ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a

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-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji

Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (7 May 1944 – 21 February 2014) was a Pakistani gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold in the United Arab Emirates and later ARY Media Group. Early life He was born in Surat, British India to Memon family in 1944 which ...

(ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called

ARY ZAP ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service call ...

History

ARY Digital, formerly known as the Pakistani Channel, was launched in the United Kingdom in December 2000 to cater to the growing demands of South Asian entertainment in the region. Within a short span of three years, the unique proposition and the content of the channel resulted in massive popularity and in order to enable greater expansion and broadcast into other countries. It uses Samacom, a monopolising uplink provider based in the UAE, as the uplink teleport station.

Affiliate programming

Recently ARY Digital has affiliated with several other television networks to promote their content in Pakistan. Amongst these are

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for which a regional channel FTV Pakistan has been airing since December 2005 on the ARY Digital network. Plans are under way for

Al Jazeera Urdu Al Jazeera Urdu (Arabic: الجزيرة أردو, Urdu: الجزیرہ اردو) was a 24-hour news channel announced by Al Jazeera in 2006. It would have been an Urdu language version catering to Pakistan, offered as part of ARY Digital. See ...

in affiliation with Al Jazeera targeting 110 million Urdu-speaking households worldwide and HBO Pakistan in association with

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's south-Asian division. With the network's help,

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is also planning to kick-start its operations in Nick Pakistan where it would be beamed into 2.5 million households with kids. With so much international diversity under the network's belt, Salman Iqbal, the global CEO and president of ARY Digital network feels confident that the network is bringing international quality to Pakistan's growing market.

SD Closure

SD Shutdown

Specialized programming

By 2004, ARY Digital had ended up three sister ventures apart from the flagship channel ARY Digital, channels targeting generalized programming. They include:

ARY News ARY may stand for: * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman * Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre * Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game * ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network * ARY Digital Ne ...

, a 24hr news channel;

ARY Musik ARY Musik (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It features musi ...

, a channel aimed at the younger generation featuring the latest from the Pakistani music scene &

ARY Qtv ARY QTV, formerly known as Quran Television (QTV), is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni Islam belief, that produces programs mainly having focus on the Ahlesunnat wal Jamaat. QTV is part of the ARY Digital Network of Pakistan. The c ...

, a religious service. With these four channels under its belt, the network viewership grew by folds over the coming years and ARY Digital would often then call itself the premium entertainment provider in the region.

Channel list

ARY Digital Network is composed of the following channels: ARY Communications (Pvt.) Limited. *

ARY Digital HD ARY may stand for: * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman * Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre * Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game * ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network * ARY Digital Net ...

- Entertainment Channel for Asia Region * ARY Sports HD Pakistani sports channel. It was launched on 16 October 2021 and is a part of ARY Digital Network which earlier planned in 2016.On 9 October 2021, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Wahab Riaz, Misbah ul Haq announced to join as its cricket analysts panel. On November 2022, Broadcast 2022 FIFA World Cup with Exclusive Pre & Post Match Analyst Show. *

ARY Zindagi ARY Zindagi is a Pakistani pay television entertainment channel and a part of ARY Digital Network. The channel airs a variety of Indian, Turkish and Pakistani programs. ARY Zindagi was first aired on 5 April 2014 as a test run available on As ...

- Infotainment Channel & turkish drama urdu dubbing *

- 24-hour Music *

- 24-hour independent news *

- Quran TV, religious content *

Nickelodeon Pakistan Nickelodeon Pakistan or Nick Pakistan, is a pay Pakistani television channel. It is the Pakistani feed of Nickelodeon, which is operated by domestic media company ARY Group's Digital Network subsidiary under a brand licensing and programming agr ...

children cartoon channel international channel list global broadcasting *

ARY Digital UK ARY Digital UK is a British Pakistani Urdu entertainment channel, It is the British feed of ARY Digital This feed is available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. The channel broadcasts on Linear TV, linear television as well as stream ...

- Infotainment for UK Region - No longer available *

ARY Family ARY Digital UK is a British Pakistani Urdu entertainment channel, It is the British feed of ARY Digital This feed is available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. The channel broadcasts on linear television as well as streaming progra ...

- Infotainment for UK Region * New Vision TV - 24-hour independent news * ARY Digital ME - Infotainment for Middle East Region * ARY Digital USA - Infotainment for USA Region *

ARY Films ARY Films ( ur, ) is a film distribution and production company in Pakistan, part of ARY Digital Network. 35 films including 11 Urdu, six Punjabi and 17 Pashto films have been released by ARY Films since 2013. Among them, '' Waar'', ''Jawani P ...

- film distributing company * ARY Tube - Official Video Portal of ARY Digital Network *

A Sports A Sports HD is a Pakistani sports channel. It was launched on 16 October 2021 and is a part of ARY Digital Network which earlier planned in 2016. On 9 October 2021, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Wahab Riaz, Misbah ul Haq announced to join as its cr ...

Over The Top (OTT)

ARY Vidly ARY may stand for: * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman * Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre * Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game * ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network * ARY Digital Net ...

Defunct channels

ARY Zauq ARY may stand for: * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman * Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre * Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game * ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network * ARY Digital N ...

* The City Channel *

The Musik ARY Musik (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It features musi ...

ARY One World ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service call ...

