PTC Punjabi

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PTC Punjabi
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CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndia, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom & Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Taiwan & Phillipines
Headquarters Chandigarh, India
Programming
Picture format 16:9 (1080p, HDTV)
downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV and HDTV feed
Ownership
OwnerMultimedia Production Company]]
History
Launched6 August 2008 (2008-08-06)
Links
Website www.ptcpunjabi.co.in

PTC Punjabi is a Punjabi television network from India. [1] [2] [3] It features general interest programming including news, dramas, comedies, music and talk shows. PTC Punjabi commenced operations on 6 August 2008 [4] and in a year, became the most popular television network in Punjab.

Contents

In 2009, PTC Punjabi expanded its reach internationally. It launched in the United States on DirecTV on 23 August 2009. In September 2009, a Canadian version launched. In early 2010, PTC Punjabi was removed from DirecTV for unknown reasons. On 25 August 2010, PTC Punjabi launched on Dish Network, making the channel available in the United States once again. [5] [6] PTC hosts the annual PTC Punjabi Music Awards and PTC Punjabi Film Awards.

Channels

ChannelLaunchedProgrammingNotesLanguage
PTC News 2007NewsPunjabi
PTC Punjabi2008GEC
PTC Chak De2018Music
PTC Dhol TV2018MusicDigital onlyMarathi
PTC Punjabi Gold2019Music
PTC Music2019Music
PTC Simran2019Religious

PTC Punjabi Music Awards

PTC Punjabi Music Awards [7] are presented annually by PTC Punjabi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Punjabi language music industry of India. [8] [9] [10]

Sexual abuse allegations

A contestant for the PTC Miss Punjaban pageant alleged that she had been kept in custody against her will and was pressured for sexual favors. PTC managing director Rabindra Narayan denied these allegations. [11] The allegations led to calls for withdrawal of Gurbani telecast rights from PTC. [12] The managing director of PTC network, Rabindra Narayan, was taken into custody on charges of sexual harassment, using criminal force on woman with intention of disrobing her, wrongful restraint, and confinement. [13]

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