Abstract:
Channel 24 is a prominent news channel network of Bangladesh. Times Media Limited, a subsidiary of the Ha-Meem Group is the proud owner of Channel 24. The channel was launched on 24 May 2012 initially as a mixed entertainment channel, before moving to solely airing news programming. Originally, its programming line was diversified, consisting of drama, news, television films, music, sports, talk shows, and many more. It later changed its focus to mostly airing news and current affairs programming. Within two years of its launch, Channel 24 became the top news channel in Bangladesh. Channel 24 was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with Bdnews24.com to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called Prism in May 2016. The channel was the first in Bangladesh to introduce an AI news anchor, named 'Aparajita', who debuted on 19 July 2023