AP1 TV () is a television channel based in Kathmandu, Nepal owned by Annapurna Media Network, the publishers of
Annapurna Post
Annapurna Post () is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Nepal. It started printing in 2002 and launched its online news portal in 2013 by Annapurna Media Network, which also owns The Annapurna Express, AP1 TV and Radio Annapurna Nepal. By ...
. It was launched on March 31, 2017. The chairman is Captain Rameshwor Thapa. AP1 HD provides wide range of television shows, live broadcast, sports, and events around the country.
TV shows on AP1 TV
AP1 TV is Nepal's first satellite HD television. It was also noted for its international franchise show ''
Nepal Idol''. AP1 TV announced their new shows on Shrawan 1st, 2077. In which popular media personality
Bhusan Dahal
Tara Bhusan Dahal (born May 18, 1966) is a Nepali television personality, music video director, film director, and media personality based in Nepal. He has been active in the Nepali television industry since 1988. He is most noted for his cont ...
, Thakur Belbase,
Prakash Subedi, singer Deepak Bajracharya, etc. joined AP1 TV. New shows include The Bravo Delta Show, Khullamanch, Junkiri Dohori, The Musical Medicine Show, Good Morning Nepal, Risani Maaf, Glamour Guff, Rajatpat, AP Bahas, Cine Mag etc. From November 1, 2020, AP1 TV started to broadcast Good Morning Nepal which is complete package of different genre of program. It includes following program which is broadcast live from 6:30 am to 9:30 am.
AP1 TV is known for its reality shows like
Nepal Idol, Boogie Woogie,
Ko Banchha Crorepati, Career Quiz, Public Speaker Nepal, The Idea Studio and Nepal Lok Star.
Beauty Pageant
The notable beauty pageant broadcast by AP1 HD was
Miss Vibhaa 2020- Miss Universe Nepal by Umanga Creation and its television show called 'The Nagmatic Show'. After three years of gap, AP1 acquired the rights to broadcast
Miss Universe Nepal 2024 by Global Glamour Venture and its episodic series "Road to Miss Universe Nepal".
Sports
After television was launched, it acquired broadcasting rights from ANFA, DPL, EPL, etc. in 2017. But it lost the broadcasting rights in 2019 due to time mismanagement.
Some sports tournament telecasted live was:
* Everest Premiere League
* Dhangadi Premiere League
* International Corporate Badminton Tournament
* Road to World Cup
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2018 SAFF Championship
The 2018 SAFF Championship, also known as the 2018 SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's association football, football championship of South Asia organized by So ...
* Live Sports Event
* Pulsar Sahid Smarak A Division League
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2019 South Asian Games
The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...
Shows announced but did not air
After the success of
Nepal Idol Season 1, as per the demand of audience AP1 TV brought rights to Nepal's Got Talent from
Fremantle Media
Fremantle Limited (), formerly FremantleMedia, is a British Multinational corporation, multinational television production company, production and distribution (marketing), distribution company based in London. The company was founded as Pear ...
. But was not able to air it since few audition clips were sent during online audition, making it a flop before telecasting. Also, the production company for Nepal's Cine Megastar was cancelled because of controversy. Ranabhumi was announced during test telecast but was not able to air it.
* Nepal's Got Talent
* Ranabhumi
* Nepal's Cine Megastar
Current Broadcast
Team
* Capt. Rameswar Thapa - Chairman
* Rajendra Shakya - Executive Vice–Chairman
* Suresh Paudel - Operation Director
* Roshan Shrestha - Chief Engineer
* Dipendra Bantawa - News Chief
References
External links
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Television channels in Nepal
2017 establishments in Nepal
Nepali-language television channels
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