Country | Pakistan |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Urdu |
History | |
Launched | 10 March 2010 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Watch Live | SUCH TV Live Stream |
SUCH TV, also known as SUCH News headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan.
SUCH TV started broadcasting on 23 March 2010. [1] Such TV will display broadcast to the public, keeping in view its principles and conducts of electronic media. [2]
Media workers staged a demonstration on 29 November 2016 outside the Punjab Assembly in protest at the suspension of two TV channels’ licenses and a fine on another by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). Office-bearers and members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists, Lahore Press Club, Electronic Media Reporters Association, and Electronic News Cameramen Association gathered at Charing Cross at around 3 PM. From there, they marched on the Punjab Assembly gate and staged a sit-in there. [3]
PEMRA had, on 19 November, issued notices to Neo TV, Din News, and Such TV for telecasting irresponsible contents and, on 26 Nov, suspended the licenses of Neo TV and Din News for some period. A fine of Rs1 million each was also imposed on the three channels. [4]
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