Pakistan Television Corporation
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History
Unlike other state-run corporations, the television company was allowed by the Government of Pakistan to raise a sizeable amount of private capital to finance the stations, this includes Rs25 TV fee charge to all the consumers of electricity per month. In October 1963, the government signed an agreement with the NEC company in Japan to have NEC operate affiliates for PTV. On 26 November 1964, the first television station commenced broadcasts in the cities of Lahore, and Dhaka (then the capital of East Pakistan). Centres were established in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in 1967, and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974.
Originally broadcast in black and white, the equipment became outdated over time and was finally replaced with the colour standard on February 18, 1982. [History of Pakistan Television Network] With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium. As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder.
PTV Today
Currently, PTV can be received via satellite in South Asia, East Asia and in the Middle East. Selected programming can be seen on PTV Prime (with a partnership) in the United Kingdom and Europe
Today PTV is split up into the original channel feed:
- PTV World News - 24-hour news channel which can be viewed in many parts of the globe.
- PTV National - An emphasis on broadcasting programmes in different languages to represent the whole of Pakistan.
- AJK TV - For Pakistani residents of Kashmir.
- PTV Bolan - Baluchi language channel.
- PTV Global - Offered exclusively for the United States on Dish Network.
Criticism
Sound quality of TV commercial is low bit mono, however better during TV regular programs. After the 9:00pm "Khabarnama" (NEWS) there is always a small (2-3 seconds) disruption in broadcast. A so called "Time Check" (some 15-30 seconds commercial) appears at fixed times no matter whichever program is in progress, live programs for example. Vocal of weather expert in 9:00pm NEWS is very poor to listen.See also
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