Bongo BD facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Bongo Holdings PTE LTD

Trade name	Bongo BD
Industry	Digital media, video technology, YouTube services and content production
Founded	2013
Founder	Ahad Mohammad, Navidul Huq and Fayaz Taher
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bongo is a big online video service from Bangladesh. It started in 2013 and was the first and largest of its kind there. Bongo began by showing classic videos on its YouTube channel in January 2014. Since then, Bongo has become a very important part of digital entertainment in Bangladesh. It offers many different videos for people to watch whenever they want. Bongo is now a top place for Bangladeshi entertainment, reaching many viewers and leading the way in the industry.

How Bongo Started and Grew

Bongo BD was created in 2013 by Ahad Mohammad and Navidul Huq. Later, in 2016, they worked with Grameenphone to launch a service called Bioscope. By February 2017, Bongo BD had a huge collection of over 25,000 videos. This included old movies, new blockbusters, documentaries, and even live sports. More than 1.5 million people visited Bongo every day across all its platforms.

In August 2017, the Bioscope app for live TV and videos was launched. It quickly became the number one app in Bangladesh on the Google Play Store. It had 3 million unique users. Because of its great success, Bongo BD won a special award in October for Media and Entertainment Technology.

At first, Bongo BD made money from subscriptions and ads. But in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bongo made all its content free for users in Bangladesh. This was a big hit! By May 2020, Bongo had over 100 million subscribers and got 1 billion views every month. In July, Bongo BD brought back its subscription fees. It now offers a mix of free and paid content.

By June 2023, Bongo BD had grown even more. It had over 6 million people using its website and app each month. Bongo also became very popular on social media. It had 11 million subscribers on its YouTube channel and 10.3 million followers on Facebook. There were also 224,000 Instagram followers and over 5 million app downloads. Bongo's success spread beyond Bangladesh. It opened offices in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and the Middle East. It now manages many YouTube channels and works with influencers in five countries.

Bongo's success comes from its own special technology for live TV and videos. This technology helps other platforms like Grameenphone's Bioscopelive.com. Bongo also has a strong data center and uses satellite connections. This helps deliver videos smoothly to everyone.

Bongo also helps over 400 content creators in Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka. It helps them manage their social media and earn money from their videos. Bongo also gives them legal support. The company is always working on new technology. This allows people with older phones to watch videos using less internet data. Bongo works with over 1100 internet providers in Bangladesh. It also uses a network of servers to make sure videos load fast for mobile users.

Bongo is always looking for new ways to improve. It has found ways to handle many viewers at once, especially during big sports events. Bongo also makes videos smaller and uses special ways to compress them. This helps reduce how much internet data is needed to watch them. Through all its new ideas and growth, Bongo has become a top company in Bangladesh and beyond. It offers a wide variety of exciting video entertainment to many people.

What You Can Watch on Bongo

Bongo's Video Types

• Live TV (like regular TV channels)
• Original Web Series (shows made just for Bongo)
• Original Drama (plays and stories made for Bongo)
• Telefilm / Telefictions (longer movies made for TV)
• Non Fiction Shows (documentaries and reality shows)
• Turkish Drama (TV shows from Turkey)
• Indian Movie Dubbed (Indian movies with Bangla language added)
• Chinese Drama (TV shows from China)
• Kids (shows for children)
• Shorts (very short videos)

Bongo's Original Shows

Shows from Other Countries (Dubbed)

Popular Dramas and Telefilms

Sports Events on Bongo

South Indian Movies (Dubbed in Bangla)

Awards and Special Mentions

• Bongo won the CJFB Performance Award in July 2020 for being the Most Popular Streaming Platform.
• Bongo's reality show 'Ma Vs Bou' was nominated for the 9th Annual American Reality TV Awards in 2022. It was nominated alongside famous shows like "Big Brother" and "MasterChef." This was in the "international reality" section. Other big companies like Netflix and HBO were also in this competition.
• Kisloo Golam Haider, who directed Laboni (from Bongo Bob Original Season 1), won Best Director from critics at the Meril-Prothom Alo Award 2021.
• Manoj Pramanik won Best Actor (Critics Choice) Award for his role in Laboni (Bongo Bob Original Season 1) at the Meril-Prothom Alo Award 2021.
• Mehzabien Chowdhury won Best Actress at the Joyee Award for Freelancer Nadia at the WE Summit 2022.
• In 2022, Bongo was named one of the Top 10 OTT Platforms in South Asia by The InCap. This was based on how popular it is, its quality, and its achievements.

Technology Partners

• Shikho
• GP
• Robi Airtel
• Astha

Content Partners

• Chingari (India)
• Walton
• Chorki
• Bioscope
• Haier

New Ideas from Bongo

• BongoWal: This is a special place for content made just for Walton products.
• Shorts: These are very short videos that you can watch on the Bongo app or website.