BSS, Dhaka :
Commercial Operation of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) will be launched on Wednesday and all the local television channels will start their full-fledged transmission using its feed.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open formally the BS-I commercial services to all 34 TV channels in a ceremony in the morning,” Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood told BSS.
He said country’s broadcast industry is going to enter a new era as the BS-I will save a huge amount of foreign currency which the local TVs used to pay as rent.
“We have already sold 40 percent capacity of BS-I and expect to sell the remaining capacity in the coming days,” added Dr Mahmood.
Replying to a query, the BCSCL Chairman hoped to earn the entire amount spent for the launching of BS-I from the domestic market within eight years.
Commercial Operation of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) will be launched on Wednesday and all the local television channels will start their full-fledged transmission using its feed.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open formally the BS-I commercial services to all 34 TV channels in a ceremony in the morning,” Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood told BSS.
He said country’s broadcast industry is going to enter a new era as the BS-I will save a huge amount of foreign currency which the local TVs used to pay as rent.
“We have already sold 40 percent capacity of BS-I and expect to sell the remaining capacity in the coming days,” added Dr Mahmood.
Replying to a query, the BCSCL Chairman hoped to earn the entire amount spent for the launching of BS-I from the domestic market within eight years.
