Country | Pakistan |
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Broadcast area | Pakistan, Worldwide |
Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Urdu |
Picture format | 1080p (16:9, HDTV) MPEG 4 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pakistan Television Corporation |
Sister channels | AJK TV PTV Bolan PTV Global PTV Home HD PTV National HD PTV Sports HD PTV World |
History | |
Launched | 2007 |
Former names | PTV World |
Links | |
Website | ptv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analogue | UHF band |
Streaming media | |
Live Streaming | Watch Live |
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In May 2021, PTV News started broadcasting on YouTube with high definition transmission to start from June, 2021. [1]
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