HONG KONG – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has announced an expansion of services for Sports Star of Pakistan on AsiaSat 7, to deliver HD news channel Public News across the Asia-Pacific. Sports Star currently transmits entertainment channel A-Plus as well as Pakistan’s first women’s channel A-Lite on AsiaSat 7, targeting different audience segments locally and across the Asia Pacific. Public News is Sports Star’s latest HD service to … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Sports Star adds Public News channel on AsiaSat 7
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AIB welcomes Hum Network as first member from Pakistan
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB), the trade association for television, radio and online, is pleased to announce that Hum Network has become its first member in Pakistan. Hum Network is Pakistan’s only publicly-quoted media company, operating a range of television channels that are available across the country. Hum Network also offers its television channels in North America, the UK and the Middle East. Established in 2004, Hum Network has expanded into production for … [Read more...] about AIB welcomes Hum Network as first member from Pakistan
Inter Medya’s Join Instant goes to India and Pakistan
India, Pakistan - Turkish media content distributor, Inter Medya has recently announced that one of their game show formats titled Join Instant has been optioned in India and Pakistan. Join Instant is planned to start airing in July 2017 on one of India’s biggest TV channels, which has just reported that acclaimed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty will be moderating the show. Similarly, Join Instant is planned to be broadcast in Pakistan in May and June. The original format, created by Melih Bas … [Read more...] about Inter Medya’s Join Instant goes to India and Pakistan
Role of media in Pakistan
Pakistan’s media players are getting quite irresponsible; as there are so many talk shows and political debates on the screen all the time and sometimes they seems to be crossing their limits. Media should work in its limits and according to some rules and regulations. Besides spreading exaggeration, Pakistani media should resolve the matters with positive attitude. Media is supposed to be responsible for the present society, trends, norms, values and so on. People are what they see around them. … [Read more...] about Role of media in Pakistan
BBC on Mashriq TV
The BBC Pashto TV programme BBC Naray Da Wakht (BBC World Right Now) will be part of the daily schedule of Pakistan’s new Pashto-language channel, Mashriq TV, which starts broadcasting this August. Broadcast live from London in prime time - 18.30 Pakistan Standard Time – and presented by Sana Safi and Amanullah Atta, BBC Naray Da Wakht brings 24 minutes of key global and regional news reporting. The Friday sports supplement, Lobay, includes in-depth coverage of sporting developments that are … [Read more...] about BBC on Mashriq TV
Into the Southern lands of Asia
INDIA As the world’s third-largest TV market after China and the United States, India has an estimated 247 million households of which 150 million have ownership to a television set. These are being served by cable TV systems, DTH services, IPTV services, and the terrestrial TV network of Doordarshan. The pay-TV universe consists of around 94 million cable subscribers including around 0.91 million subscribers in notified conditional access system areas using STBs; 46.25 million registered … [Read more...] about Into the Southern lands of Asia
