Television in Pakistan
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Television in Pakistan started in 1964, and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore.
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[edit] History
Originally a private sector project in 1961 by prominent industrialist Syed Wajjid Ali who signed a joint venture agreement with Nipon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan, leading Pakistani engineer Ubaidur Rahman was appointed by Wajjid Ali to head the television project. By 1962, after a series of pilot transmission tests, the project was quickly taken over by the Ayub Khan Government in 1963 for the "greater national interest of Pakistan". President Ayub Khan re-appointed Ubaidur Rahman in 1963 under the Ministry of Information to continue with the NEC joint venture collaboration to launch Pakistan Television or PTV. The project began with a tent on the back lot of Radio Pakistan Lahore where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed. On November 26, 1964 the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from Lahore, followed by Dhaka in 1965 (then the capital of East Pakistan). A third centre was established in Rawalpindi-Islamabad in 1965 and the fourth in Karachi in 1966. Later centres in Peshawar and Quetta were established by 1974. Originally broadcast in black and white, PTV began colour transmission in 1976.[1] With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium. As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder. PTV launched a full-scale satellite broadcasting service in 1991 and Digital TV satellite broadcasting was launched in 1999.
[edit] Pakistan Television Network
Pakistan Television Network, also referred to as PTV, is Pakistan's state owned television network which operates on both terrestrial and satellite. Channels included on the PTV network are:
Nationwide
- PTV National - Regional programming channel
- PTV Home - 24 hour entertainment channel
- PTV News - 24 hour news channel
- PTV Sports - 24 hours sports channel
- PTV Global - For European and North American viewers
Regional
Planned
- PTV English - English Language Channel
- PTV Abaseen - Pashto Language Channel
- PTV Mehran - Sindhi Language Channel
- PTV Panjnad - Punjabi Language Channel
[edit] Virtual University
Virtual University of Pakistan, also known as VU, is Pakistan’s first University based completely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the government as a public sector institution with a clear mission to provide extremely affordable world class education to aspiring students all over the country. VU uses free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the internet to broadcast across the country. At the moment VU provides four channels:
[edit] List of Pakistani TV Channels
| Channel Name | Genre | Language | Category | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8XM | Music | Urdu | National | www.8xm.tv |
| APlus | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.a-plus.tv |
| Aag TV | Youth | Urdu | National | www.aag.tv |
| AAJ TV | News | Urdu | National | www.aaj.tv |
| Ahlebait TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.ahlebait.tv |
| AKS TV | Entertainment | Urdu | National | |
| ALite | Women Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.alite.tv |
| Animax Pakistan | Entertainment | English | International | |
| Apna Channel | Entertainment | Punjabi | Regional | www.apna.tv |
| Apna News | News | Urdu & Punjabi | National | www.apna.tv |
| ARY Digital | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.arydigital.tv |
| ARY Musik | Music | Urdu | National | www.arymusik.tv |
| ARY News | News | Urdu | National | www.thearynews.com |
| ARY QTV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.aryqtv.tv |
| ARY Zauq | Food | Urdu | National | www.zauq.tv |
| Asset Plus | Local | Urdu | National | |
| ATV | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.atv.tv |
| AVT Khyber | Entertainment | Pashto | Regional | www.avtkhyber.com |
| Awaz | Entertainment | Sindhi | Regional | www.awaztv.tv |
| AXN Pakistan | Entertainment | English | International | |
| Business Plus | Business | Urdu | National | www.businessplus.tv |
| Cartoon Network Pakistan | Children | Urdu & English | International | www.cartoonnetworkasia.com |
| Channel 5 | News | Urdu | National | www.channel5.tv |
| City 42 | Metropolitan | Urdu | National | www.city42.tv |
| CNBC Pakistan | News | Urdu | National | www.cnbc.com.pk |
