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United Communication Services Limited (UCS) is the largest cable operator in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It is actually a consortium of cable operators.Its main coverage area is the metropolitan city of Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

. UCS has the largest fiber backbone in the city, so far deployed more than 400 km of fiber optic cable and connected hundreds of cable television operators. Moreover, many leading ISPs are using their fiber backbone to interconnect various PoPs. UCS claims to have 80% of the cable TV market share in Dhaka.

Area Covered

  • Azimpur
  • Banani
    Banani
    Banani is a village in Mali, populated by the Dogon people.....

  • Baridhara
    Baridhara
    Baridhara is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has special zone designated for diplomats, and many of the foreign embassies and high commissions are situated in here. There are mainly three areas diplomatic zone mainly in the south-west portion, general residential area in...

  • Dhanmondi
  • D.O.H.S
  • Elephant Road
    Elephant road
    New Elephant Road is a business hub of Dhaka city. It is especially well-known for its shops selling Carpet, Floorcoverings, computers, computer accessories, shoes, ceramics, garments, show pieces, and food....

  • Farmgate
    Farmgate
    Farmgate is an important place of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. This is one of the busiest and most crowded areas of Dhaka city. From the early 1990s, the area has seen massive building and construction boom...

  • Green Road
  • Gulshan
    Gulshan
    -Places:Bangladesh* Gulshan, Dhaka - an area of Dhaka, BangladeshIran* Gulshan or Golshan, former name of Tabas, Yazd Province, Iran* Golshan, another name for Afif-Abad Garden, in Shiraz, Iran* Golshan Gas Field, IranPakistan...

  • Kalabagan
  • Karwan Bazar
  • Lalbag
  • Lalmatia
    Lalmatia
    Lalmatia is a planned town located in the heart of Dhaka, Bangladesh, between Muhammadpur and Dhanmondi. Known for its narrow streets and red bricked houses is now being currently experiencing a full scale renovation....

  • Moghbazar
  • Motijheel
    Motijheel
    Motijheel is an administrative division of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. It is situated at the heart of the city . Motijheel is the major business and commercial hub of Dhaka city and has more offices and business institutions than any other part of the city...

  • Narayanganj
    Narayanganj
    Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Narayanganj District, near the capital city of Dhaka and has a population of 220,000. The city is on the bank of the Shitalakshya River. The river port of Narayanganj is one of the oldest in Bangladesh...

  • Raja Bazar
    Raja Bazar
    Raja Bazar is the name of an affluent area in Dhaka City. Rajabar is a Mohallah in Word-40 of Dhaka City and under Tejgaon Thana ....

  • Shegun Bagicha
  • Sutrapur
  • Paltan
    Paltan
    Paltan is a Thana of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is often said to be the center of Dhaka, dividing "Old Dhaka" and "New Dhaka". Paltan was made a thana in 2005 by then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.-PALTAN:...

  • Tejgaon
  • Uttara
    Uttara
    Uttara, which means "north" in Hindi, may refer to:* In the Hindu epic Mahabharata** Uttara , the son of King Virata who went into battle with Arjuna, disguised as his charioteer....

  • Wari
    Wari
    Wari may refer to:*Wari', Amerindian nation**Wari’ language, spoken by Wari'*Wari culture, Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in Peru*Wari Empire, political formation that emerged around AD500 in Peru...


Channels Carried

UCS currently offers 82 channels which includes both pay and fta channels. Currently USC only broadcasts in analogue.

Ch. No. Station Feed
01 9XM
9XM
9X Media Pvt. Ltd. is a prominent television network / broadcaster in India. 9X Media is owned by a consortium of Private Equity Fund investors.-Stations:...

 
India
02 Channel One
Channel One (Bangladesh)
Channel One is a Bengali language satellite television channel from Bangladesh. It started broadcasting from Dhaka on 24 January 1993.It is owned by the One Entertainment Limited, a sister concern of One Group....

 
Bangladesh
03 ntv
NTV (Bangladesh)
NTV is a Bengali language satellite television channel based in Bangladesh. It started operation in 2003. It is one of the most popular Bengali TV channels in the country. In the anniversary of the channel, the founder expressed interest in creating NTV2 to satisfy the watchers further, however he...

 
Bangladesh
04 rtv
RTV (Bangladesh)
RTV is a satellite television channel broadcast from Bangladesh. It was launched on 26 December 2005 by the same people that ran NTV Bangla. It mainly broadcasts programs in Bangla...

 
Bangladesh
05 Banglavision
Banglavision
BanglaVision is a satellite TV channel broadcast from Bangladesh. It began its formal transmission on 24 August 1995 through satellite Telstar 10.....

 
Bangladesh
06 myTV
MyTV
MyTV may refer to:*MyNetworkTV*WBIN-TV, an affiliate of the above network that formerly branded as MyTV since before the network's announcement*MYTV International, has branded MYTV digital signage networks...

