State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) has started broadcasting in Middle Eastern and North African countries to meet the special interest of local viewers, especially expatriate Bangladeshis, using Bangabandhu satellite. Bangladesh’s lone satellite “Bangabandhu-I” in collaboration with Thaicom-6, a Thai satellite of the Thaicom series, has made the arrangement for BTV’s satellite based-branch, BTV World, reports BSS. “The experimental transmission of BTV World started at about 1:00 am on April 10 to the Middle Eastern and North African Countries using Bangabandhu-I,” Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said. BCSCL, another state-owned company assigned to operator Bangabandhu-I, has taken the initiative as out of around 1 crore expatriate Bangladeshis almost 70 per cent lives in Middle Eastern and North African countries, he said. “Initially, we are working on BTV World and upon the result of experimental period, we would start the process for other private television channels of the country for Middle East, North Africa and other regions,” said Dr Mahmood, replying to a query on BCSCL’s future plan.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 12, 2020 12:22 UTC