Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2002.

History

Geo Network was founded in May 2002 by Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. It started out with the launch of its flagship channel Geo News in October 2002. Hamid Mir joined the channel and became one of the first journalists to join Geo News. He started hosting the political talk show Capital Talk which is the flagship show of Geo News. The first guest at the show was Makhdoom Ameen Faheem with whom Mir discussed the 2002 Pakistan general election. After Geo News became a success, the Geo Network launched a sports channel named Geo Super in late September 2006.

Sister channels

Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including: پیمرا ٹی وی لائسنس کا اجراء جیو ٹی وی نیٹ ورک کمپنیاں Independent Newspapers Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd (INC) Geo Kahani. (Pakistan Urdu) Geo Tez. (Pakistan Urdu) Independent Media Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd (IMC) Geo News. (Pakistan Urdu) Geo Entertainment HD. (Pakistan Urdu) Independent Music Group (Pvt.) Ltd (IMG) Geo Super. (Sports) (Pakistan Urdu) Printing House, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi

Current Channels Pakistan & Asia

* Geo Entertainment HD * Geo News HD - news channel *

Geo Tez Geo Tez ( ur, ) is a Pakistani pay television news channel that was launched in 2013 by GEO network. It broadcasts in Urdu, and its programming consists of headlines aired every fifteen minutes with a mix of entertainment programs acting as fil ...

- headline news channel * Geo Super - a sports channel devoted mainly to cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis, and field hockey *

Geo Kahani Geo Kahani (Urdu: ) is an entertainment channel of Geo network, broadcasting in Urdu. Title song of channel is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Some of the most popular dramas are '' Naagin'', ''Champa Aur Chambeli'' and '' Kiran''. Geo Kahani be ...

- an Urdu subscription channel broadcasting old

Geo Entertainment ''Geo Entertainment HD'' or Geo Drama is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...

serials *Geo International Channels -Global Broadcasting *Geo News International. UK , USA , ME , CANADA. *Geo Entertainment. UK. *Geo Entertainment. USA. *Geo Entertainment. ME. *Geo Kahani. UK. *Geo Aag Music. UK.

Defunct Channels

* AAG TV Pakistan * Geo English - Pakistan & UK * Geo Tez UK

Upcoming Planning

* Geo Films (Urdu Dubbing) HD * Geo Movies (English language) HD * Geo World (Urdu & English language) HD * Geo Kids HD * Geo Music AAG * Geo English News HD * Geo English Entertainment HD

Geo Dost

Geo Dost (meaning ''Geo Friends'') is a Geo TV portal that offers news and more.

Geo Dramas

Geo Films

Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:

Technical

Geo TV's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates. Its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE. Geo TV is currently being aired on Paksat 1R.

Awards

* A documentary by Geo covering water scarcity in the

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delta won "The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III" at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. * Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival. * On 20 April 2004, at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, chief executive of Geo TV, received an International Broadcast Excellence Award for the impact the channel has had on Pakistan.

Masala Lifestyle Awards

;Winner *2009: Best TV Channel; Geo TV

Controversies

According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group that helped them in executing the murder of

Wali Khan Babar Wali Khan Babar (Urdu, ps, ; 5 April 1982 – 13 January 2011) was a Pakistani journalist working for GEO News who was killed by gunmen in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi. His murderers Saulat Mirza and Faisal Mota (who are target killers of ...

and the attack on the Pakistan Navy's aviation base in 2011. On May 10, 2017, an article published by the agency claimed that the number of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan is about 15 million. "Government sources say that more or less 15 million non-registered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan." This statistic is far from other internationally-accepted values of 2 to 6 million refugees. After the terror incident on the

Pakistan Stock Exchange The Pakistan Stock Exchange ( ur, , abbreviated as PSX) is a stock exchange in Pakistan with trading floors in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021. The PSX was established on 11 ...

in July 2020, the attackers' car was found in the later episode of the channel's show '' Deewangi'' and sparked a reaction from audiences due to the strange coincidence.

Ban

In May 2014, Geo TV was banned by PEMRA for airing blasphemous content on

in its morning show Utho Jago Pakistan. Protests were also made in Lahore as people said it is an unlawful ban. While on the other hand, countrywide protests were made against Geo for airing controversial content.

References

External links

* *https://www.geodost.tv/index.php?route=common/home {{DEFAULTSORT:Geo Tv Television channels and stations established in 2002 Television stations in Pakistan Television stations in Karachi Television networks in Pakistan A&B Entertainment 2002 establishments in Pakistan