Geo TV

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Geo TV
Geo TV
Owned by Independent Media Corporation
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan Har Pal GEO
Sif Geo Per
Country Pakistan
Headquarters Karachi
Website GEO TV
Availability
Satellite
AsiaSat3S (Asia) 4180 Vtp 14V
World TV Europe (Europe) Channel 14
Big TV (India) Channel ??
Pehla (Middle East) Channel 44
Sky (UK, Ireland) Channel 815
Aora TV (Indonesia) Channel 832
Indovision (Indonesia) Channel 340
TrueVisions (Thailand) Channel 871
Cable
Rogers Cable (Canada) Channel 858
E vision (UAE) Channel 65
IPTV
World On Demand (Japan) Channel 166
PTCL Smart (Pakistan) Channel 19
Freebox TV (France) Channel 601
Neufbox TV (France) Channel 631

Geo TV (trademarked GEO TV) or Geo Television is a Pakistani television channel established in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002.[1] Geo is an Urdu word meaning live on.

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Geo Television Network [edit]

Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including:

  • GEO Entertainment - an entertainment channel featuring musical programs, Dramas and films, primarily in Urdu.
  • GEO News - an Urdu news channel.
  • GEO Tez - Pakistan 1st headlines news channel.
  • GEO Super - a 24-hour sports channel devoted mainly to cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis and field hockey.
  • GEO KahaniUrdu Entertainment Channel.

Planned Future channels [edit]

Geo Dost [edit]

Geo Dost (meaning Geo Friends) is a Geo TV portal that offers ordinary citizens the chance to report the news, whether it be funny or serious.

Geo Films [edit]

Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:

Programs [edit]

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Geo TV

Shows [edit]

Dramas [edit]

Technical [edit]

Geo TV's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates. Its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE. Geo TV is currently being aired on Asiasat 3s.

Awards [edit]

  • A documentary by Geo covering water scarcity in the Indus river delta won "The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III" at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.[2]
  • Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival.[3]
  • On April 20, 2004 at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, chief executive of Geo TV, received an International Broadcast Excellence Award for the impact the channel has had on Pakistan.

Masala Lifestyle Awards [edit]

Winner

Hacking [edit]

On 16 Feb 2003, Geo TV's website was hacked by 'Z Hacking Crew' (ZHC), a hacktivist group that has defaced large scale Indian websites in the past. ZHC protested against a lack of coverage of the week long curfew imposed by Indian authorities in Kashmir and what they saw as India-oriented programming.[5]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Geo News
  2. ^ Festival de TV 2008
  3. ^ Geo News
  4. ^ http://www.masala.com/17133
  5. ^ http://www.saach.tv/2013/02/16/geo-gets-hacked-for-ignoring-kashmir

External links [edit]

Geo Television Network
Geo TV Programs
Serials
Series
Shows
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