List of television channels in Pakistan
Appearance
This is a list of television channels in Pakistan. Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.
Current channels
Entertainment
Urdu
- A-Plus Entertainment
- Aaj Entertainment
- Apna Entertainment
- ATV
- AAN TV[1]
- ARY Digital
- ARY Zindagi
- GTV Pakistan[1]
- Aur Life HD[1]
- BOL Entertainment (HD)
- Dunya Entertainment
- Express Entertainment
- Filmazia
- Geo Entertainment
- Geo Kahani
- Hum TV (HD)
- Hum Sitaray
- LTN Family
- Play Entertainment
- PTV Home
- PTV Global
- PTV National
- SAB TV Pakistan
- TV One
- Urdu 1
- Green TV[1]
- See TV[2]
Punjabi
Sindhi
Pashto
Balochi
Saraiki
Hindko
Kashmiri/Pothohari
Movies
Urdu
English
Religious
News
Urdu news
- 7 News
- 24 News HD
- 92 News
- Aaj News
- Abb Takk News
- ARY News
- BOL News
- Capital TV
- Channel 5
- City 21
- City 41
- City 42
- Dawn News
- Din News
- Dunya News
- Express News
- Geo News
- Geo Tez
- GNN
- GTV News
- Hum News
- Koh-e-Noor[1]
- Lahore News
- Lahore Rang Tv[3]
- Metro1 News
- Neo TV
- News One (Pakistani TV channel)
- PTV News
- Public News
- Rohi
- Royal News[1]
- Roze News[4]
- Samaa TV
- Star Asia News[5][1]
- SUCH TV
- Venus HD[1]
- PNN News[6]
- Suno TV[7]
- A1TV[8]
- K21[9]
- LTN News[10]
Punjabi news
- Punjab TV
Sindhi news
- Awami Awaz TV
- KTN News
- Mehran TV[1][11]
- Sindh TV News
- Time News[1]
Pushto news
Balochi news
English news
Sports
- A Sports HD[12][13]
- Geo Super
- PTV Sports
- Ten Sports Pakistan
- Fast Sports HD[1]
Children's
- Baby TV
- Cartoon Network
- Kids Zone
- MiniMax[14]
- Nickelodeon
- Pop
- Planet Fun
- Champion Tv
Music
Food
Tourism
- Discover Pakistan TV[16]
- CPEC TV (upcoming)[17]
Infotainment
Health
- HNow Tv[18]
Education
Former channels
Entertainment
Urdu
- Channel 3 (previously known as Shalimar Television Network, replaced by ATV in 2005)
- Filmazia Entertainment (name changed to LTN Family)
- Hum 2 (replaced by Hum Sitaray)
- Indus Plus (replaced by Indus News)
- Network Television Marketing (Pakistan's first fully private television channel) (Shutdown in 1999)
- PTV Prime (changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
- PTV Two (name changed to PTV World in 1998)
- Shalimar Television Network (previously known as PTN, than changed its name to Channel 3 in 2000, replaced by ATV in 2005)
- The Pakistani Channel (changed its name to ARY Digital)
- TVOne Global (changed its name to TV One (Pakistan))
English
- HBO Pakistan (closed in October 2020[19] & Replaced by A Sports by ARY)
News
Urdu news
- ARY One World (changed its name to ARY News)
- Business Plus (shut down in 2018)
- CNBC Pakistan (replaced by Jaag TV and Jaag TV changed to GNN)
- Indus News (shut down in 2012, than an English language news channel)
- PTV World (returned in 2012, now an English language news channel)
- Aap News (shut down in 2020).[20]
English news
- Dawn News (shifted to Urdu Programming)
- Express 24/7 (changed its name to Tribune 24/7, replaced by Express Entertainment)
- Geo English (replaced by Geo Tez)
- Indus News (Shut down on 14 September 2021)
- Tribune 24/7 (previously known as Express 24/7, replaced by Express Entertainment)
Music
- Aag TV (replaced by Geo Kahani)
- MTV Pakistan (replaced by Indus Music)
- Play TV (Pakistan) (replaced by Play Max, now known as Play Entertainment)
- VH1 Pakistan (shut down in 2009)
- Oxygene TV (shut down in July 2021)
Food
- ARY Zauq (replaced by ARY Zindagi)
- Health TV (replaced by H Now Entertainment)
- Masala TV (changed its name to Hum Masala)
Fashion
- Style 360 (replaced by Hum 2, now Hum Sitaray)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "List of Satellite TV Licences Issued by PEMRA" (PDF). Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ https://seetv.pk
- ^ https://lahorerang.tv
- ^ https://rozenews.com.pk/
- ^ https://www.starasianews.tv
- ^ https://www.pnntv.pk/
- ^ https://sunotv.com
- ^ https://a1tv.pk
- ^ https://k21news.pk
- ^ https://ltnnews.tv
- ^ https://mehrantv.tv
- ^ "Why are advertisers in Pakistan ignoring the 2023 Cricket World Cup?". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "PTV spoils cricket fans with yet another treat". Daily Times (newspaper). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Foreign channels E1 and Minimax approved by PEMRA for airing". Daily Times (newspaper). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ http://kashish.tv/
- ^ "Pakistan's first tourism TV channel 'Discover Pakistan' launched". BOL News. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CPEC Live TV Announced". The Indus Tribune. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ http://www.hnow.tv
- ^ "WarnerMedia to discontinue HBO and WB TV channels in India, and select other South Asia markets". TechCrunch. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Malik Riaz shuts down AAP News channel over 'legal, technical reasons'". 11 April 2020.
External links
- "List of Satellite TV License issued by PEMRA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2013. (61 KB)
- List of TV channels in Pakistan
- Media Monitoring & Research in Pakistan
- Pakistan DTH channel list
- Pakistani Television Channels List