Zee Bangla is an Indian general entertainment

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...

channel broadcasting in the Bengali language. It is owned by the Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is the first Bengali-language satellite television channel in India, officially commencing broadcasts on 15 September 1999. The channel was first launched as Alpha Bangla which was later renamed to Zee Bangla on 28 March 2005. The channel launched its HD version on 20 November 2016. According to BARC, Zee Bangla is the second most-watched television channel in West Bengal.

History

The channel was first launched in 1996, but halted transmissions within two months due to its poor ratings. It was relaunched on 15 September 1999 as Alpha TV Bangla, along with

Alpha TV Marathi Zee Marathi is an Indian general entertainment channel which carries programming in Marathi. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 15 August 1999 and was known as Alpha TV Marathi until 28 March 2005, th ...

, Alpha TV Telugu and Alpha TV Punjabi. It was the first Bengali-language satellite television channel in India. In 2005,

Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription bus ...

went for a major brand revamp. It unveiled a new logo on 28 March 2005 at the

Zee Cine Awards The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went internat ...

and thereafter Alpha Bangla was renamed to Zee Bangla with a modified version of the new

logo which is also used by other regional of Zee Network. On 19 June 2011, all Zee channels rebranded with a new logo which was like number two instead of alphabet Z. On 1 January 2017, the top right corner of all Zee channels was closed which continued unless all the Zee channels rebranded with a new logo on 15 October 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary. On 15 October 2017, all the Zee channels had changed their logos where the logo has started showing on the left side. In 2019, Samrat Ghosh became the head of the channel. The channel's new graphics was revealed during ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' on 7 October 2018. It is one of the largest Bengali-language television channels in India by viewership. On 30 September 2021,

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

imposed a blackout on foreign television channels, including Zee Bangla, that broadcast commercials. However, after 2 weeks, via clean feed, Zee Bangla resumed broadcasting in that country.

Programming

Mahalaya

Sister Channels

Zee Bangla Cinema

Zee Bangla Cinema is an Indian Bengali language movie channel owned by

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Zee Entertainment Enterprises (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Essel Group. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, businesses related to mobile contents, and operates 45 ...

. It was launched on 12 September 2012 as a sister channel of Zee Bangla.

Zee 24 Ghanta

Zee 24 Ghanta is an Indian Bengali language news channel owned by

Zee Media Corporation ''Zee Media Corporation Limited'' (abbreviated as ZMCL; formerly Zee News Limited) is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of new ...

. It was launched in 2007.

References

External links

* {{Bengali-language television channels, state=collapsed Television stations in Kolkata Bengali-language television channels in India 1999 establishments in West Bengal Zee Entertainment Enterprises Television channels and stations established in 1999