Zee Bangla

Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India and Bangladesh. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.[1][2] The first Bengali-language television channel in India,[3] Zee Bangla was launched on 15 September 1999 by Zee's TV chairman.[3]

Zee Entertainment
Zee Bangla Logo with Slogan
Launched15 September 1999 (1999-09-15)
NetworkCable Television Network
Owned byZee Entertainment Enterprises
Picture format4:3 (HDTV)
16:9 (HDTV)
Audience share2,75,697 (July 2020, BARC India)
SloganNotun Chhonde Likhbo Jibon (Writing Life in New rhyme)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersKolkata, West Bengal, India
Formerly calledAlpha Bangla (1999-2004)
Replaced byZee Cinema
Sister channel(s)Zee TV
Zee Bangla Cinema
&TV
Zing
Zee Cinema
Zee Marathi
WebsiteZee Bangla on ZEE5

It aired the comedy show Raja & Gaja before it switched networks.[4] It has its own YouTube channel which has over 8 million subscribers.[5] The channel was earlier known as Alpha Bangla and it was the first Bengali satellite channel to be launched on the 15th of September, 1999.[6]

References

  1. India Business Yearbook 2009. Vikas. 2009. p. 152. ISBN 9788125930860.
  2. Blumenthal, Howard J.; Goodenough, Oliver R. (2006). This Business of Television. BillBoard Books. p. 483. ISBN 9780823077632.
  3. Mehta, Nalin (2008). Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change. Routledge. pp. 158–160. ISBN 9781134062133.
  4. Chakraborty, Aditya (17 September 2011). "Raja and Gaja No Problem". WBRi Washington Bangla Radio USA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  5. "YouTube".
  6. "Zee Bangla Salutes You On Its 20th Birthday". Zee News India. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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