Television in Pakistan started in 1964 and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on 26 November 1964, in

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History

In Pakistan Television was first introduced in an exhibition near

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on 16 September 1955. This event was arranged by American consulate in Karachi. The idea of establishing the television industry in Pakistan was conceived by the National Education Commission with the support of

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. Originally a private sector project in 1961 by prominent industrialist Syed Wajjid Ali who signed a joint venture agreement with Nipon Electric Company (

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), 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

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Government in 1963 for the "greater national interest of Pakistan".

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re-appointed Ubaidur Rahman in 1963 under the Ministry of Information to continue with the NEC joint venture collaboration to launch

Pakistan Television Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. Background Historical co ...

or PTV. The project began with a tent on the back lot of

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where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed. On 26 November 1964, the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from Lahore, followed by

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in 1965 (then the capital of

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). A third centre was established in

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in 1965 and the fourth in

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in 1966. Later centres in

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and

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were established by 1974. PTV was given under Television Promoters Company in 1966 which was established under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the same year. TPC was upgraded to Pakistan Television Corp in 1967. In 1972 PTV Corporation was nationalized. Originally broadcast in

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, PTV's experimental colour transmission began on 20 December 1976.History of Pakistan Television Network
With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the

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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

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ists offered to fund the remainder. Late 1980s morning transmission started on PTV. In 1990, the then government launched the first semi government TV network of the country by the name of "Peoples Television Network" (PTN) under the Peoples TV Network, a wholly owned company of Shalimar Recording Company (which is Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company now). PTN, the wholly owned company was merged with Shalimar Recording Company in 1991 and the TV Channel PTN was renamed as

Shalimar Television Network Shalimar Television Network (STN) was the first semi governmental television channel of Pakistan, the first to break up the monopoly of state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV). STN started its broadcast in 1990 with the name of People's Television Net ...

(STN). PTN/STN started from Islamabad first and then from Karachi, Lahore and by mid-1990s the network made its way to the whole of the country. STN for the first time in Pakistan started the programming of

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on the terrestrial beam, this was the first project of STN. Soon programs of

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started. In 1990, PTN under an agreement with the a private company (Inter-flow) started first ever private TV slot of Pakistan,

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(NTM), in this way STN's broadcast became the combination of programming of CNN, slot of NTM and limited broadcasts of programming of BBC World and German DW TV. This successfully continued till 1999. NTM came as a breath of fresh air to the Pakistani viewers due to its fresh and innovative programming. PTV Network launched a full-scale

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service in 1991-1992. PTV-2, the first ever satellite channel of Pakistan started in 1992. In 1994, PTV was made part of the satellite beam along with PTV-2. PTV 2 was renamed as PTV World in 1998. PTV-2/World also enjoyed viewership on terrestrial beam. In 1998 PTV in association with a private company (Prime Entertainment Network) started PTV Prime, exclusively for European and later for American viewers. Digital TV satellite broadcasting was launched in 1999. PTV/PTV-1 got its satellite beam (independent of PTV 2/World) in 2001. NTM went off air in 1999 due to financial losses and with that STN also shut down CNN International broadcast, and had limited programming of BBC World and DW TV in 1999. STN was taken over by PTV Network in 1999 and was given new name Channel-3 which started its transmissions on regular basis in 2000. A satellite beam of STN/Channel-3 was also arranged. In 2000, the then government of Pakistan opened up new ways for the media industry of Pakistan by allowing private TV channels to operate openly even to telecast their own news and current affairs content.

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(first ever private

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channel of Pakistan) was launched in 2000.

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was launched in September 2000, Geo TV in 2002, Aaj TV in 2004 and

Hum TV Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL). Hum Network Limi ...

was launched in 2005, and the phenomenon went on. In 2005 Channel-3 went off air and with that Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company renamed its TV channel to ATV (a joint venture of Shalimar Rec. & Broadcast. Co. & SSI) and ATV started its transmission as the only semi-private TV channel of Pakistan being shown on terrestrial as well as satellite beam (Now ATV is working as semi-government TV Channel as SRBC has not extended its agreement with SSI). In 2007, PTV or PTV-1 was given a new name PTV Home and PTV World went off air (PTV World restarted in 2012-13 as the only English language/pure satellite channel of Pakistan). PTV News replaced PTV World in 2007. PTV Home, PTV News (both state owned) and ATV (semi private) channels are shown on terrestrial beams along with the satellite beam. While recently started PTV Sports becomes available on

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beams in place of either PTV Home or PTV News only during the important national and international sports events. PTV Prime went out of PTV's purview in 2005 as an independent Prime TV ; PTV launched an exclusive channel for Americas & Europe in 2006 i.e.

