Television in Pakistan

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Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.

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[edit] Pakistan Television Network

Pakistan Television Network, also referred to as PTV, is Pakistan's state owned television network which operates on both terrestrial & satellite. Channels include in PTV's network :

[edit] Virtual University

Virtual University, also known as VU, is Pakistan’s first University based completely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the Government as a public sector institution with a clear mission; 'to provide extremely affordable world class education to aspiring students all over the country'. VU uses free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the internet to broadcast across the country. At the moment VU provides four channels:

  • Virtual Television 1
  • Virtual Television 2
  • Virtual Television 3
  • Virtual Television 4

[edit] Cable & Satellite

  • Airwaves Media Network
    • TV One
    • News One
  • Asset Plus - Pakistan's First Community Television available only in DHA Lahore on cable network.
  • ATV - Also available on Terrestrial Networks
  • Business Plus
  • Channel 5 - News channel
  • City 42 (Currently on Test Transmission) - News Channel
  • Dawn News - English language News channel
  • Din News
  • Dhoom TV
  • DM Digital Network - A UK Based Pakistani Network
    • DM Digital - For UK
    • DM Digital Global - For Middle East, Africa, Asia
    • DM News Plus - For UK
    • DM News Plus Global - For Middle East, Africa, Asia
  • Dunya TV News (Currently on Test Transmission)
  • Express News
  • Eye Television Network
    • Hum TV
    • Masala TV - Food and Health channel
  • Filmazia - Pakistani Movies channel
  • Film World
  • Fun TV
  • Haq TV - Islamic Channel
  • Labbaik TV - Islamic Channel
  • Metro One
  • Noor TV - UK, Middle East, Africa, Asia
  • NVibe
  • Play - Music & Lifestyle channel
  • Prime TV - UK & Europe
  • Roshni TV (Currently Off-air)
  • Royal TV
  • Rung TV
  • Samaa - News channel
  • Silver Screen - Pakistani Movies channel
  • Star Asia
  • Starlite - English Movies channel
  • Sun - Business & Entertainment channel
  • Ujala TV - Educational channel
  • Waqt TV
  • Wikkid Plus - Kid's Channel
  • Zam TV (Currently on Test Transmission)

[edit] Regional

Sindhi

Punjabi

  • Apna Channel
  • Apna News
  • Punjab TV
  • Dharti TV (Currently on Test Transmission)
  • Ravi TV (Currently on Test Transmission)

Pushto

  • AVT Khyber
  • Khyber News

Balochi

  • SabzBaat TV (Currently on Test Transmission)

Siraiki

  • Waseb TV - Part of Airwaves Media Network
  • Kook TV
  • Rohi TV

Pothohari

  • Aapna Channel - UK based channel available in UK, Middle East, Africa and Asia.

[edit] International

[edit] Future Channels

  • PTV Panjnad - Punjabi language channel
  • PTV Mehran - Sindhi language channel
  • PTV Abaseen - Pashto language channel
  • PTV's Sports & Youth channel
  • UNI Plus. www.uniplustv.com..... Rizvi
  • Music One - Part of Airwaves Media Network
  • Indus Vision - UK/Europe Launching soon
  • Indus Music - UK/Europe Launching soon
  • VH1 - Part of ARY Digital Network
  • Al Jazeera Urdu - Part of ARY Digital Network
  • ARY Bangla - Bengali Language Channel, Part of the ARY Digital Network
  • Geo English - English Language News channel, Part of Geo TV Network
  • Geo News Canada - Part of Geo TV Network
  • Aag Canada - Part of Geo TV Network
  • Hum TV - UK/Europe Launching soon
  • DM Digital Music - For UK Part of DM Digital Network
  • DM Sarhad TV - Pashto Language Channel For UK Part of DM Digital Network
  • DM Asian Fusion TV - For UK Part of DM Digital Network
  • Prime TV Pakistan - by Classic Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Dunya TV Entertainment - by National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd.
  • View Line - by International Marketing & Trading Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Jinnah TV - News & Current Affairs channel by Asia News Network (ANN) (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Mehran TV - Sindhi Language channel by Indus Link Media Communications (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Waaj TV - Punjabi language channel
  • K.Vision TV - News & Current Affairs channel by Adjust Group.
  • Taqat TV - News & Current Affairs channel by Taqat Media Group.
  • Aruj TV - Complete Infotainment Channel by Aruj Textile Lahore.
  • Sanjh TV
  • Home TV - Entertainment Channel by Home Media (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Lucky TV - Entertainment Channel by Lucky TV Network.
  • Fiver - Entertainment Channel by Khbrain Group of Newspapers.

