Geo Television Network is a

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channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the

Jang Media Group Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. Its headquarters is in Printing House, Karachi, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's largest group of new ...

. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2002.

History

Geo Network was founded in May 2002 by

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, in short MSR, (born 8 January 1957) is a Pakistani media mogul and business man. He is the founder of 24-hour news cycle network, ''Geo TV''. In addition, he is the owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers and the News Inte ...

. It started out with the launch of its flagship channel Geo News in October 2002.

Hamid Mir Hamid Mir ( ur, حامد میر; born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show ' ...

joined the channel and became one of the first journalists to join Geo News. He started hosting the political talk show

Capital Talk ''Capital Talk'' is the flagship political talk show broadcast on Geo News. Hosted by Hamid Mir, Capital Talk looks at the challenges, issues and concerns facing Pakistan on a daily basis. The format includes several guests who participate in ...

which is the flagship show of Geo News. The first guest at the show was

Makhdoom Ameen Faheem Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem ( ur, ; ''alt. spelling'': Amin Fahim; 4 August 1939 – 21 November 2015) was a Pakistani populist left-wing figure and a poet. He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, chairman of Pakis ...

with whom Mir discussed the 2002 Pakistan general election. After Geo News became a success, the Geo Network launched a sports channel named

Geo Super Geo Super is the first 24-hour Karachi-based Pakistani Television channel dedicated to the world of Sports. It is owned by the Jang Group of Newspapers. Geo Super was launched in September 2006. It has broadcasting rights for many sporting event ...

in late September 2006.

Sister channels

Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including: پیمرا ٹی وی لائسنس کا اجراء جیو ٹی وی نیٹ ورک کمپنیاں Independent Newspapers Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd (INC) Geo Kahani. (Pakistan Urdu) Geo Tez. (Pakistan Urdu) Independent Media Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd (IMC) Geo News. (Pakistan Urdu) Geo Entertainment HD. (Pakistan Urdu) Independent Music Group (Pvt.) Ltd (IMG) Geo Super. (Sports) (Pakistan Urdu) Printing House, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi

Current Channels Pakistan & Asia

Geo Entertainment HD Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word ''γη'' or ''γαια'', meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media *GEO (magazine), ''GEO'' (magazine), a popular scie ...

Geo News HD Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word ''γη'' or ''γαια'', meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''GEO'' (magazine), a popular scientific magazine ...

- news channel *

Geo Tez Geo Tez ( ur, ) is a Pakistani pay television news channel that was launched in 2013 by GEO network. It broadcasts in Urdu, and its programming consists of headlines aired every fifteen minutes with a mix of entertainment programs acting as fil ...

- headline news channel *

- a sports channel devoted mainly to cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis, and field hockey *

Geo Kahani Geo Kahani (Urdu: ) is an entertainment channel of Geo network, broadcasting in Urdu. Title song of channel is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Some of the most popular dramas are '' Naagin'', '' Champa Aur Chambeli'' and '' Kiran''. Geo Kahani b ...

- an Urdu subscription channel broadcasting old

Geo Entertainment ''Geo Entertainment HD'' or Geo Drama is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...

serials *Geo International Channels -Global Broadcasting *Geo News International. UK , USA , ME , CANADA. *Geo Entertainment. UK. *Geo Entertainment. USA. *Geo Entertainment. ME. *Geo Kahani. UK. *Geo Aag Music. UK.

Defunct Channels

* AAG TV Pakistan * Geo English - Pakistan & UK * Geo Tez UK

Upcoming Planning

* Geo Films (Urdu Dubbing) HD * Geo Movies (English language) HD * Geo World (Urdu & English language) HD * Geo Kids HD * Geo Music AAG * Geo English News HD * Geo English Entertainment HD

Geo Dost

Geo Dost (meaning ''Geo Friends'') is a Geo TV portal that offers news and more.

Geo Dramas

Geo Films

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

Technical

Geo TV's broadcast facilities are based at

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in the

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. Its

uplink In a telecommunications network, a link is a communication channel that connects two or more devices for the purpose of data transmission. The link may be a dedicated physical link or a virtual circuit that uses one or more physical links or shar ...

teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE. Geo TV is currently being aired on

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Awards

* A documentary by Geo covering

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in the

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delta won "The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III" at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. * Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival. * On 20 April 2004, at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in

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, 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

;Winner *2009: Best TV Channel; Geo TV

Controversies

According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bo ...

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ; ur, ) or "Army of Jhangvi", is a Deobandi Sunni supremacist, terrorist and jihadist militant organisation based in Afghanistan. The organisation operates in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is an offshoot of anti-Shia ...

, and

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group that helped them in executing the murder of Wali Khan Babar and the attack on the Pakistan Navy's aviation base in 2011. On May 10, 2017, an article published by the agency claimed that the number of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan is about 15 million. "Government sources say that more or less 15 million non-registered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan." This statistic is far from other internationally-accepted values of 2 to 6 million refugees. After the terror incident on the

Pakistan Stock Exchange The Pakistan Stock Exchange ( ur, , abbreviated as PSX) is a stock exchange in Pakistan with trading floors in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021. The PSX was established on 11 ...

in July 2020, the attackers' car was found in the later episode of the channel's show ''

Deewangi ''Deewangi'' () is Pakistani romantic drama television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment. It has Danish Taimoor and Hiba Bukhari in their second project together after Haara Dil. Plot The sto ...

'' and sparked a reaction from audiences due to the strange coincidence.

Ban

In May 2014, Geo TV was banned by

PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ( ur, ) is an independent and constitutionally established federal institution responsible for regulating and issuing channel licenses for establishment of the mass media culture, print a ...

for airing blasphemous content on

in its morning show

Utho Jago Pakistan ''Geo Entertainment HD'' or Geo Drama is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...

. Protests were also made in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

as people said it is an unlawful ban. While on the other hand, countrywide protests were made against Geo for airing controversial content.

References

External links

* *https://www.geodost.tv/index.php?route=common/home {{DEFAULTSORT:Geo Tv Television channels and stations established in 2002 Television stations in Pakistan Television stations in Karachi Television networks in Pakistan A&B Entertainment 2002 establishments in Pakistan