Kantipur Television
{{short description|Nepalese television network}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Kantipur Television
| logo = Kantipur TV HD.png
| logo_alt =
| logo_size =
| logo_caption =
| sister_channels = Kantipur Max HD
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|07|13}}
| picture_format = 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
| owner = Kantipur Television Network Pvt. Ltd
| country = Nepal
| area = Worldwide
| language = Nepali, English and Maithili
| headquarters = Subidhanagar, Kathmandu{{cite web|url=https://kantipurtv.com/contact-us|title=Contact Information|access-date=19 August 2024}}
| timeshift_service =
| website = {{URL|kantipurtv.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Kantipur Television
| online_chan_1 = {{url|https://kantipurtv.com/live}}
}}
Kantipur Television, popularly known as Kantipur TV HD or KTV, is a private television station based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The chairman and managing director is Kailash Sirohiya. The CEO of Kantipur Television is Shishir Pachhai. Launched on 13 July 2003, KTV is licensed for terrestrial and satellite broadcasting. It initially only broadcast in the Kathmandu Valley terrestrially, but later expanded to other parts of Nepal after it began broadcasting on satellite television.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2017/12/14/ktv-goes-high-definition-from-today|title=KTV goes High Definition from today|date=14 December 2017|access-date=19 August 2024|work=The Kathmandu Post}} Kantipur Television is headquartered in Subidhanagar, Kathmandu.
History
In December 2012, the Intelligence Bureau of India flagged Kantipur Television as a "hate channel" allegedly broadcasting anti-India programming. It was one of the twenty-four "illegal" channels to have been flagged.{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hate-channels-showing-anti-india-content-intel-alert-cable-tv-act/1/236245.html|title=MHA glare on hate channels: Govt puts on notice 24 foreign TV channels showing anti-India content after intel alert|date=6 December 2012|access-date=19 August 2024|archive-date=6 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206064304/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hate-channels-showing-anti-india-content-intel-alert-cable-tv-act/1/236245.html|url-status=live|work=India Today}} Kantipur Television launched a sister channel, Kantipur Gold, on 19 February 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/02/20/kantipur-gold-channel-launched|title=Kantipur Gold channel launched|date=20 February 2015|access-date=19 August 2024|work=The Kathmandu Post}} This was in occasion to the 22nd anniversary of Kantipur Publications.{{Cite web |title=Kantipur Publications marks 22nd anniversary |url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/02/19/kantipur-publications-marks-22nd-anniversary |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/02/19/kantipur-publications-marks-22nd-anniversary|title=Kantipur Publications marks 22nd anniversary|date=19 February 2015|access-date=19 August 2024|work=The Kathmandu Post}} The channel later commenced formal broadcasts on 18 September 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/art-entertainment/2015/09/19/kantipur-gold-begins-broadcast|title=Kantipur Gold begins broadcast|date=19 September 2015|access-date=19 August 2024|work=The Kathmandu Post}} The channel, however, was shut down in December 2016.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
The network started broadcasting in HD on 14 December 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://techlekh.com/kantipur-television-hd/|title=Kantipur Television Starts High Definition Transmission|date=15 December 2017|access-date=19 August 2024|work=TechLekh}} On 19 March 2021, Kantipur Television launched Kantipur Cineplex HD, a new television station in Nepal focusing on movie broadcasting in association with Highlights Nepal, the largest movie distributor and digital partner in Nepal. Kantipur Cineplex HD has now been renamed as Kantipur Max HD.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
List of programmes
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Program
!Genre |
|---|
| Taal |
| Call Kantipur |
| Song Videos
| Music |
| Baliyo Ghar
| Reconstruction Based |
| Double Trouble
| Entertainment |
| Ainaa
| Current social problems |
| Harke Haldar |
| Ditha Sab |
| BBC Sajha Sawal |
| Kantipur Aja
| Current affairs |
| Fireside |
| Sarokar
| News and politics |
| Scoreboard
| Sports |
| Rajatpat
| Entertainment |
| Kilo Tango Mike
| Police procedural drama |
| Life Is Beautiful
| Entertainment |
| Music Mela
| Entertainment |
| Ghum Gham
| Entertainment |
| Countdown Kantipur
| Entertainment |
| Disha Nirdesh
| Current affairs |
| Rise and Shine
| Morning show |
| Kantipur News
| News |
| Kantipur Samachar
| News |
| SamaKoodh
| Current affairs |
| Paribartan
| Current affairs |
| What The Flop
| Comedy |
| Frame by Frame
| Kollywood news and entertainment |
| Countdown Kantipur
| Music |
| Tiffin Box
| Music |
| 2pm film
| Film |
| M&S Nepal
| Weekly magazine |
| Jodhaa akabar birbal tansen mugal
| Drama |
| Twakka Tukka Returns
| Comedy |
| Here's To Life |
| Good Morning Nepal |
| Comedy Champion |
| It's My Show with Suraj Singh Thakuri
| Entertainment Table Talk show |
| Dr. Kantipur
| Health |
| Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal (2020-2022)
| rowspan="2" |Beauty Pageant |
| Miss Vibhaa 2023 (Umanga Creation) |
Logos
| align=center style="font-family:Optima, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; background:transparent"
|width=25%|File:Kantipur TV HD.png |width=25%|File:Kantipur TV Logo.jpg |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|kantipurtv.com/}}
- [http://www.channelnepal.com/kantipur-tv-live-online/ More on Kantipur TV Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809065458/http://www.channelnepal.com/kantipur-tv-live-online |date=9 August 2018 }}
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Category:Television channels in Nepal
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003
Category:2003 establishments in Nepal
Category:Nepali-language television channels
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