ARY Musik (, formerly The Musik) is a
Pakistani pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...
music channel, first launched in 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the
ARY Digital Network
ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service cal ...
. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It features music genres including pop, rock, rap, bhangra, classical, and folk. It also airs interactive shows, celebrity interviews, comic fillers, theme shows, animations and live concerts.
The channel's longest-running international music based show was ''Music Hour with Wiqar Ali Khan'', hosted in English and Pashto. ARY Musik is one of the first satellite channels to have live link-ups between its studios based in London, UK, USA,
Pakistan
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,
India
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,
Bangladesh
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,
Sri Lanka
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,
Afghanistan
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and
Dubai
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,
Cologne
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and
Slovenia
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.
Programs
Programs aired by ARY Musik include:
* ''Bingo with Anoushey''
* ''Cellaholic Live'
* ''Ghuru-Ho-Ja-Shuru''
* ''Musik Top Ten''
* ''Spot On Live''
* ''Singing With Ovais Singstar''
* ''Sajid Billa''
* ''Salam-e-Ishaq''
* ''Video on Trial''
* ''Just Drive''
The Musik Records
The Musik Records was a Pakistani record label that originated at the same time during the launch of ARY Musik and was active till the early 2010s. It retained ARY Musik's former name, The Musik. It was one of the two major record labels in Pakistan that was active till the 2010s with the other being
Fire Records. Some of the albums the label released include
Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He has recorded many songs in both Pakistan and India, and is known for his vocal belting technique.
Aslam predominantly sings in Urdu, but has also sung in Hindi, ...
's
Doorie,
Haroon
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's
Haroon Ka Nasha,
Karavan's ''Saara Jahan'',
Aaroh's
Raag Neela
Aaroh ( ) is an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1998. The band was founded by keyboardist Kamran Khan and lead guitarist Nabeel Nihal . (This name was given to them by Shoaib Mansoor), who were joined by, Vocalist ...
and
Mekaal Hasan Band's
Saptak
Saptak means "gamut" or "the series of eight notes". It denotes the set of swaras i.e. Ṣaḍja (Sa), Ṛiṣabha (Re), Gāndhāra (Ga), Madhyama (Ma), Panchama (Pa), Dhaivat (Dha), Niṣāda (Ni), Sadja (Sa) which comprise a musical scale ...
. The label had the distribution rights for these albums in Pakistan only.
Prior to ARY Musik's launch, the record label was referred to as ARY Records. Albums released under ARY Records include
Faakhir's
Aatish and
Junoon's
Daur-e-Junoon.
In 2016, the label under the network name ARY Musik released Abrar-Ul-Haq's album
Billo Part 2.
See also
*
List of music channels in Pakistan
References
External links
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{{Music television channels in Canada
Television networks in Pakistan
ARY Digital
Music television channels
Television stations in Pakistan
Television channels and stations established in 2003
Music organisations based in Pakistan
Television stations in Karachi