ARY Digital Network () is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a

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-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called

ARY ZAP ARY Digital Network () 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 called ...

History

ARY Digital, formerly known as the Pakistani Channel, was launched in the United Kingdom in December 2000 to cater to the growing demands of South Asian entertainment in the region. It uses Samacom, a monopolising uplink provider based in the UAE, as the uplink teleport station.

Affiliate programming

Recently ARY Digital has affiliated with several other television networks to promote their content in Pakistan. Amongst these are

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for which a regional channel FTV Pakistan has been airing since December 2005 on the ARY Digital network. Plans are under way for Al Jazeera Urdu in affiliation with Al Jazeera targeting 110 million Urdu-speaking households worldwide and HBO Pakistan in association with

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's south-Asian division. With the network's help,

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is also planning to kick-start its operations in Nick Pakistan where it would be beamed into 2.5 million households with kids.

Channel list

ARY Digital Network is composed of the following channels: * ARY Digital HD – HD Entertainment Channel for Asia Region * A Sports HD Sports Channel *

ARY Zindagi ARY Digital Network () 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 called ...

– Infotainment Channel & Turkish drama Urdu dubbing *

ARY Musik ARY Musik HD (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in August 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It featu ...

– 24-hour Music *

ARY News ''ARY News HD'' () is a Pakistani news channel launched on 26 September 2004 with the name "ARY One", the channel was later renamed to "ARY One World" until May 2009 when it was rebranded as "ARY News". A bilingual news channel in English and ...

– 24-hour Independent News *

ARY Qtv ARY QTV HD, formerly known as Quran Television (QTV), is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni Islam belief, that produces programs mainly having focus on the Ahlesunnat wal Jamaat. QTV is part of the ARY Digital Network of Pakistan. T ...

– Quran TV, Religious Content International Channel List * ARY Digital UK – Infotainment for UK Region * ARY Family – Infotainment for UK Region * Ary News New Vision TV – 24-hour Independent News for UK Region *

ARY Films ARY Films () is a film distribution and production company in Pakistan, part of ARY Digital Network. 35 films including 11 Urdu, six Punjabi and 17 Pashto films have been released by ARY Films since 2013. Among them, '' Waar'', ''Jawani Phir ...

– Film Distributing Company * ARY Tube – Official Video Portal of ARY Digital Network *ARY Arabia – YouTube channel presenting Pakistani dramas, OST's Arabic dubbed.

Over The Top (OTT)

* ARY ZAP

Defunct channels

*ARY Zauq * ATN ARY Digital *

The Musik ARY Musik HD (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in August 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It featu ...

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* Fashion TV Pakistan * HBO Pakistan * QTV * ARY Sahulat Bazar * Nickelodeon Pakistan

ARY films

ARY Films is film distribution company running in Pakistan. It's a part of ARY Digital Network. Thirty five films including 11

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, 6

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and 17

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films were released by ARY Films in 2013. Among them ''

Waar ''Waar'' (Urdu: ; , ) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a r ...

'', '' Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'', '' Josh'', '' Chambaili'', '' Zinda Bhaag'', '' Siyaah'' and '' Lamha'' top the charts in industry.

ARY Media Advisory Board

At the turn of events leading to the emergency in December 2007, Salman Iqbal, CEO of the network announced along with the ARY Digital network committee the establishment of a media advisory board, the purpose of which would be to assess the media coverage (be it news or other programmes) on the network. Saying that ARY Digital has been reporting without bias for a while but the recent events ushering the emergency rule and temporary closure of one of the biggest news network Geo TV, ARY Digital required a better unbiased coverage. He concluded that an array of government leaders could weigh the coverage presented by the network on the basis of its rationality and coverage so that the media portrayed by the network was in verse with the way Pakistan is supposed to be imaged. The board would have seats for 20 members, each focusing on different aspects of media would provide their views on how media should be portrayed.

Criticism

For a brief period in 2003, ARY Digital received criticism upon its airing of a prisoner's derogatory comments against the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-3) and a video showing balded young girls behind bars begging for mercy. The contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the network were withdrawn after the judge accepted unconditional apologies. Attempted take over of BOL Network and

BOL News BOL Network () is a Pakistani TV network based in Karachi. The company's head office is located in Karachi and called Bolistan, and it has regional headquarters in Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad. It was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh. In S ...

happened in August 2015 by ARY Digital Network

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Salman Iqbal Salman Iqbal () is a Pakistani media businessman and media mogul. He became the CEO of ARY Digital Network and ARY Group in 2014 after the death of his uncle Abdul Razzak Yaqoob who was the publisher of Newsweek Middle East. He is the owner of ...

, who said that the decision was taken in view to provide career protection to media industry and its workers. The

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of ARY Group said that his media group would launch the transmission of the channel within three weeks. However this deal fell through and in September 2015 it was announced that ARY was not taking over BOL.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ary Digital ARY Digital Companies based in Dubai Companies based in Karachi Mass media companies of the United Arab Emirates Television networks in Pakistan Television channels and stations established in 2000 Mass media in Sindh