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Sunday, October 18, 2009

News channel Hum TV

Hum TV is a 24-hour Pakistani entertainment TV channel based in Karachi and it is the first brand of Eye Television Network Limited, Pakistan, began its transmission on January 17, 2005. It is popular because its content covers the entire family with special focus on females of Pakistan.

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HUM TV Programs

Notable Seriels

Noor Pur Ki Rani

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It’s a story of paradoxes. It is the story of two women, who on the outside appear to be very different individuals, but are bound by many similar problems. Noori was an orphan from an impoverished background, who goes through turbulent times before finding herself beginning a new life in a palace. Princess Rania, on the other hand, who is the owner of the palace, is brought by fate to circumstances she could never have imagined possible. Where Nooris innocence, struggle, optimism and dynamic personality blossoms, Ranias negativity and jealousy becomes more and more apparent, and she sets out on a rampage to destroy other people that she dislikes. While life takes Noori on many a wild adventure, Rania has a fondness for going on trysts herself. In this close-to-life serial, you will meet characters that remind you of people from your own lives and keep you glued to your sets to see how their life develops.

Saiqa

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A remake of Razia Butts famous novel by the same name which had also inspired the popular Shamim Ara-Mohammad Ali movie, SAIQA is purely a love story with all the Star Plus twists, turns and manipulations. Shot on beautiful locations of Murree and Nathiagali, this love story spanning two generations, will keep viewers riveted till the end. The story focuses on Naji(Sarwat Gillani)and Tahir(Mikaal Zulfiqar). Naji is a village girl; and Tahir, a Nawabs son who falls in love with her, wants to marry her. Tahir is already engaged to Fauzia(Mahjabeen) and the family does not want him to marry Naji, but he persists, in spite of family pressure. They have a daughter, Saiqa(Juggan Kazim)who grows up in the hateful atmosphere of the haveli with everybody insulting her at every step, and plotting to get rid of her and her mother. Rehan (Ahsan Khan) adds an unexpected element to this riveting soap that keeps the viewer guessing the end right up till the climax.

Baityaan

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Baityaan is the story of the tribulations and upheavals of a middle- class family comprising Ansari Sahib, his wife, Firdousi Begum, and their three daughters Samina, Amina and Rubina. Samina is very sensitive and wants to work and help her parents financially; Amina, who has a wheatish complexion, suffers from an inferiority complex, and the youngest, Rubina is weary of their meagre means and lives in a dream world. Ansari Sahib has a sister named Bilquis Begum, whose son Rehan, is interested in Rubina and wants to marry her. But Bilquis Begum is against this match, as she despises her brother’s family. Samina finds a job, but her life takes a turn for the worse after she starts working. Rubina’s life is no better because she winds up with a man who has a suspicious nature. Rehan becomes interested in Amina and takes a radical step that changes her life forever.

[edit] Aashti

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Ashti is the story of a Bengali girl (Resham)who works as a maid for Abrashs (Humayun Saeed)affluent family. Ashti is engaged to Nazrul Islam (Faisal Qureshi) but is secretly in love with Abrash who sympathizes with her and encourages her to pursue her education. However, she soon discovers that Abrash is to marry Zarnish (Angeline Malik). Events take a turn when Abrash and Zarnishs relationship faces problems. After a heated quarrel, Zarnish leaves for London and Abrash follows her to take a final decision once and for all. Meanwhile, Ashti also reaches there, and before any decision can be taken, to complicate matters further, Ali Alam (Sajid Hasan) Arshis father also appears on the scene. A colourful play depicting the Bengali culture with a storyline to rivet the viewers, Ashti has all the makings of a popular serial. Writer: Seema Ghazal Director: Adnan Wai Qureshi Producer: Mehroze Kareem Cast: Resham, Humayun Saeed, Faisal Qureshi, Fahad Mustufa, Suhail Asghar, Sajjid Hassan, Angeline Malik and Madiha Iftikhar.