* ARY Shopping Channel *

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* Fashion TV Pakistan * HBO Pakistan * QTV

ARY films

ARY Films is film distribution company running in Pakistan. It's a part of ARY Digital Network. Thirty five films including 11

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

and 17

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films were released by ARY Films in 2013. Among them '' Waar'', ''

Main Hoon Shahid Afridi ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' (), is a 2013 Pakistani sports film directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama and produced by Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Nasib. The film features Humayun Saeed, Javed Shaikh and Noman Habib in the lead roles. Nadeem Baig, Sha ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Chambaili ''Chambaili'' ( ur, ) is a 2013 Pakistani Urdu-language political thriller film directed by Ismail Jilani, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Shahzad Nawaz for Coup d'état Films and 7th Sky Films. It stars Salmaan Peerzada, Khalid Ahmed, Mohammed ...

'', ''

Zinda Bhaag ''Zinda Bhaag'' ( ur, ) is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film co-directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and produced by Mazhar Zaidi. The film focuses on the issue of illegal migration. The film had a premiere show on 19 September ...

'', ''

Siyaah ''Siyaah'' ( ur, سیاہ, ''Black'') is a 2013 Pakistani horror thriller film directed by Azfar Jafri and written by Osman Khalid Butt. The film stars are Hareem Farooq, Qazi Jabbar, Mahnoor Usman and Ahmed Ali Akbar. The film is about the di ...

'' and '' Lamha'' top the charts in industry.

BOL channel

Attempted take over of BOL Network and BOL News happened in August 2015 by ARY Digital Network CEO Salman Iqbal, who said that the decision was taken in view to provide career protection to media industry and its workers. The founder of ARY Group said that his media group would launch the transmission of the channel within three weeks. However this deal fell through and in September 2015 it was announced that ARY was not taking over BOL. 0

Availability

Continental programming

In 2004, ARY Digital divided its broadcasts in such a way, that each Continent had different programming at different times, to better facilitate the audience. The Channels were split as follows: *ARY Digital Asia *ARY Digital UAE *

*ARY Digital USA

ARY Digital Asia

This version of the Channel is

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

, as channels in the

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are usually free-to-air . Unlike other versions of the Channel, ARY Digital Asia, features a wider variety of Local Programmes mostly dramas and international shows. Many of which may include foreign programmes including

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and

Lollywood Lollywood ( ur, , translit=lâli vuḍ) refers to Pakistan's film industry based in Lahore, previously the base for both Punjabi and Urdu language film production. Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since the partition of ...

movies, Indian, American & British TV shows, for example

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, 24, ''Criminal Minds: Beyond Boundaries'', ''

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'' and

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ARY Digital UK

ARY Digital UK is also free to air. The programming includes ARY Digital's Dramas and TV shows while also having some programs for ARY Digital UK viewers only. The channel was called

ARY Digital UAE

ARY Digital UAE is also free to air, but the programming is limited to Pakistani programmes only, this includes ARY Digital's exclusive Dramas and TV shows, this is because UAE's local Channels own the rights for British, American and English shows and

films. Indian, American & British programmes are also not broadcast on the UAE version, because Indian networks are available in UAE.

ARY Media Advisory Board

At the turn of events leading to the emergency in December 2007, Salman Iqbal, CEO of the network announced along with the ARY Digital network committee the establishment of a media advisory board, the purpose of which would be to assess the media coverage (be it news or other programmes) on the network. Saying that ARY Digital has been reporting without bias for a while but the recent events ushering the emergency rule and temporary closure of one of the biggest news network Geo TV, ARY Digital required a better unbiased coverage. He concluded that an array of government leaders could weigh the coverage presented by the network on the basis of its rationality and coverage so that the media portrayed by the network was in verse with the way Pakistan is supposed to be imaged. The board would have seats for 20 members, each focusing on different aspects of media would provide their views on how media should be portrayed.

Criticism

For a brief period in 2003, ARY Digital received criticism upon its airing of a prisoner's derogatory comments against the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-3) and a video showing balded young girls behind bars begging for mercy. The contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the network were withdrawn after the judge accepted unconditional apologies. Attempted take over of BOL Network and

BOL News BOL Network ( ur, ) is a media conglomerate based in Karachi owned by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh who also served as the CEO and chairman of the media network. According to Declan Walsh Bol Network was under the auspices of the fake diploma mill Axa ...

happened in August 2015 by ARY Digital Network

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Salman Iqbal Salman Iqbal ( ur, ) is a Pakistani media businessman and media mogul. He became the CEO of ARY Digital Network in 2014 after the death of Abdul Razzak Yaqoob. In addition, Iqbal is the owner of the ARY Group, that was started by his Uncle Abdul ...

, who said that the decision was taken in view to provide career protection to media industry and its workers. The

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of ARY Group said that his media group would launch the transmission of the channel within three weeks. However this deal fell through and in September 2015 it was announced that ARY was not taking over BOL.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ary Digital ARY Digital Companies based in Dubai Companies based in Karachi Mass media companies of the United Arab Emirates Television networks in Pakistan Television channels and stations established in 2000 Mass media in Sindh

History

Affiliate programming

SD Closure

Specialized programming

Channel list

Over The Top (OTT)

Defunct channels

ARY films

BOL channel

Availability

Continental programming

ARY Digital Asia

ARY Digital UK

ARY Digital UAE

ARY Media Advisory Board

Criticism

See also

References

External links