Project information
| Status | Finalist |
| URL | Go to website |
| Category | Culture New media |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Operational areas | Urban, Rural |
| Target groups | Children, Youth, Women, Men, Seniors |
| Fixed connection | Dialup, Cable |
| Wireless connection | WiFi Cable based broadband and GPRS of Grameen phone |
| Access points | Government office, Business, Home, School, Library, Telecenter, Cafe |
| Interact | Landline Phone, Desktop Computer, Laptop |
| Software License Types | Proprietary |
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UnnayanTV : an Educational and Development Online TV in Bangladesh
- Brief description
- UnnayanTV is the Bangladesh first online video channel which will publish regularly video contents on development, human rights and educational issues of Bangladesh
- Vision, Objectives and Goals
UnnayanTV will focus to feature the unreported Bangladesh and will create space for marginalized community particularly grassroots poor to express their voice, experience and stories. UnnyanTV’s vision to make Bangladeshi grassroots people as "internet hero`.
Multimedia local content producing, advocacy to peoples rights and promoting majority peoples stories with innovative journalistic approach are the main mission of UnnayanTV. It will be active to make a effective platform to express "voice of voiceless".
- How does ICT contribute to the organisational objectives
- It wildly use multimedia and web technology to produce and publish local content in online.
- Transferability
The UnnayanTV project is register under the host organiaiton "Machizo Multimedia Organisaiton " is register by Bangladesh Government as a trade organisation.
- Project summary
- UnnayanTV is the Bangladesh first online video channel which will publish regularly video contents on development, human rights and educational issues of Bangladesh. It is an alternative initiative against the commercial giant media. Multimedia local content producing, advocacy to peoples rights and promoting majority peoples stories with innovative journalistic approach are the main mission of UnnayanTV. It will focus to feature the unreported Bangladesh and will create space for marginalized community particularly grassroots poor to express their voice, experience and stories. UnnyanTV’s vision to make Bangladeshi grassroots people as "internet hero`.
It will profoundly produce and feature video contents on grassroots reality, cultural spirit, environment, marginalized community, development success story, indigenous ways, human rights, alternative initiatives and promising leadership. UnnayanTV is open for making partnership and collaboration with national and international development organisations and creative individuals who are committed to develop the present scenarios. UnnayanTV a non for profit project of Machizo, social entrepreneur multimedia and communication organisation in Bangladesh. The ideas was started from UnnayanNews initiative, a Panos funded initiative.
There is an active involvement of young media professionals and journalists who are stuying at University of Liberal Art ( Ulab - http://www.ulabd.net ) . In nearfuture unnayantv will produce seriouse of local content by the students.
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