 
Bangladesh
07 PTV Home  Pakistan
08 Desh TV
Desh TV
Desh TV is the latest addition to the long list of community TV channels in the UK/EU.The channel has started test transmission from the Telstar 10 satellite. During April 2011, Desh TV began testing on Eurobird 1, ahead of a launch on the Sky platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April...

 
Bangladesh
09 Islamic TV
Islamic TV
Islamic TV...

 
Bangladesh
10 Boishakhi  Bangladesh
11 Diganta TV
Diganta Television
Diganta Television is a private satellite TV channel in Bangladesh, founded in 2007. This is a project of Diganta Media Corporation, which also publishes a daily newspaper "Daily Naya Diganta". Diganta TV formally started its broadcasting on the 28th August, 2008 with 16 hours of news and 8 hours...

 
Bangladesh
12 Doordarshan Bangla  India
13 Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.It was actually first launched in the year 1996, but was taken off air within two months due to its poor popularity. It was relaunched as Alpha Bangla in the year 1999. It ran...

 
India
14 Zee Cinema
Zee Cinema
Zee Cinema is a Hindi satellite movie channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel is owned by the popular Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is a part of Essel Group, and broadcasts in many countries around the world. The channel was formerly a part of STAR TV channel umbrella.Zee Cinema was the...

 
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

15 Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (Pakistan)
Cartoon Network Pakistan is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming. The channel officially launched on April 2, 2004. Cartoon Network Pakistan follows Pakistan Standard Time for its programming...

 
Pakistan
16 Ten Sports
TEN Sports
TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...

 
India
17 BBC World News  South Asia
18 ESPN
ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

 
India
19 Channel i
Channel I
Channel i is a privately owned Television network in Bangladesh. It is owned by the Impress Group, among the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh with interests in textiles, pharmaceuticals and media....

 
Bangladesh
20 ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows,...

 
Bangladesh
21 Ekushey TV
Ekushey Television
Ekushey Television is a private terrestrial channel in Bangladesh,. Official transmission began on April 14, 2000, after a very short time of transmission it became the voice of the nation and the most popular TV channel in Bangladesh through its news and other innovative programs...

 
Bangladesh
22 Star Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

 
India
23 Bangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television , also known by the acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting as Pakistan Television in what was then East Pakistan on 25 December 1964. It was renamed Bangladesh Television after the independence in 1971. Broadcasts in full...

 
Local
24 Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

 
Asia Pacific
25 Sony
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

 
India
26 NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket is a channel dedicated to cricket entertainment. Launched on April 2, 2008. It is a part of Nimbus Communications Ltd and is headquartered in Mumbai, India and broadcasts to 30 countries....

 
India
27 BTV
Bangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television , also known by the acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting as Pakistan Television in what was then East Pakistan on 25 December 1964. It was renamed Bangladesh Television after the independence in 1971. Broadcasts in full...

 World
Global
28 HBO South Asia
HBO Asia
HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....

 
South Asia
29 Star Movies
STAR Movies
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...

 
India
30 National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel (Asia)
The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...

 
India
31 AXN
AXN Asia
AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...

 
India
32 MTV
MTV India
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...

 
India
33 Zee Cafe
Zee Cafe
Zee Café is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and known for general entertainment channel...

 
India
34 Zee Studio  India
35 Star Sports
STAR Sports
STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

 
India
36 Fox History & Entertainment
Fox History & Entertainment
FOX Traveller is a cable and satellite channel owned by Fox International Channels Inc. . It is distributed in India by NGC Network Private Limited...

 
India
37 Al Jazeera English  Global
38 CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

 
South Asia
39 Animax Asia
Animax Asia
Animax Asia is the Japanese anime TV network Animaxs English language feeds in Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as its feeds across other regions of mainland Asia, including Hong Kong and Taiwan...

 
India
40 Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

 
India
41 Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...

 
India
42 Discovery Travel & Living
Discovery Travel & Living
Discovery Travel & Living is a channel brand from Discovery Communications. This name is used in countries of Europe, Latin America and Asia. In other parts of the world the channel is known as TLC . It features travel shows rather than the documentaries on Discovery Science.Discovery Travel &...

 
India
43 STAR World
STAR World
STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

 
India
44 STAR Gold
STAR Gold
STAR Gold is a Hindi movie channel that is part of the STAR TV network and is owned by News Corporation. It features a mix of contemporary as well as classic movies from the 1950s to the present time...

 
India
45 STAR One
STAR One
STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...

 
India
46 Zee Action  India
47 Zee Classic  India
48 Zee Premier  India
49 Zee Music  International
50 Saudi TV
Saudi T.V. Channel II
Saudi TV Channel 2 is the English news and entertainment TV channel of Saudi Arabia.Established in 1982, the channel produces programmes focusing on cultural, political, and economic issues aimed at expatriates living in Saudi Arabia...

