AKASH DTH becomes legal broadcaster of Star channels in Bangladesh

AKASH DTH has become the legal broadcaster of popular channels of STAR in Bangladesh with the government’s approval to downlink and broadcast the channels. 

Currently, it is distributing Star Plus, Star Gold, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies, National Geography, Star Bharat and Star Sports.

It is necessary to avail the permission or No Objection Certificate from the Information Ministry (MOI) to broadcast any foreign channels in Bangladesh. 

AKASH DTH has permission to broadcast Star channels. Customers can now get the opportunity to watch Star channels with a lawful medium. 

Through content piracy from illegal IP feeds or from Indian DTH operators, some cable/feed operators are involving in money laundering, where approximately 8 to 12 lacs Indian illegal DTH connections are being used in Bangladesh for redistributing various channels by cable operators, according to a press release from Beximco Communications. 

These illegal channels are distributed without having any approval from any MOI.  

AKASH users can enjoy watching TV by purchasing the monthly subscription of AKASH Standard with 120+ channels including 40+ HD for Tk 399 and AKASH Lite with 70+ channels including 20 HD channels for Tk 249 under the regular and basic connections. 

All channels are legal and approved by the government. 

AKASH DTH started to provide its service using the feed of the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from May 2019. 

It is available in all 64 districts and can be viewed from any corner of Bangladesh uninterruptedly with the same quality.