| CNN International South Asia | News | English | International | |
| Dawn News | News | Urdu | National | |
| Dharti TV | Entertainment | Sindhi | Regional | www.dhartitv.tv |
| Dhoom TV | Entertainment | Urdu | National | |
| Din News | News | Urdu | National | www.dinnews.tv |
| DM Digital | Entertainment | Urdu & English | International | www.dmdigitaltv.co.uk |
| Dunya News | News | Urdu | National | www.dunyanews.tv |
| ESPN Pakistan | Sports | Urdu & English | International | www.espnstar.com |
| Express News | News | Urdu | National | www.expressnews.tv |
| Express Entertainment | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.expressnews.tv |
| Filmax | Movies | Urdu | National | www.filmax.com.pk |
| Filmazia | Movies | Urdu | National | www.filmazia.com |
| G-Kaboom | Music | Urdu | National | www.gkaboom.tv |
| Geo News | News | Urdu | National | www.geonews.tv |
| Geo Super | Sports | Urdu | National | www.geosuper.tv |
| Geo TV | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.geo.tv |
| Good News TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.goodnewspk.tv |
| Hadi TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.haditv.com |
| Haq TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.haqtv.com |
| Hazara TV | Entertainment | Hindko | Regional | |
| HBO Pakistan | Entertainment | English | International | |
| Health TV | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | www.healthtv.com.pk |
| Hidayat TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.hidayat.tv |
| Hum TV | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.hum.tv |
| Indus Music | Music | Urdu | National | www.indusmusic.tv |
| Indus News | News | Urdu | National | www.indusnews.tv |
| Indus Vision | Entertainment | Urdu | National | www.indusvision.tv |
| Isaac TV | Religious | Urdu | National | www.isaactelevision.tv |
| Kashish TV | Entertainment | Sindhi | Regional | www.ktntv.tv |
| Kay2 TV | Youth | Urdu | National | www.k2.tv |
| Khyber News | News | Pashto | Regional | www.khybernews.tv |
| Kohenoor TV | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | www.kohenoor.tv |
| Kook TV | Miscellaneous | Saraiki | Regional | www.kook.com.pk |
| Madni Channel | Religious | Urdu | National | |
| Masala TV | Food | Urdu | National | |
| Mehran TV | Entertainment | Sindhi | Regional | |
| Metro One | Metropolitan | Urdu | National | |
| News One | News | Urdu | National | |
| Nickelodeon Pakistan | Children | Urdu & English | International | |
| Noor TV | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | |
| Oxygene | Music | Urdu | National | |
| Oye TV | Music | Urdu | National | |
| Play TV | Music | Urdu | National | |
| Prime TV | Entertainment | Urdu | International | http://www.primetv.tv www.primetv.tv |
| Punjab TV | Entertainment | Punjabi | Regional | |
| Rohi TV | Miscellaneous | Saraiki | Regional | http://rohi.pk |
| Royal News | News | Urdu | National | |
| SabzBaat TV | Entertainment | Balochi | Regional | |
| Samaa TV | News | Urdu | National | |
| Shamal TV | Entertainment | Hindko | Regional | |
| Silver Screen | Movies | Urdu | National | |
| Sindh TV | Entertainment | Sindhi | Regional | |
| Sindh TV News | News | Sindhi | Regional | |
| Sohni Dharti | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | |
| Starlite | Movies | Urdu | National | |
| Style 360 | Lifestyle and Fashion | Urdu & English | National | |
| Such TV | News | Urdu | National | |
| Sun Biz | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | |
| Ten Sports | Sports | English | International | |
| ZindagiQurantv | Entertainment | Urdu | National | http://zindagiqurantv.yolasite.com/ |
| Value TV | Miscellaneous | Urdu | National | |
| Venus TV | Entertainment | Urdu | International | |
| ZindagiMusic TV | Lifestyle and Fashion | Urdu | National | http://zindagimusic.yolasite.com/ |
| VSH News | News | Balochi | Regional | |
| Waqt News | News | Urdu | National | |
| ZindagiCinemaTV | Entertainment | Saraiki | Regional | http://zindagicinema.yoasite.com/ |
| WB Channel Pakistan | Entertainment | English | International | |
| ZindagiNews | Food | Urdu | National | http://zindaginewstv.com/ |
[edit] See also
- List of Urdu Language television channels
- List of Balochi-language television channels
- List of Pashto-language television channels
- List of Punjabi-language television channels
- List of Sindhi-language television channels
- Lists of television channels
- Timeline of the introduction of television in countries
