http://www.tvexplore.com Portal of Pakistani Television Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:31:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Samaa TV experienced a fire in their Karachi head office building early Thursday morning. Following the incident, Samaa transmission was suspended for some hours. The fire, which broke out early morning, started in the ground floor of the 19 floor building, from where Samaa operates. Although preliminary reports suggest it was ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/02/samaa-tv-head-office-catches-fire/ The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is set to launch two additional channels for audiences in Spanish-speaking countries and Urdu-speaking Muslims. Comprehensive studies are also underway concerning the launch of an IRIB Urdu television network — thanks to the distinguished history of broadcasting in that language on Sahar Universal Network. ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/02/iran-to-launch-urdu-tv-channel/ The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday decided to present the draft of proposed ammendments in Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Amendment) Bill 2007 to the Prime Minister. The decision was made on the request of Minister of Information Qamar Zaman Kaira who said that Prime Minister ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/02/national-assembly-committee-to-send-draft-of-amendments-in-pemra-law-to-pm/ A meeting with the representatives of Cable Operators Associations of Pakistan was held at PEMRA office on Monday. The meeting was chaired by the Chairman, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Mushtaq Malik in which decided that the bidding for cable TV licenses at district level, announced earlier, is being ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/02/bidding-of-cable-tv-licences-deferred/ The state-run PTV does not have enough resources to maintain its regular transmission in NWFP and adjacent Attock and Mianwali districts of Punjab as its transmission in these areas of the country is suspended every two or three hours for an hour or so due to loadshedding. PTV is the only ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/ptvs-disruptive-service-in-several-districts/ The United States is planning a television programming project targeting Pakistani children in what many describe as an attempt to win the hearts and minds of the younger generation and neutralize growing anti-American sentiments. "This project is nothing new. It’s the old wine in new bottle," Z.R Jafri, a veteran writer ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/us-plans-tv-programs-for-pakistani-kids/ “Innovation,” a television program featured on SAMAA TV has been named “Brand of the Year 2009” in a category recognizing products and services that sharpen public focus on processes of innovation and competitiveness in Pakistan. The program, a joint collaboration between the Vinnova-Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism (INJO) at Stanford ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/samaa-tvs-program-becomes-the-brand-of-the-year-2009/ The government is set to raise TV license fee collected through electricity bills from Rs 25 to 35 in response to a request by the Pakistan Television (PTV) Corporation to the Finance Ministry, sources said on Wednesday. They said PTV Managing Director Arshad Khan talked to the sub-committee of the Senate ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/govt-to-raise-tv-license-fee-in-electricity-bills/ The Cable Operators Association Pakistan (COAP) has announced boycott to air Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament matches because of bias attitude with Pakistani cricket players. While addressing the press conference on Thursday, the office bearers of COAP said that the IPL has insulted the whole nation by ignoring Pakistani players in ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/cable-operators-boycott-ipl-matches/ HUM Network family’s latest addition is HUMARA FM 94.6, a radio channel that airs not only music, but also features informative and sports programmes. HUM Network introduced the new radio channel at a press conference at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. Shanaz Ramzi, GM public relations and publications, sharing the details with ... http://www.tvexplore.com/2010/01/hum-tv-launches-fm-radio-channel/