Bangladesh conducts test run of Bangabandhu-1 satellite's commercial operations
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24 . com Published: 2018-09-05 02:23:23.0 BdST Updated: 2018-09-05 02:23:33.0 BdST The experimental commercial operations of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite have started through the airing of SAFF Championship matches. “We are fully successful. Picture quality was very good during the broadcast,” Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited or BCSCL Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood told bdnews24 . com after the tournament opened on Tuesday Pakistan faced Nepal in the first match while hosts Bangladesh played Bhutan. State-run Bangladesh Television is broadcasting the matches live from the feed of a private station, which bought the broadcast rights of the tournament, through the country’s first satellite launched four months ago. BCSCL, which was formed to operate the satellite, expects the satellite to go fully commercial by mid-October, Shahjahan said. The TV and radio station...