[edit] Defunct Channels

  • STN/Channel 3 - Replaced by ATV
  • Mashriq TV
  • ARY Digital India
  • Vectone
  • Fortune TV
  • Ravi TV
  • Ejaz
  • PTV Prime - Replaced by Prime TV
  • The City Channel
  • Indus Plus - Replaced by Indus News
  • Indus Music Asia - Replaced by MTV Pakistan
  • Channel G - Replaced by G Kaboom

[edit] Slogans

  • Aag TV - "Naujawano Ka Channel"
  • Aaj TV - "Pakistan Ki Awaz"
  • Aapna Des - "The First Ever Kashmiri TV Channel"
  • ARY One World - "Bakhabar"
  • ARY Shopping Channel - "Sab Kuch Gher Bethay"
  • Aruj TV - "Bulandi Ka Safar"
  • Asset Plus - "For You-Through You"
  • ATV - "Ek Duniya Naee"
  • AVT Khayber - "Pride of the Proud"
  • Business Plus - "Business & Current Affairs"
  • CNBC Pakistan - "The World Leader in Busniess News"
  • Dawn News - "Understand the Difference"
  • Dhoom TV - "Har Jaga, Har Waqt"
  • DM Digital - "Duriyan Mitai"
  • Express News - "Har Khabar Par Nazar"
  • Fashion TV Pakistan - "I See It First"
  • Filmazia - "Watch It Now"
  • Film World - "Mast Duniya"
  • Fun TV - "Fun For Everyone"
  • Geo - "Har Pal Geo"
  • Geo News - "Geo Aur Jeenay Du"
  • Geo Super - "Jeet Kay Geo"
  • HBO - "Simply The Best"
  • Hum TV - "Pure Entertainment"
  • Indus Vision - "Your Drama Channel"
  • Indus News - "Ju Sach Hay Wu Khabar Hay"
  • Khyber News - "Beyond All Frontiers"
  • Masala TV - "Add Some Masala To Your Life"
  • Metro One - "Karachi Hamaree Nazar Se"
  • News One - "Sach Ki Lagan"
  • nVibe - "Thinking Person's Channel"
  • PTV Home - "Humara Pakistan"
  • PTV News - "Bakhabar Pakistan"
  • PTV Global - "Duniya Pakistan"
  • PTV National - "Aap Ka Apna Qaumi Channel"
  • PTV Bolan - "The Right Choice"
  • Punjab TV - "Har Welay Tuhaday Naal Naal"
  • QTV - "The Only Islamic Channel Round the Clock"
  • Roshni TV - "Roshni Hai Zindagi"
  • Royal TV - "Royal Your Life"
  • Rung TV - "Sarey Rung Humaray"
  • Sach TV - "Sach aur sirf sach"
  • Samaa - "Har Waqt, Bar Waqt"
  • Starlite - "Light Up Your World"
  • Sun - "The Complete TV Channel"
  • Taqat TV - "Khabaron ki Taqat"
  • The Musik - "Licensed To Thrill"
  • TV One - "The One To Watch"
  • Virtual Television - "Virtually Yours"
  • Waqt TV - "Her Khaber WAQT Per"
  • Waaj TV - "Chak de Phatay"
  • Wikkid Plus - "Let the Fun Begin"
  • Zam TV - "Striving for A Better Tomorrow"

[edit] External links

[edit] Channels on Streaming

  • Aag Radio - [mms://stream.wmlivesvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_stream_geo_tv_AagAudP]
  • Aaj TV
  • ARY One World - [mms://80.227.134.4/aryoneworld]
  • ARY One World - [mms://207.253.139.13/ary]
  • Dawn News - [mms://dawn.tvpakistan.com/dawnnews]
  • Dawn News (Audio) - [mms://dawn.tvpakistan.com/dawn_audio]
  • Din News
  • Express News - [mms://tvpakistan.com/express]
  • Geo News - [mms://stream.wmlivesvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_stream_geo_tv_geolive]
  • Geo News (Audio) - [mms://stream.wmlivesvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_stream_geo_tv_GeoAud]
  • Royal TV - [mms://210.2.144.244/]

[edit] See also

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1 Transcontinental country.  2 Only recognised by Turkey.  3 Not fully independent.