Diganta Television

Diganta Television (দিগন্ত টেলিভিশন; lit. 'horizon television') was a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable news television channel founded in 2007. The channel was owned Diganta Media Corporation, which also owns the daily newspaper Daily Naya Diganta. Diganta Television officially began broadcasting on 28 August 2008, and was shut down along with Islamic TV on 6 May 2013, both of which were assumed to be supporting the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, and as a result faced boycotts during the 2013 Shahbag protests.

Shutdown
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission forcibly ceased the broadcast of Diganta Television, along with Islamic TV, on 6 May 2013, at about 4:30am. The channel's chief reporter M. Kamruzzaman said that around 25 plain-clothed policemen and an official from the broadcast commission had entered their studios without warning at dawn. According to Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, it was taken off the air because its reporting on raid on Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh contained "irresponsible exaggerations and misinformation to inflame public opinion, a violation of the conditions of its license." Critics have alleged this an instance of the Sheikh Hasina government of using the Islamist issue to silence dissidents.

Programming
Diganta Television mostly aired news programming for sixteen hours per day. Other than that, other types of programming were aired on the channel.

List of programming

 * Business News
 * Carrier Line
 * Chitra Bichitra
 * Diganta Onusandhan
 * Duronto Khobor
 * Ekanto Songlap
 * Get Safe
 * i-Tech
 * Jibon Japon
 * Lime Light
 * Mele Dhori Ichcheguli
 * News of the Day
 * Pothe Prantore
 * Probashe Bangladesh
 * Ranna Banna
 * School Angina
 * Science & Quran
 * Score Card
 * Shastho Diganta
 * Shorol Poth
 * Suborno Shokal