A terrestrial ‘channel’ can not be the ‘property’ of Bangladesh Govt.. A terrestrial channel is nothing but a range of frequencies. As far as the television network and its facilities are concerned, ETV had paid for all its own facilities, eg.transmitters, studios, etc.. When frequencies (i.e., channels) were allocated (there were six channels allocated, a different one for each region so as to avoid interference with the 9 separate channels BTV was using), it was suggested by the then government that an unused channel (’frequency’) for Dhaka which was previously used by BTV be used by ETV as an optimal solution to avoid interference. This was BTV’s so called ’second channel’ (known as Choi number channel) that was lying unused since the early 80s and still is after the departure of ETV. Later in an effective campaign of misinformation launched by Jamaat/BNP propagandists, it was said that ETV became the “owner” of this channel depriving the government and this channel was given away.

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