Ekhon
Bangladeshi business-related television channel
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Ekhon (Bengali: এখন; Bengali pronunciation: [ækʰon]; lit. 'now')[1] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable business-related infotainment television channel owned by Spice Television Limited, a subsidiary of the City Group, one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates.[2]
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| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Tikatuli, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | City Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 June 2022 |
| Former names | Spice Television (prelaunch) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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| Channel | |
| Years active | 2022–present |
| Subscribers | 4.13 million |
| Last updated: 2 March 2026 [needs update] | |
It is Bangladesh's first television channel dedicated to business and financial programming. Ekhon is based in Tikatuli, Dhaka.[3]
History
Licensing and test broadcasts
Ekhon was licensed as "Spice Television" (Bengali: স্পাইস টেলিভিশন) by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2017.[4] It commenced experimental broadcasts via the Bangladesh-1 satellite on 30 July 2021 using the Spice Television name, after it signed an agreement with BSCL on 28 July of that year to use the satellite for broadcasting.[5][6] The channel later commenced the 'Nirman Porbo' test broadcast on 16 December 2021, coinciding the Bangladeshi victory day.[7] On 30 May 2022, Ekhon signed a corporate agreement with state-owned telecommunications company TeleTalk, which would provide various services to the television channel at an affordable price.[8]
Launch
Although originally planning to do so on 16 December 2021,[9] the channel was officially launched using the "Ekhon" name on 9 June 2022, as the first television channel in Bangladesh to air business-related programming and the thirty-seventh television channel overall to be launched in the country.[3]
Programming
Controversies
On 19 February 2026, Ekhon gave four television journalists intermittent leave without any immediate reason. This move was criticized by the Dhaka Reporters Unity.[11][12]