Ishq-Junoon-Deewangi

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This story of passion that crosses all boundaries revolves around a happily married couple that finds their entire life changed with the entry of another woman on the scene. The husband, Sahil, (Humayun Saeed) is a film director and his spouse, Seep (Deepti) a writer, and the couple used to work in conjunction until the day that the wife wrote a script that proved to be her greatest undoing. She created a female protagonist, Paris, (Umaima Abbasi) so gripping that the husband loses grip on reality and his own life and finds himself completely entranced by the female lead. Things reach a head when the couple’s marriage is on the rocks because of this obsession of the husband.

Availability

Hum TV is available in many countries mostly, via satellite, some times via cable, the channel is available in parts of Middle East, Africa and all of Asia but not in Europe. The channel is currently broadcasting on PAS-10 (Panam Sat) on Frequency: 3774 H S/R: 3300 FEC: 3/4.

HUM TV
Launched 2005
Owned by Eye Television Network Limited
Slogan Pure Entertainment!
Country Pakistan
Sister channel(s) MASALA TV & STYLE360
Website www.hum.tv
Availability
Satellite
PAS-10 (Asia, Middle East and Africa) Frequency 3774 H

News channel Geo

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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.

Contents

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

References

  1. ^ Geo News
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026702/ Geo Films
  3. ^ BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Pakistan's Geo TV 'warned by UAE'
  4. ^ Festival de TV 2008
  5. ^ Geo News
  6. ^ [1] 12-23 December 2006
  7. ^ New controls on media in Pakistan BBC, 4 June 2007
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Dubai agrees to pull plug on Pakistani TV networks - CNN.com
  10. ^ Geo Television Network Geo News, Geo Super back on cable Retrieved on 21 January 2008
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Sherry Rehman resigns". Geo.tv. 2009-03-14. http://www.geo.tv/3-14-2009/37255.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  13. http://en.wikipedia.org
Geo TV
Geo TV
Owned by Mir Shakil ur Rehman
Slogan Har Pal Geo
Country Pakistan
Headquarters Pakistan,Flag of Pakistan.svg
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

News channel Express

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Express News is a Pakistani television news channel launched on January 1, 2008. It is owned and run by the country's third largest Urdu daily, Daily Express. Express News has a logo similar to that of British news channel Sky News. The owners of the channel, Lakson Group, later launched 'Express 24/7', a 24 Hour Pakistani English news channel.

It has become the second most-watched news channel after Geo News[citation needed].

On February 5, 2009 Express News launched its second news channel in English called Express 24/7.

Programs

Kal Tak (Political Talk Show) Siyasi Log (Political Talk Show) Point Blank With Luqman (Political Talk Show) Game on hai (Sports) 24-Ghantey (News Digest) Nazar (News Digest) Bhaid (Mystery Investigation) Woh kia hai? (Paranormal Investigation) E-Tech (Technology Show)

Express News (Urdu)
Express News' Logo
Launched 2008
Owned by Television Media Network (Private) Limited
Slogan Har Khabar Par Nazar
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu
Broadcast area South Asia, Middle East
Headquarters Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Sister channel(s) Express 24/7 (English)
Website www.expressnews.tv

News CNBC Pakistan

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CNBC Pakistan is Pakistan's 24-hour billingual Urdu and English language business and news channel to report financial and business information channel, presenting in-depth and up-to-the-minute coverage of regional and international affairs from a Pakistani economic perspective. CNBC Pakistan was founded in 2004 by CNBC Asia to broaden their reach into Pakistan's expanding capital markets, and inaugurated by the Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. CNBC Pakistan uses a three band ticker with the upper and central band for stocks and the lower band for news.

CNBC Pakistan's initial broadcast began on November 15, 2005 and is owned by Vision Network Television Limited. Approximately 250 employees work with CNBC Pakistan. Its headquarters are located at the TechnoCity Corporate Tower in Karachi. Smaller bureaus are also found in Islamabad and Lahore.

