CSB News, acronym of Chronus Satellite Broadcast[1] was Bangladesh's first, albeit short-lived, 24-hour news & current affairs channel. It started broadcasting test transmissions from March 24, 2007 and started commercially broadcasting from April 9, 2007.[citation needed]
Company type | The Online News Portal |
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Industry | Online |
Founded | March 2007 |
Defunct | 6 September 2007 |
Headquarters | Syed Grand Center, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Website | csbnews24 |
Closure
editOn August 23, 2007 the Ministry of Information of Bangladesh had asked the Ekushey Television (ETV) and Csb Multimedia Company Limited (CSB) to refrain from telecasting any provocative news, documentaries, talk shows and discussions against the government.[2] On Thursday, September 6, 2007, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission officially shut down transmission of the channel.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "The European Television Guild". Archived from the original on 2007-04-21. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
- ^ Bangladesh news channel off air, BBC News. September 6, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
- ^ "We wish to inform you". The Daily Star. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2010-04-28). "Channel 1 shut". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
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