Rtv goes on air on Dec 26

Rtv Chairman and Managing Director Mosaddeq Ali speaks at a press conference on Rtv, a new private satellite television channel, at a city hotel yesterday. PHOTO: STAR

The new channel would start telecast on experimental basis from December 1 and finally beam through the country's crowded skies on December 26, according to an announcement made by the TV company yesterday.

"Rtv is going to launch its official telecast from December 26," said R tv Chairman and Managing Director Alhaj Mosaddeq Ali MP at a press conference at Sonargao Hotel.

President Iajuddin Ahmed will inaugurate the satellite channel at a launching ceremony at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.

"All preparations are almost complete. Our skilled professionals have successfully set up the earth station," said Mosaddeq Ali, also the chairman of ntv.

The ruling BNP lawmaker said the latest one is the only channel in the country which, from day one, would telecast a 24- hour programme.

"We want to display that Bangladesh was built on the spirit of liberation war, and we would remain unflinching in projecting the truth," he told the newsmen.

He stated that disseminating impartial news would be the sole objective of this channel.

A series of programmes, including news, talk shows, cultural and political programmes, have been taken up by the TV authorities considering the interest of the country's viewers.