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* [[GEO Super]]- sports channel, launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis and field hockey.
* [[GEO Super]]- sports channel, launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis and field hockey.
* [[AAG TV]] - launched in September 2006 by Geo Network, it focuses on programs for youth in Pakistan.
* [[AAG TV]] - launched in September 2006 by Geo Network, it focuses on programs for youth in Pakistan.

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===Planned Channels===
===Planned Channels===

Revision as of 10:30, 3 April 2010

Geo TV
CountryPakistan Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad
Ownership
OwnerMir Shakil ur Rehman
Links
WebsiteGEO TV

Geo TV (trademarked GEO TV) or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network founded by Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002. Geo TV belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers. The channel started its test transmission on 14 August 2002, whereas regular transmission began from 1 October 2002.[1] Geo is an Urdu language word which translates to live on in English.

The channel is lauded in the West and many Western media outlets have asked Geo TV for exclusive footage sharing. Since it's launch, Geo TV has put freedom of speech and freedom of expression in Pakistan to unprecedented levels in Pakistani history. This has also put Geo TV in numerous conflicts with the Pakistani Government. Most other Pakistani media outlets view Geo TV as a model to follow, and as a result, Pakistan's media is now considered to be the most free in the Muslim world.

Geo TV Network

Geo Television Network started out with its flagship channel Geo TV, but has since launched several other channels which include the following.

  • GEO Entertainment - a Pakistan based entertainment channel showing Dramas, musical programs, feature movies, primarily in Urdu Language.
  • GEO News - a Pakistan based Urdu news channel, rated as one the most popular news channels in Pakistan.
  • GEO Super- sports channel, launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis and field hockey.
  • AAG TV - launched in September 2006 by Geo Network, it focuses on programs for youth in Pakistan.

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Planned Channels

Geo Films

Geo Network has released many films under the banner of Geo Films including Khuda Kay Liye, produced by Shoaib Mansoor, which was released on 20 July, 2007. Another film Ramchand Pakistani was also distributed under its banner. The following is the complete list of films distributed by Geo Films.

  • Salakhain (2004)
  • Khuda Ke Liye (2007)
  • Zibahkhana (2007) - Directed by Omar Ali Khan, Pakistan's first ever gore film. The film was released on March 30, 2007 in Denmark and December 21, 2007 in Pakistan.
  • Mohabbataan Sachiyaan (2007)
  • Ramchand Pakistani (2008) - A joint production between Pakistan and India.
  • Bol (2011) - Expected to be released in 2011.
  • Virsa (2010) - Expected to be released on 6 May 2010.

Technical

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

Awards

  • 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.

Controversies

Since 2007, Geo TV has been involved in many controversies with different governments of Pakistan and even forced to stop transmissions partially.

2007

On November 3, 2007, the Pakistani government (headed by Gen. Musharaf) halted the transmission of ARY One World and GEO News. Following the controversial suspension of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by President Pervez Musharraf, GEO News began drawing international attention to the fervent demonstrations against the government. The suspension of GEO News broadcasts was followed by a new ordinance by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) that introduced a code of conduct, increasing the liability of each channel over their broadcasts.[4]

Pakistanis were still able to watch GEO through satellite and high speed broadband access until November 17, 2007, when the channel was completely removed off the air, as authorities in Dubai concluded that the channel had failed to meet certain media regulations and broadcasting standards of Dubai Media City, in the United Arab Emirates[5] The station had been banned in Pakistan since November 3[6]. However, the station continued to be available on Internet through Internet streaming.

Transmission of the Geo News channel was restored by Dubai Media City (DMC) and IMC Dubai authorities from midnight 29 November 2007.

On 19 January 2008, after 77 days, President Pervez Musharraf, after intense pressure, ordered relevant authorities to immediately relay the transmission of the channel. Geo News, and Geo Super resumed transmission on 21 January 2008. Geo however, now operates and uplinks from Karachi, Pakistan.[7]

2008

In June 2008, the UAE Government asked Geo to drop 2 of its controversial talk shows or move its operations out of the country.[8]

2009

On Friday 13. March 2009 Geo News was again banned on the orders of President Asif Ali Zardari[9] in larger cities of Pakistan. Apparently, the reason was the coverage by the channel of the "long march", the protest movement of the law Pakistan for the restoration of the justices sacked by former President Musharaf. Information minister Sherry Rehman resigend in protest.[10]

On 24th Nov 2009, the popular show "Meray Mutabiq" by Dr. Shahid Masood was again banned from transmission by the Dubai authorities on pressure by high officials of the government of Pakistan[11]

References

  1. ^ Geo News
  2. ^ Festival de TV 2008
  3. ^ Geo News
  4. ^ New controls on media in Pakistan BBC, 4 June 2007
  5. ^ "Pakistan's Geo TV on how it was forced to shut down". The Hindu. Narasimhan Ram. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  6. ^ Dubai agrees to pull plug on Pakistani TV networks - CNN.com
  7. ^ Geo Television Network Geo News, Geo Super back on cable Retrieved on 21 January 2008
  8. ^ BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Pakistan's Geo TV 'warned by UAE'
  9. ^ "Geo News shut down on President's order in parts of country". 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  10. ^ "Sherry Rehman resigns". Geo.tv. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  11. ^ Geo’s program ‘Meray Mutabiq’ banned from Dubai
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