Geo TV

Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group.^[1] The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2002.^[2][3]

Geo TV

Country	Pakistan
Broadcast area	International
Headquarters	Karachi, Pakistan
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (1080p, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Jang Media Group
Sister channels	List Geo Entertainment Geo News Geo Tez Geo Super Geo Kahani
History
Launched	1 October 2002; 21 years ago (2002-10-01)
Links
Website	www.harpalgeo.tv

History

Geo Network was founded in May 2002 by Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. It started out with the launch of its flagship channel Geo News in October 2002.^[4] Hamid Mir joined the channel and became one of the first journalists to join Geo News. He started hosting the political talk show Capital Talk which is the flagship show of Geo News. The first guest at the show was Makhdoom Ameen Faheem with whom Mir discussed the 2002 Pakistan general election.^[5] After Geo News became a success, the Geo Network launched a sports channel named Geo Super in late September 2006.^[6]

Sister channels

Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including:

• Geo Entertainment HD^[7][8]
• Geo News HD - news channel^[9][10]
• Geo Tez - headline news channel
• Geo Super - a sports channel devoted mainly to cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis, and field hockey
• Geo Kahani - an Urdu subscription channel broadcasting old Geo Entertainment serials.

Defunct Channels

• AAG TV
• Geo English^[11]

Geo Dost

Geo Dost (meaning Geo Friends) was a Geo TV portal that offers news and more.^[12]

Geo Dramas

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Geo TV

Geo Films

Main article: Geo Films

Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:

Films
Title	Year
Mohabbataan Sachiyaan	2007
Khuda Kay Liye	2007
Ramchand Pakistani	2008
Virsa	2010
Bol	2011
Chambaili	2013
Anjuman	2013
Devar Bhabhi^[13]	2013
Armaan	2013
Aina	2013
Dil Mera Dharkan Teri	2013
Dukhtar	2014
Moor	2015
Manto	2015
Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay	2016
Wajood	2018
Teefa in Trouble	2018
Load Wedding	2018
Heer Maan Ja	2019

Technical

Geo TV's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates. Its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE. Geo TV is currently being aired on Paksat 1R.

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.
• Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival.^[14]
• On 20 April 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.

Controversies

According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group that helped them in executing the murder of Wali Khan Babar and the attack on the Pakistan Navy's aviation base in 2011.^[15]

On May 10, 2017, an article published by the agency claimed that the number of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan is about 15 million. "Government sources say that more or less 15 million non-registered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan."^[16] This statistic is far from other internationally-accepted values of 2 to 6 million refugees.

After the terror incident on the Pakistan Stock Exchange in July 2020, the attackers' car was found in the later episode of the channel's show Deewangi and sparked a reaction from audiences due to the strange coincidence.^[17][18]

Ban

In May 2014, Geo TV was banned by PEMRA^[19] for airing blasphemous content on Geo Entertainment in its morning show Utho Jago Pakistan.^[20][21][22] Protests were also made in Lahore as people said it is an unlawful ban.^[23] While on the other hand, countrywide protests were made against Geo for airing controversial content.^[24][25][26]

See also

• List of Pakistani television serials
• List of programs broadcast by Geo TV

References

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11. . The News International (newspaper). 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
12. . geodost.tv. May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012.
13. "Filmmakers don't "release" films, distributors do". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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15. Walsh, Declan (26 April 2014). "Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
16. "Chaman border clash disrupts return of Afghan refugees". Retrieved 30 July 2018.
17. "Car used in PSX attack spotted on TV show 'Deewangi'". The Nation. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
18. "Car used in PSX attack had four owners". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
19. . Daily Times. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
20. Humaima (16 May 2014). . Pakistan Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
21. Mohammad Ashraf (16 May 2014). "Pakistan's Geo TV under fire for 'blasphemy'". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
22. . The News. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
23. . The News. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
24. . Daily Times. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
25. Ahmad Naveed (17 May 2014). . Pakistan Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
26. "Countrywide protests against Geo". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links

• Official website