The
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted Channel 9 a license to broadcast among other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels on 20 October 2009. It commenced test transmissions on 8 April 2011, and officially began broadcasting on 30 January 2012. On 14 April 2012, the channel launched on
Sky in the
United Kingdom and
Ireland, where it replaced
NTV. The channel was broadcast
free-to-air on
Eutelsat 28A. This closed on 27 June 2014 and was replaced by Iqra Bangla, a sister channel to
Iqra TV. It has been rumoured that Channel 9 will launch on Talk Talk Youview platform but no further information has been released. On the occasion of the month of
Ramadan, Channel 9 was one of the eight television channels to broadcast the cooking series
Pran Premium Ghee Star Cook in July 2014. In September 2017, in observance of
Eid al-Adha, the telefilm
Boro Chele aired on Channel 9, which went viral on
YouTube. On 21 May 2021, Channel 9, along with
SA TV, was obliged to temporarily cease operations over unpaid satellite transponder fees, according to authorities. It was also announced that Channel 9 would resume transmissions by 23 May, which it did. == Programming ==