STV-US
STV-US was a Bangladeshi-American Bengali-language television channel headquartered in Queens, New York City. The chairman of the channel was Hannan Firoze, Vice-Chancellor of Stamford University till 2007 when it was closed down. Fatinaaz Feroz, present chairman of Stamford University, served as the President of STV-US from 2004 to 2007, when it was closed. Naem Nizam, later editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, was the managing director of the channel.
History
STV-US was launched on 22 November 2005 to cover Bangladeshi news in New York City by Hannan Firoze, Vice-Chancellor of Stamford University. Naem Nizam was the founding managing director. It initially did not charge an airing fee. STV and TBC were Bengali language channels based in New York City while Bangla TV was based in London. STV, RTV, and Channel 1 started broadcasting around the same time as part of a wave of new channels opening. It was the first 24-hour Bengali language television channel in the United States.In 2006, STV-US was the official partner of 1st National Debate Championship 2006 organized by Stamford University. It launched a talk show, Positive Bangladesh, hosted by Bibi Russell.