International Television

What International Television does

International Television (ITV), operating at itvlive.tv, is a privately held Bengali-language online news portal and live streaming platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The platform publishes news, politics, sports, entertainment, and diaspora content in Bengali across eight vertical categories: National, Politics, Around the Country, Economy-Trade, International, Entertainment, Diaspora, and Sports. Its audience consists primarily of the Bangladeshi diaspora in North America alongside domestic Bangladeshi news consumers, with recent editorial focus including Michigan-based Bangladeshi community events, religious and cultural festivals, and Bangladesh national political coverage.

The platform's underlying technology is a standard web-based content management system with embedded live streaming, supplemented by a dedicated YouTube live channel (@ITVLivebd) and Facebook feed integration. No proprietary features, mobile applications, public APIs, SDKs, or technical integrations are disclosed. The product is a single unified news-streaming surface rather than a modular product suite.

The business model is not explicitly documented: there is no disclosed pricing, subscription tier, paywall, advertising rate card, sponsorship portfolio, or revenue figure. No funding rounds, institutional investors, parent company, or ownership structure are on record, and management team composition is undisclosed. Customer concentration is structurally low in a B2C sense — the audience is a long tail of individual Bengali-speaking consumers distributed across North America and Bangladesh — but the addressable demand is fully concentrated within a single linguistic-ethnic segment, which is the principal structural risk for the business.

Name

International Television

Legal name

International Television

Website

https://itvlive.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

International Television (ITV) is a privately held Bengali-language online news portal and live streaming platform based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, serving the Bangladeshi diaspora in North America and Bangladeshi news consumers with national, political, economic, and entertainment content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Media

NAICS

Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations (5161), Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

International Multilingual/Diaspora Broadcasters (MPABAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multilingual/Diaspora News Channels (MPABAIAJ), International News & Current Affairs Broadcasters (MPABAEAD)

Keywords

• Bengali news streaming
• Online news portal
• Live news streaming
• Diaspora media platform
• Digital news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Ann Arbor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

International Television (ITV) operates a Bengali-language online news portal and live streaming platform at itvlive.tv, producing and streaming on-demand and real-time multimedia news content across eight categories: national, politics, around the country, economy-trade, international, entertainment, diaspora, and sports. The platform serves Bengali-speaking audiences globally and the Bangladeshi diaspora, distributing content via its website and a dedicated YouTube live streaming channel (@ITVLivebd).

Product overview

International Television (ITV) is a Bengali-language news media platform operating at itvlive.tv. The platform delivers live news streaming and on-demand content across eight primary categories: জাতীয় (National), রাজনীতি (Politics), দেশজুড়ে (Around the Country), অর্থ-বাণিজ্য (Economy-Trade), আন্তর্জাতিক (International), বিনোদন (Entertainment), প্রবাস (Diaspora), and খেলা (Sports). The offering operates as a single unified news streaming platform rather than a modular product suite.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Television (ITV) Live News Platform A Bengali-language live news streaming platform providing on-demand and real-time news coverage across eight categories: National (জাতীয়), Politics (রাজনীতি), Around the Country (দেশজুড়ে), Economy-Trade (অর্থ-বাণিজ্য), International (আন্তর্জাতিক), Entertainment (বিনোদন), Diaspora (প্রবাস), and Sports (খেলা). The platform serves Bengali-speaking audiences globally and the Bangladeshi diaspora, distributing content via its website and a YouTube live streaming channel (@ITVLivebd).

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ATN Bangla: One of Bangladesh's major private television broadcasters delivering Bengali-language news and entertainment via broadcast and digital channels to local and diaspora viewers.
• Bdnews24.com: Major Bangladeshi digital-first English and Bengali news outlet serving the same online audience with politics, economy, and breaking news coverage.
• NTV (Bangladesh): Bangladeshi terrestrial television broadcaster providing Bengali news and entertainment programming with online streaming and YouTube distribution.
• Channel i: Bangladeshi TV network offering Bengali-language news, drama, and entertainment programming with online streaming, serving a comparable audience and content mix.
• Jamuna TV: Established Bangladeshi television news network covering politics, national, and international news with strong online streaming distribution to Bengali audiences.
• RTV (Bangladesh): Bangladeshi television broadcaster delivering Bengali-language news and entertainment via broadcast and digital streaming to comparable Bangladesh and diaspora audiences.
• Deutsche Welle (DW) Bengali: Germany-based international broadcaster offering Bengali-language news and multimedia coverage to diaspora and Bangladesh audiences via web and social platforms.
• Voice of America (VOA) Bengali: US-based international broadcaster delivering Bengali-language news and current affairs to the same diaspora audience ITV targets, including web, video, and social distribution.
• BBC Bangla: Global public broadcaster's Bengali service providing news, politics, and entertainment content online to Bengali speakers worldwide, directly competing for the same diaspora and Bangladesh audience.

Broad incumbents

• Prothom Alo: Bangladesh's largest Bengali-language news publisher operating a broad multi-vertical news platform with a substantial digital audience, comparable to ITV's editorial scope but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ITVLivebd/streams
• Facebookfacebook.com/internationaltelevision
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-television

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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