BTV app launched, can now be watched on mobile phone

BTV app has been launched and from now on people can download the app from Google Play Store for android mobile phones and Apple Store for iPhone users.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday inaugurated the BTV app at a function at the Secretariat.

People can watch the four channels -- BTV, BTV World, BTV Chattogram and Sangsad Bangladesh Television -- through this app.

The facility of watching BTV from any part of the world through this app is the beginning of a new era for the state-owned media, the minister said.

BTV Director General Sohrab Hossain, Sangsad Bangladesh Television DG Abeda Akther and officials of the ministry and BTV were present at the inauguration.

"Presently, there are 34 channels in operation while 11 channels are waiting for airing," the minister said.