A DAY IN BOISHAKHI TELEVISION

From the class of Script Writing for Media a group of students leaded by the course instructor Farhana Afroz of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) went to visit BOISHAKHI TV on 12 of July evening. This tour was design as the practical experience for the course.

Background Information of the Chanel:

The main theme of BOISHAKHI television is the spirit of liberation war. This channel was established during the last BNP government. Though, there is no direct attachment, but a former B.N.P minister was involved with the channel. The channel runs under the Boishakhi Media Ltd. The name of the channel is ‘BOISHAKHI’. It is dedicated to the creative presentation of television technology for Bangla speaking people all over the world. The channel also aimed for worldwide audience with programming depicting Bangla culture, history, geography, people, language, and faiths responding to both national and international needs and demands. The chairman and managing director of the channel is K M Sahidullah.

 The tour of the channel started around 3’O clock. The whole class was welcomed by high profile officials of Boishakhi leaded by the CEO of the channel Mr. Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, CNE Rahul Raha, Asst. CNE & senior reporter Kishor Laila, corporate head Farhana Nisho and few others. It was a very worm atmosphere. They introduce the total operations of the channel to the students. Boishakhi got their own reporters to cover different events as well as they are subscribed to APTN (Associated Press Television Network) for international news events. After the short briefing of the channel there was an interactive session for the students where the students asked different questions to the officials and they answered each question with lot of interest.

Students along with the teacher in the conference room of BOISHAKHI tv.

Next the students got the chance to cruise through the whole station. Where the students got to learn about the different departments on the channel. Mainly the channel is divided in to different different departments. The main departments are *News Department *Program Department *Marketing Department *HR Department and Administration Department. Since the students were from Script Writing for Media class the focus was on the News Department. The students practically walk through the different section of the news department so that they can have a better understanding how the news department works.

News Room – Boishakhi tv

In the news department there is an INJEST ROOM which strictly kept under 18 degree Celsius all the time the basic function of this room is to capture and release the video cassettes they got from the reporters. Next is MCR- master control room, this section is liable for all type of on-air broadcasts. Usually the temperature of the room is 22 degree Celsius. There is another one they called CAR- central aperture room graphics and video servers are located there within 10-20 degree Celsius. This room is the heart of the station.

Students are getting briefed by Boishakhi senior reporter Kishor Laila

This was a very good experience for the students and a great opportunity to create a meaningful connection to their course curriculum with the practical application. Every one of the students enjoyed the tour and looking forward for the next one.

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