^ a b "Contact Address". Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "About SOMOY TV". YouTube.
- ^ a b "TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS & VIDEO VIEW MONTHLY GRAPHS FOR SOMOY TV".
- ^ Biswas, Sailendra (2000). "Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed". Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 985.)
- ^ "BTV turns to Somoy TV for Bangabhaban ceremony". bdnews24.com. 21 March 2013.
- ^ "High Court orders suspension of Somoy TV broadcast for seven days". Bdnews24.com. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ সময় টিভির সম্প্রচার এক সপ্তাহ বন্ধের নির্দেশ. Bangla Tribune. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Satellite, submarine cable business may open to private sector". The Daily Star. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Local TV channels using Bangabandhu-1 satellite". The Daily Star. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ বাংলাদেশের প্রথম ডায়মন্ড বাটন পেলো সময় টিভি. YouTube. 6 October 2021.
- ^ "দেশের গণমাধ্যমে ভুয়া খবরের সংখ্যা বেড়েছে ৩ গুণ". The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Fact-checkers find no New Age report as fake". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 17 April 2023.