Programs

CNBC Pakistan HQ at night

About CNBC Pakistan

Owned by Vision Network Television Limited, a Pakistani Company, CNBC Pakistan has access to the global CNBC network. While broadcasting with state-of-the-art studios and production facilities from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, CNBC Pakistan transmits live programming in both Urdu and English from a Pakistani perspective 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The channel is already poised as the most important media outlet in Pakistan for the economic sector, reflecting the sustained growth and opportunities in the nation’s financial markets.

CNBC Pakistan is a notable addition to the Pakistani media landscape, utilizing the global resources of the CNBC network, delivering continuous flow of relevant engaging news from all of the Pakistani markets and from business centers around the world. Broadcasting according to the highest international newsgathering and reporting standards, investing heavily in the Human Resource area to bring the best and the most talented Pakistanis to the channel.

Samaa News

Samaa News is sister channel of CNBC Pakistan. It is housed in the same building as CNBC Pakistan and in fact shares the Master Control Room with CNBC Pakistan.

CNBC Pakistan
LaunchedNovember 15, 2005
NetworkVision Network Television Ltd
SloganThe World Leader in Busniess News
CountryPakistan
Broadcast areacable television network
HeadquartersKarachi
Websitewww.cnbcpakistan.com
Availability
Satellite
Intelsat-10C-band
Cable
SUN TV ???
IPTV
Ptcl smart ??

Pakistan Busineess News

The Business Recorder Group is a media conglomerate in Pakistan. The Business Recorder Group specializes in niche businesses.

Subsidiaries

Daily Business Recorder

Business Recorder is a financial and business newspaper.

AAJ TV

AAJ TV employs over 1000 employees and has bureaus in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta and Peshawar. AAJ TV was the first private digital satellite channel to have an Earth Station in Pakistan that broadcasts directly to the AsiaSat satellite with a footprint of over 60 countries. AAJ TV provides News, Current Affairs and Entertainment. AAJ TV provides round the clock news coverage from around the world in collaboration with their partner news sources in more than 100 countries.

Apex Printry

Apex Printry is a printing facility. Apart from the Government of Pakistan, Apex Printry is the only other organization that has the capability and authority to print secure financial and legal papers in Pakistan. Apex Printry also counts the biggest names of the corporate sector as it's clients.

e-Dynamics

e-Dynamics is an information solution provider. The execution by e-dynamics has made Business Recorder's online edition one of the most popular websites of Pakistan, attracting more than 250,000 visitors daily from over 120 countries.[citation needed] The web edition of Daily Business Recorder is the leading financial daily of Pakistan available at www.brecorder.com It is accessed by business readers from across the globe who are interested in doing business with Pakistan.

e-dynamics has pioneered online advertising in Pakistan. The company specializes in providing customized electronic marketing engines for growing enterprises along with introducing a stock tracking website - www.khistocks.com. e-dynamics offers various online services to corporate, consumer and service sectors and is presently exploring the possibilities of extending various other online services. Since its initiation e-dynamics has been the information technology arm for Business Recorder, Apex Printry and Recorder Television Network (AAJ TV).

KHI-Stocks

www.khistocks.com is an engine for analysis of Pakistani stocks. It has been designed to provide live and archived stock information that will serve as a resource for stock trading. It provides stock data from the Karachi Stock Exchange with daily updates at the end of the day.

Refrance

Business Recorder Group
Type Private Limited
Founder(s) M.A. Zuberi
Headquarters Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Industry Mass media
Products Business Recorder AAJ TV Apex Printry e-Dynamics KHI-Stocks
Website www.brecorder.com

News channel Ary

ARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News. It was previously known as ARY One World until 2009 when it was re-branded as ARY News.

