Geo TV (trademarked GEO TV) or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network founded by Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002. Geo TV belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers. The channel started its test transmission on 14 August 2002, whereas regular transmission began from 1 October, 2002. [1]. In Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, the word geo translates to live on in English.
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Geo TV Network
Geo Television Network started out with its flagship channel of Geo TV, but has since launched several other channels including:
- GEO Entertainment - a Pakistan based entertainment channel showing Dramas, musical programs, feature movies, primarily in Urdu Language.
- GEO News - a Pakistan based Urdu News Channel, rated as one the most popular news channels in Pakistan.
- GEO Super- a 24 hour sports channel, launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football and field hockey.
- AAG TV - a 24 hour channel focusing on programs for youth in Pakistan. AAG TV was launched in September, 2006 by Geo Network.
Geo Films
Geo Network has released only two movies, Khuda Kay Liye, produced by Shoaib Mansoor which was released July 20, 2007. It has also distributed Ramchand Pakistani [2]
Criticism
In June 2008, the UAE Government asked Geo to drop 2 of its controversial talk shows or moveTechnical
The channel's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates and its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE.
Geo is currently on Asiasat 3s.
Awards
- A documentary by Geo covering water scarcity in the Indus river delta won "The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III" at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.[4]
- Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival.[5]
- On April 20, 2004 at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, chief executive of Geo TV, received an International Broadcast Excellence Award for the impact the channel has had on Pakistan.
Corporate logos and slogans
The GEO logo, consisting of orange and blue, represents the coverage done by GEO day and night.
The following is the mission statement by GEO TV:
"GEO will be the voice of freedom from the Asian subcontinent. It will highlight the issues of concern and the cultural richness of its people through information, discussion and entertainment. GEO will propagate transparency of responsibility that will ensure its position as the most credible and meaningful source of information, through quality programming based on issues."
Controversy
On November 3, 2007, the Pakistani government halted the transmission of ARY One World and GEO News. Following the controversial suspension of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by President Pervez Musharraf, GEO News began drawing international attention to the fervent demonstrations against Musharraf. The suspension of GEO News broadcasts was followed by a new ordinance by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) that introduced a code of conduct, increasing the liability of each channel over their broadcasts.
Pakistanis were still able to watch GEO through satellite and high speed broadband access until November 17, 2007, when the channel was completely removed off the air, as authorities in Dubai concluded that the channel had failed to meet certain media regulations and broadcasting standards of Dubai Media City, in the United Arab Emirates[8] The station had been banned in Pakistan since November 3. However, the station continued to be available on Internet through Internet streaming.
Transmission of the Geo News channel was restored by Dubai Media City (DMC) and IMC Dubai authorities from midnight 29 November 2007.
On 19 January 2008, after 77 days, President Pervez Musharraf, after intense pressure, ordered relevant authorities to immediately relay the transmission of the channel. Geo News, and Geo Super resumed transmission on 21 January 2008. Geo however, now operates and uplinks from Karachi, Pakistan.
On Friday 13. March 2009 Geo News was again banned on the orders of President Asif Ali Zardari in larger cities of Pakistan. Apparently, the reason was the coverage by the channel of the "long march", the protest movement of the law Pakistan for the restoration of the justices sacked by former President Musharaf.Information minister Sherry Rehman resigend in protest.[
President Zardari has sent messages to Geo TV administration in which he has said that if Geo has recovered from the courts the losses incurred following the ban on the channel in former president Pervez Musharraf’s rule then it should stop forthwith the coverage of lawyers movement for the restoration of November 3, 2007 judiciary. The concerned officials have directed the cable operators to place Geo News channel at the tail end, making it difficult for the viewers to watch the channel.[11]
See also
- ARY News
- List of Pakistani television stations
- Dubai Media City
- America Abroad
- Internet censorship in Pakistan
- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists
- Censorship in Pakistan
- Hamid Mir
- Aamir Ghauri
References
- ^ Geo News
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026702/ Geo Films
- ^ BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Pakistan's Geo TV 'warned by UAE'
- ^ Festival de TV 2008
- ^ Geo News
- ^ [1] 12-23 December 2006
- ^ New controls on media in Pakistan BBC, 4 June 2007
- ^ "Pakistan's Geo TV on how it was forced to shut down". The Hindu. Narasimhan Ram. http://www.hindu.com/nic/geo.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ Dubai agrees to pull plug on Pakistani TV networks - CNN.com
- ^ Geo Television Network Geo News, Geo Super back on cable Retrieved on 21 January 2008
- ^ a b "Geo News shut down on President's order in parts of country". 2009-03-14. http://www.geo.tv/3-14-2009/37249.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Sherry Rehman resigns". Geo.tv. 2009-03-14. http://www.geo.tv/3-14-2009/37255.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- http://en.wikipedia.org
| Geo TV | |
|---|---|
| Geo TV | |
| Owned by | Mir Shakil ur Rehman |
| Slogan | Har Pal Geo |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Pakistan, |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Big TV (India) | Channel ?? |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 620 |
| Pehla (Middle East) | Channel 44 |
| Sky Digital (UK & Ireland) | Channel 815 |
| WorldTV (Europe) | Channel 14 |
| AsiaSat3S (Asia) | 4180 Vtp 14V |
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