GEO News
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| Type | cable news television network |
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| Branding | GEO News |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Availability | Pakistan, United States |
| Owner | Geo Television Network |
| Launch date | 2005 |
| Website www.geo.tv |
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Geo News is a Pakistani News Channel. It was started in 2005 by Geo TV. It is one of the biggest and most popular news channels of Pakistan and is watched all over the world. It shows dozens of popular shows weekly. It is the biggest news network of Pakistan.
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[edit] Fame
Geo achieved widespread fame by its famous on-time Breaking news telecasts and excellent news coverage throughout the country.
[edit] Online GEO News
After the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, broadcasts of nearly all private TV channels have been obstructed by PEMRA including GEO news.
GEO news is now providing a live stream of their broadcast Live GEO News and Pakistanis with broadband internet connection can easily view it.
[edit] Popular Shows
Some of the most popular News Shows are:
News Shows
- Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath
- Capital Talk with Hamid Mir
- Jawaab Deh
- Maray Mutabiq, Hosted by Dr. Shahid Masood
- Metrolite
Comedy
Comedy Shows of Geo News are very popular. Some Comedy Shows are:
- Hum Sub Umeed Say Hain
- Ulta Seedha
[edit] Criticism
Attack on Geo News Office
On Friday, March 16th 2007, armed policemen illegally entered into Geo TV Office in Islamabad, and assaulted Geo TV's bureau chief Hamid Mir. Police demanded that the transmission of demonstrators in the capital of Islamabad be halted. The demonstrations were regarding the second hearing on the case of the chief justice of Pakistan, justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
There are various allegations by the Government and the civil society that Geo News and other private media channels exaggerated/mis-represented the situation during the Lal Mosque incident.
[edit] Ban on Geo Network
Media ban in Pakistan
After the imposition of emergency in Pakistan on 3rd November 2007, cable broadcast of all private TV news channels and many entertainment channels was banned by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority(PEMRA), without prior notice, 10 hours into the emergency. Geo News was also banned from broadcasting inside Pakistan as part of the emergency actions by the Government which left Pakistani people in media blackout.
Access to Geo TV under ban
Due to very high demand for news on its web-site, the Geo Network official website www.geo.tv experienced severe difficulties and consequent inactivity. Afterwards, new and more powerful severs were employed to host the Geo News website www.geo.tv.
Media links for Geo News
Following huge public demand, the Geo News soon started streaming live on the network with the following link given on their website: GEO TV Online [mms://stream.wmlivesvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_stream_geo_tv_GeoVid]. To date, many other websites have linked to streaming media sources for live internet telecast of the Geo News channel. On WMP, open files, open URL, type [mms://203.128.14.5] (this will broadcast Geo live online).The live broadcast is also available at [1].
DoS Attack on Geo TV Website
A DoS attack was launched on Geo Network's website on November 9, 2007 which made the official website inaccessible to the Internet audience. Steps were taken and service was restored shortly.
Case file in Sindh Highcourt
On November 10, 2007, the Geo Network filed a court case with the Sindh High-court against the media ban on its four channels including Geo News.
Even with intense ban on Geo TV and other news channels, a very small portion of people in Pakistan can still view live Geo News telecast through Dish Satellite and High Speed broadband access.
Order to Shut Down
On November 16th , Geo Tv network which is almost based in dubai media center received order from local authorities to cut off all their live programs such as political talk shows and even their news. Some powerful persons insist on Geo Tv to stop their program with journalists like hamid Mir, Dr Shahid Masood or Kamran Khan. On the demand and pressure of some main powers, Geo tv has been banned to lounge their live programs via dubai to any satellite transmission around the globe.
Dubai rulers let Geo go on air
The authorities of Dubai Media City (DMC) and IMC Dubai have restored the Geo News channel and asked the administration of the channel to start telecasting its programmes from the facility in the DMC from November 29, 2007 midnight. Restored services of GEO News have as yet been noticeably absent of programmes like Capital Talk anchored by Hamid Mir and Mera Mutabiq hosted by Shahid Masood, indicating that the channel has succumbed to pressure by the UAE authorities at the behest of military government of Pakistan under Musharraf to curtail airing programs critical of Musharraf's military regime.
[edit] See also
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