Current affair programs with prominent Pakistani journalists are the strength of ARY News. Its program mix covers all the genres of news & infotainment, and most of its programs are presented by top international anchors such as P.J. Mir, Nasrullah Malik, Ayaz Amir, Qurat ul Ain Hassan, Farah Farooq, Sadaf Abdul Jabbar, Kashif Abbasi, Wasim Badami, Iqrar ul Hassan and Asima Shirazi.

ARY News is one of the first dedicated international news channels in Pakistan. It has exclusive correspondents in almost all major capitals around the globe, a network of over 500 reporters and correspondents in Pakistan, and major international networks as exclusive partners for the exchange of news, information and other technical facilities. The channel also maintains a rich archive library with exclusive footage.

International availability

ARY News is available in the United States via Dish Network[1] and in the UK on Sky Digital.[2]

Online streaming

After the 2007 state of emergency in Pakistan, many private TV channels were shut down by PEMRA including ARY News, but it continued live online streaming. The ban has now been removed.[citation needed]

Controversy

On November 16, 2007, after the pressure from General Musharraf, ARY News shut down. After the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, all private news channels were banned. On November 16, Musharraf ordered PEMRA to cancel ARY's license, and ARY shut down. The Pakistani government has claimed that Dubai Media City authorities have closed these channels and that the Government of Pakistan has nothing to do with it. However, Dubai Media Centre authorities have dismissed these statements had said that they had no hand in this at all.[citation needed]

ARY One World returns

After the ARY News owners signed the new PEMRA ordinance and accepted the conditions of government, coverage resumed on November 22, 2007. One important condition was that channel would not present any argument, whether from public or from opposition politicians, against the current government. Many human rights were cancelled due to this government act.[citation needed]

Hacking of aryoneworld.net

After the resignation of Musharraf the ARY News website was hacked and now has been restored.

References

News channel Aaj

AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani hybrid television channel, mainly focused on News. Aaj in English means "Today".

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Channel and its programmes

AAJ TV was initially started in March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group. The Business Recorder Group is one of the most prominent media conglomerates in Pakistan.

As Aaj TV is the only Television network to have an Earth Station, it provides flexibility and control in responding to local and international events. AAJ TV caters to all tastes by providing four programming features in the form of News, Current Affairs, Entertainment and Infotainment.

With a vast amount of experience with the Business Recorder Group, AAJ TV provides round the clock news coverage from around the world in collaboration with their partner news sources in more than 100 countries.

Combining news reporting with analytical strengths provided by the respected social and political commentators in Pakistan, accounts for in depth and precise Current Affairs programs.

One of the major achievements in entertainment programming is its one of its kind "The late night show with Begum Nawazish Ali aired on Saturday every week. The show is based on the idea of a male host in disguise of a rich feminist portraying a page-3 elite of the country. The host takes interviews of some very prominent figures from within country talking broadly about the socio-economic issues of the nation.

Another popular show is a program called the 4 Man Show. It is a show with 4 'anchors' (hence the title) giving the news and taking interviews with 'political leaders' (actors with cheap make-up). However it is deeply immersed in comedy and political satire and is a 'loose cannon' meaning no one is immune (sometimes even themselves).

On April 22 2007 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Aaj TV, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure.

In notice, it said that the TV channel had violated the Pemra Ordinance in its news, talk shows and programmes on an issue pending with the Supreme Judicial Council.

The notice said that the channel had also failed to produce a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the external publicity wing of the ministry of information and broadcasting which was required for the processing of short-term uplinking licence. On 23rd March 2009,Aaj news has been Convrted In to 24hr news channel.

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AAJ TV
Launched 2005
Owned by Business Recorder Group
Slogan Pakistan Ki Awaz
Country Pakistan
Sister channel(s) Play_TV_(Pakistan)
Website www.aaj.tv
Availability
Satellite
AsiaSat 3S (Asia)
ADD (UAE)
Sky Digital (UK)
Cable
E-vision (UAE)
IPTV
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) Channel 09
Internet television