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PTV Home HD (Pakistan)
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg
Broadcast areaPakistan
Headquarters Islamabad, Pakistan
Programming
Language(s) Urdu
Picture format(1080i (16:9, MPEG-4 HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Pakistan Television Corporation
Sister channels AJK TV
PTV Bolan
PTV Global
PTV National HD
PTV News HD
PTV Sports HD
PTV World
History
Launched26 November 1964;60 years ago (1964-11-26)
Links
Website ptv.com.pk/ptvHome
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue VHF band
Streaming media
Live Streaming Watch Live

PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. [1] It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television.

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History

PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964 [2] [3] in West Pakistan and on 25 December 1964 in East Pakistan (the current Bangladesh). [4] The broadcasts were limited to Lahore and Dacca at first (the Dhaka station would later become a part of Bangladesh Television upon Bangladesh's independence in 1971), before extending to Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and Karachi in 1966. [2] The Lahore station moved from channel 9 to channel 5 in November 1968, increasing its power. [5] The basic PTV network was completed in 1974, after the start of the microwave network in 1973, and ahead of the start of color broadcasts in 1975. [6]

Table of PTV transmitters in 1977 [5]
LocationChannelERPLaunch
Islamabad/Rawalpindi 625KW1967
Karachi 436KWDecember 1966
Lahore 550KW25 December 1964
Murree 810KWMarch 1969
Thana Bulla Khan 910KWJune 1973
Sakesar 510KWJuly 1973
Cherat 1010KWAugust 1973
Quetta 610KW26 November 1974

Peshawar was able to create programming and had taping facilities, but used the Quetta transmitter. [5]

In the 90s, the channel was renamed PTV 1, and by 2000 was broadcasting 18 hours a day. The content of the schedule varied for terrestrial and satellite viewers. [7] [8]

Current programming

References

  1. ↑ Reporter, A. (4 September 2003). "PTV to start two new channels soon". DAWN.COM.
  2. 1 2 Indrajit Banerjee; Stephan Logan, eds. (2008). "Television in Pakistan". Asian Communication Handbook, 2008. New York: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. pp. 377–400. ISBN   978-981-4136-10-5.
  3. ↑ "World Communications" (PDF). UNESCO. 1975. p. 328. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Roy, Ratan Kumar (28 December 2020). Television in Bangladesh: News and Audiences. Taylor & Francis. p. 36. ISBN   978-1000332742 . Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1133-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "History of Pakistan Television Network". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tuesday Programmes .... PTV-1". Pakistan Television. 17 October 2000. Archived from the original on 17 October 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Monday Programmes .... PTV-1". Pakistan Television. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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