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Notable TV networks

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PTV Home PTV Home HD is a Pakistani Free-to-air Television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcastin ...

PTV News PTV News HD is a 24-hour Urdu News channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as Terrestrial television. PTV News is a cable and satellite news channel launched in the face of tough international competition. Its o ...

** PTV World **

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** PTV Parliament **

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PTV Bolan PTV Bolan ( bal, , brh, , ps, پي ټي وي بولان) is a television channel launched by PTV that broadcasts regional programmes in Brahui, Balochi and Pashto. PTV Bolan was launched in 2005 by then Prime Minister. It is primarily targ ...

AJK TV AJK TV is a television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation, Pakistan's state-broadcaster. Subsequent to the resolution passed by the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly requesting for the establishment of new channel in Azad Jammu ...

**PTV Teleschool *Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company: Following TV Channel comes under SRBC ** ATV Private TV Channels There are many privately owned television networks working. These are: *

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: **

** ARY QTV **

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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*Geo TV Network **

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Hum TV Network **

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Hum Sitaray ''Hum Sitaray'' is a Pakistani entertainment channel launched by Hum Network Limited on 14 December 2013. History The channel launched on December 14, 2013 with original programming - this had become a trend for Pakistani entertainment to hav ...

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*Indus TV Network **

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* Aaj TV Network **

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** Aaj News **

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* Express TV Network **

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** Express News * Dunya TV Network **

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* Airwaves Media/Interflow ** TV One **

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** Waseb TV * Leo Communications **

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** Film World ** Filmax **

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** Aruj *

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* Samaa Network **

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** Channel 24 **

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** SEE TV ** Oxygene * Apna Network **

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** Abb Takk **

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* Channel-5 * Channel-7 * Roze News * Discover Pakistan TV * Such TV * Koh-e-Noor News * Raavi TV * KTN ** KTN Sindhi **

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* Sindh TV Network **

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** Sindh News * Khyber TV Network **

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** K-2 * VSH *

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* Mashriq TV * Afghan TV * Rohi TV *

Dharti TV ''Dharti TV'' ( sd, ڌرتي ٺي وي, ur, ) Television Network (Dharti TV) is the first private TV channel. This Channel is general entertainment Channel which covers Dramas, News, Music and Current Affairs. Fazul Samejo, is the chief repor ...

* Mehran TV * Kashish TV *

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** VU-1 ** VU-2 ** VU-3 ** VU-4 *

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Distribution

In Pakistan only the national broadcasters are allowed to use terrestrial airwaves. Three free to air TV Channels are available on terrestrial beam, these are PTV Home, PTV News and ATV. PTV Sports is available in place of PTV Home or PTV News when an important match/event has to be given live coverage as PTV has the rights for sports coverage at terrestrial airwaves. Transmissions of AJK TV are available on terrestrial network in the northern areas of

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only. Recently Pakistan has launched Digital terrestrial broadcast in selected areas only in collaboration with China. Through

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five TV channels of PTV Network, ATV and two Chinese TV Channels are available via terrestrial beam. Many national and international channels are available via satellite. Some National TV Channels are "pay to watch". Internet Protocol TV Service is provided by Pakistan Telecommunications company limited which is of high quality and is quite popular in the urban centres. Cable TV Networks are the most famous mode of television distribution in Pakistan. No direct to home (DTH) service is available in Pakistan, though efforts are being made in this regard.

Regulation

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority 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 ...

regularizes the TV Channels in Pakistan. This authority issues licences for the launch of any TV Channel in Pakistan. Above mentioned national broadcasters, i.e PTV Corp and SRBC do not come under purview of PEMRA.

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