 
Global
51 ETV Bangla
ETV Bangla
ETV Bangla is a popular 24-hour, Bengali language, television channel. It is a part of the ETV Network group of channels owned by the Ramoji Group of Hyderabad, India...

 
India
52 Nickelodeon  India
53 Geo News
GEO News
Geo News is a Karachi-based Pakistani news channel, fully owned and operated by Jang Group. The channel started its broadcasting in November 2005 and has millions of Urdu-language viewers around the world.- Popular Shows :...

 
Pakistan
54 M-Net Movies 2 Africa
55 Zoom TV  India
56 CCTV-9
CCTV-9
CCTV-9 is the documentary channel of the television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. This channel has a local Mandarin Chinese edition called CCTV-9, and an international English language edition called CCTV-9 Documentary. The English edition is carried by more satellites than the...

 
International
57 ARY Qtv
ARY Qtv
ARY Qtv is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni religious focus, producing programs mainly focusing on the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at school of thought in Ummah. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. The channel has shows featuring well-known scholars such as Dr...

 
Global
58 Star Jalsha
Star Jalsha
STAR Jalsha , the newest Bengali General Entertainment channel, owned by STAR TV.STAR Jalsha sets itself with the philosophy of 'celebrating a better tomorrow'. In line with the aspirations of millions of households in the new Bengal, STAR Jalsha is poised to be the brightest star in Bengali...

 
India
59 Zee News
Zee News
Zee News, the news and current affairs channel, is the oldest channel of Zee News Ltd, founded in 1992. It was the first 24-hour Hindi current affairs and news channel in India. In spite of being the only pay channel in its genre, it maintains its position among the top three Hindi news channels in...

 
India
60 Peace TV
Peace TV
Peace TV is a Sunni Islamic satellite television network broadcasting globally 24/7 from Dubai, UAE. Peace TV programs are all in the English language and telecast free-to-air...

 
Global
61 Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel (Asia)
Diva Universal is an Asian cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by Universal Networks International. It has been available on most subscription television cable and Satellite platforms in Asia since 1 January 2008.-Operating Channels:...

 
South East Asia
62 SET Max
SET Max
SET Max is Sony Entertainment Television Network's channel that provides its viewers a mix of Hindi Movies and cricket based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Among Hindi movie channels it competes mainly with Zee Cinema and STAR Gold in India. An HD version of the channel was introduced in 2010.-External...

 
India
63 SET SAB
SAB TV
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...

 
India
64 Zee Sports
Zee Sports
TEN Action+ is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to Football. The channel is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises owned Taj Television India which is part of the Essel Group. Ten Action+ is the third channel launched by the network after TEN Sports and TEN Cricket...

 
India
65 STAR Utsav
STAR Utsav
STAR Utsav is a free-to-air Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It shows some of STAR Plus' popular programs.This channel is available in India. STAR Utsav caters to viewers who have recently entered the fold of cable and satellite television...

 
India
66 Zee Smile
Zee Smile
Zee Smile is an India's first 24 hour comedy television channel that was launched on September 11, 2004. The channel was launched by Zee Network as Smile TV, but on March 28, 2005 as part of Zee Network's revamp, the channel was renamed as Zee Smile....

 
India
67 M-Net Movies 1 Africa
68 NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 
Asia
69 Arirang TV
Arirang TV
Arirang TV is an international, English-language network based in Seoul, South Korea, operated by The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation...

 
Asia
70 Disney Channel
Disney Channel India
For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel . For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel India is an Indian television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming...

 
India
71 TV5 Monde  Asia
72 DW-TV  Asia
73 BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment is an international television channel showcasing comedy, drama, light entertainment and children's programming from the BBC and other UK production houses...

 
Africa
74 IRIB 3 Iran
75 DD National
DD National
DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...

 
India
76 VOA  Global
77 DD Sports
DD Sports
DD Sports is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. -History:DD Sports remains the country's only free-to-air sports channel...

 
India
78 Bloomberg
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...

 
Asia
79 RAI Italia  Asia
80 ARY News  Pakistan
81 VOI News  India
82 Asianet
Asianet
Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

 
India

HD Channels
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Transient Channels: Star Cricket
STAR Cricket
Part of the ESPN-STAR network, STAR Cricket is a 24-hour cricket channel targeting Indian audiences owned by STAR TV. A channel showcasing first-class cricket action from around the globe, it broadcasts live and prerecorded international and regional cricket events as well as programming customised...

, Super Sport 1/2/3/5/6/7, NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket is a channel dedicated to cricket entertainment. Launched on April 2, 2008. It is a part of Nimbus Communications Ltd and is headquartered in Mumbai, India and broadcasts to 30 countries....

(usually on channel 26 and 2)
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