NTV’s 10mn subscribers on YouTube, 15 Play-Buttons
YouTube is one of the most popular video sharing websites in the world. NTV, one of the leading television channels in Bangladesh, is very popular in this video sharing platform.
YouTube’s premium partner NTV Online’s CMH has 19 channels with over 10 million (one crore) subscribers. YouTube has awarded NTV Online with 15 Play-Buttons where five are ‘Gold Play-Buttons’ so far. NTV is the only channel in the country that has such large amount of subscribers and so many Play-Buttons.
Besides, NTV is holding the top position among the local TV channels in terms of Facebook Likes. NTV has 1.2 crore (12 million) likes at this moment.
YouTube is the most visited website around the globe. Considering the importance of news media on YouTube, NTV Online started its journey at YouTube and established a strong position with its resourceful channels. NTV has News, Dramas, Telefilms, Movies, Cooking Show, Entertainment, Drama Serials, Health Show, Islamic Show, Lifestyle Show, Travel Show, Bangla Fun and other channels. Meanwhile, NTV’s YouTube channels achieved several rewards for their outstanding performance. Monthly on an average around 50 crore minutes are being watched from these channels and the number has been increasing.
Besides, NTV has a strong presence on Facebook platform also. NTV Online is running a verified page with around 1.2 crore (12 million) likes. NTV Online is also popular on Facebook Video Platform Watch. Monthly, around 20 crore minutes are being watched from the platform. Recently, Bot Camellia has started journey on Facebook Messenger. Bot Camellia has got popularity providing news, entertainment, photo gallery, quiz and other services.
ntvbd.com is holding the centre point among the digital platforms of NTV. The website is providing news of home and abroad in a reasonably quick time. The website ntvbd.com has been connected to all the platforms of NTV. Monthly four lakh unique visitors read news in this website.
Expressing his feelings about the success, Head of NTV Online Khandaker Fakaruddin Ahmed said, ‘NTV is creating contents keeping in mind the desire of present time and expectation of people. NTV is the free medium of information and entertainment. That is why we call this infotainment. We are holding the world keeping in mind the elegant local culture and tradition. For this reason, NTV is soaked in love from its readers, viewers and spectators. Reaching one crore subscription on YouTube is an example of that love. I would like to thank and pour love to our readers and spectators at home and abroad.’
NTV’s digital platform NTV Online started its journey February 1, 2015.