Pakistan Television Corporation

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Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)

Launched:	1964
Ownership:	Government of Pakistan
www.ptv.com.pk/
Satellite
Dish Network (U.S.):	-channel
Sky Digital (UK):	-channel

The Pakistan Television Corporation (abbreviated as PTV) (Urdu: پاکستان ٹیلیوژن کارپوریشن) is the state-run television service in Pakistan, and has been on the air since 1964.

1 History
2 PTV Today
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Unlike other state-run corporations, the television company was allowed by the Government of Pakistan to raise a sizeable amount of private capital to finance the stations. This includes a Rs25 pcm [1] TV fee charge to all the consumers of electricity.

In October 1963, the government signed an agreement with the NEC company in Japan to have NEC operate affiliates for PTV. On 26 November 1964, the first television station commenced broadcasts in the cities of Lahore, and Dhaka (then the capital of East Pakistan). Centres were established in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in 1967, and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974.

Originally broadcast in black and white, the equipment became outdated over time and was finally replaced with the colour standard on February 18, 1982. ^[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.

[edit] PTV Today

Currently, PTV can be received via satellite in South Asia, East Asia and in the Middle East. Selected programming can be seen on Prime TV (with a partnership) in the United Kingdom and Europe

Today PTV is split up into the original channel feed:

PTV World News - 24-hour news channel which can be viewed in many parts of the globe.
PTV National - An emphasis on broadcasting programmes in different languages to represent the whole of Pakistan.
AJK TV - For Pakistani residents of Kashmir.
PTV Bolan - Baluchi language channel.
PTV Global - Offered exclusively for the United States on Dish Network. This will be launching in the UK/Europe soon.