Staff Reporter :
Bangabandhu-1, the country’s first ever communications satellite, started operation on Tuesday with the live coverage of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2018 on test basis.
Though the satellite was launched on May 11, it delivered first live coverage yesterday.
The SAFF Championship is taking place in Dhaka with seven
South Asian countries comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sreelanka.
The test coverage will continue throughout the tournament, Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar told the reporter.
So far, the performance is very good, the minister added.
“We have decided to telecast the SAFF Championship on a test basis,” said Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman and Chief Executive officer of the Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL).
According to the plan, BCSCL is collaborating with local private television station Channel 9, which has bought the TV rights of the tournament.
BCSCL will take a feed from Channel 9 and will telecast it with state-run BTV to test the process, said Shahjahan.
He said, other private television channels in the country may test the process by using the feed from BCSCL.
However, the Bangabandhu-1 launching company, Thales Alenia Space and project officials were not in favour of this “test telecast” saying that it would not be proper before conducting the final technical test scheduled to be held in the third week of next month.
Bangabandhu-1, the country’s first ever communications satellite, started operation on Tuesday with the live coverage of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2018 on test basis.
Though the satellite was launched on May 11, it delivered first live coverage yesterday.
The SAFF Championship is taking place in Dhaka with seven
South Asian countries comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sreelanka.
The test coverage will continue throughout the tournament, Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar told the reporter.
So far, the performance is very good, the minister added.
“We have decided to telecast the SAFF Championship on a test basis,” said Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman and Chief Executive officer of the Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL).
According to the plan, BCSCL is collaborating with local private television station Channel 9, which has bought the TV rights of the tournament.
BCSCL will take a feed from Channel 9 and will telecast it with state-run BTV to test the process, said Shahjahan.
He said, other private television channels in the country may test the process by using the feed from BCSCL.
However, the Bangabandhu-1 launching company, Thales Alenia Space and project officials were not in favour of this “test telecast” saying that it would not be proper before conducting the final technical test scheduled to be held in the third week of next month.
