Somoy TV
Somoy TV Logo
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters89, Bir Uttam CR Dutta Road, Banglamotor, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s)Bengali
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerCity Group
Key peopleFazlur Rahman (chairman)
Sister channelsEkhon
History
Launched17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)
Links
Websitewww.somoynews.tv
SOMOY TV
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreNews (In Bengali)
Subscribers22 million[1]
Total views12,361,670,028[1]
100,000 subscribers2019[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2019[3]
10,000,000 subscribers2021[4]
Last updated: 10 Feb 2023

Somoy Television (lit. 'time television')[5] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable news 24-hour Bengali television channel, headquartered at 89, Bir Uttam CR Dutta Road, Banglamotor, Dhaka.[6] Multiple fact-checking organizations list Somoy TV as the top source in Bangladesh publishing fake news.[7][8]

After a test transmission on 10 October 2010, it has been commercially on-air since 17 April 2011.[9] The channel is transmitted using satellite Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh, operated by Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited.[10][11] The channel is owned by Somoy Media Limited, a subsidiary of the City Group. It holds the distinction of being the most subscribed Bangladeshi YouTube channel, the first YouTube channel to get the Diamond Play Button.[12] Now, Somoy TV youtube channel has more than 20 millions subscribers.[13]

History

Somoy TV received government permission for broadcasting in October 2009.[14] It started a test transmission on 10 October 2010 and has been commercially on-air since 17 April 2011. Before its official launch, Somoy TV was sold to City Group on 8 June 2010.[15] In November 2011, Somoy TV, along with three other Bangladeshi television channels, signed an agreement with UNICEF to air children's programming for one minute.[16]

On 1 January 2014, unidentified individuals threw bombs on an official vehicle of Somoy TV, injuring the driver, in Chittagong City. Journalists at the network blamed activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir.[17]

On 1 April 2015, Bangladesh Police seized transmission equipment of Somoy TV outside the office of former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[18]

In May 2016, drug dealers assaulted the Somoy TV Cox's Bazar District correspondent, Sujauddin Rubel, for his reports on drug trafficking.[19]

In September 2016, Attorney General of Bangladesh, Mahbubey Alam, filled a complaint with the Bangladesh Supreme Court over comments on a TV show that discussed the war crimes trial of Mir Quasem Ali. Somoy TV was forced to submit transcripts of the show to the court.[20][21]

On 30 November 2017, the son of the Minister of Land, Shamsur Rahman Sherif, attacked and injured four journalists including one of Somoy TV.[22] On 19 May 2019, Somoy TV, along with five other channels, began broadcasting via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite after signing an agreement with BSCL.[23][24]

The official YouTube channel of Somoy TV was hacked by unknown hackers on 16 October 2022, subsequently being renamed to 'Ethereum 2.0', after the Ethereum cryptocurrency. The channel was reverted back to its original form ten minutes after the hacking incident, but its name was not reverted until later.[25]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About SOMOY TV". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS & VIDEO VIEW MONTHLY GRAPHS FOR SOMOY TV".
  3. ↑ "TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS & VIDEO VIEW MONTHLY GRAPHS FOR SOMOY TV".
  4. ↑ "বাংলাদেশের প্রথম ডায়মন্ড বাটন পেলো সময় টিভি".
  5. ↑ Biswas, Sailendra (2000). "Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed". Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 969.
  6. ↑ "BTV turns to Somoy TV for Bangabhaban ceremony". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Fact-checkers find no New Age report as fake". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Shakir, Ameer (7 January 2023). "গণমাধ্যমে ভুয়া খবর ২০২২: এবারও শীর্ষে সময় টিভি". www.boombd.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Contact Support". www.m.somoynews.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Satellite, submarine cable business may open to private sector". The Daily Star. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Local TV channels using Bangabandhu-1 satellite". The Daily Star. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  12. ↑ বাংলাদেশের প্রথম ডায়মন্ড বাটন পেলো সময় টিভি | Somoy Diamond Play Button | Somoy TV, retrieved 28 January 2023
  13. ↑ "SOMOY TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  14. ↑ Islam, Shahidul. "13 TV channels await approval". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  15. ↑ বিক্রি হয়ে যাচ্ছে টিভি চ্যানেলের মালিকানা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 20 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "4 TVs to air one minute's free programme on child issues". The Daily Star. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Somoy TV staff hurt in Ctg blast". The Daily Star. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  18. ↑ "Police seize Somoy TV's equipment". The Daily Star. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  19. ↑ "Yaba traders injure five journalists". The Daily Star. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  20. ↑ "Somoy TV submits talk show video to SC". The Daily Star. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "SC asks for Somoy TV talk show video". The Daily Star. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  22. ↑ "4 journalists beaten up in Pabna". The Daily Star. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  23. ↑ "Six TV channels ink deal to use Bangabandhu satellite". The Daily Star. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  24. ↑ সব টিভি চ্যানেলের সম্প্রচার আসছে বঙ্গবন্ধু স্যাটেলাইটে. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  25. ↑ "Somoy TV YouTube channel hacked". The Daily Star. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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