PTV Home
{{short description|Pakistani State Owned Television Channel}}
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{{Use Pakistani English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = PTV Home HD (Pakistan)
| logo = PTV Home logo 2023.png
| logo_size = 250px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1964|11|26}}
| owner = Pakistan Television Corporation
| picture_format = (1080i (16:9, MPEG-4 HDTV)
| headquarters = Islamabad, Pakistan
| country = {{flagicon|PAK}}
| language = Urdu
| area = Pakistan
| sister_channels = AJK TV
PTV Bolan
PTV Global
PTV National HD
PTV News HD
PTV Sports HD
PTV World
| website = {{url|https://ptv.com.pk/ptvHome }}
| terr_serv_1 = Analogue
| terr_chan_1 = VHF band
| online_serv_1 = Live Streaming
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.ptv.com.pk/ptvCorporate/homelive Watch Live]
}}
PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation.{{Cite web|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/113713/ptv-to-start-two-new-channels-soon|title=PTV to start two new channels soon|first=A.|last=Reporter|date=4 September 2003|website=DAWN.COM}} It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television.
History
PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964{{cite book |editor= Indrajit Banerjee |editor2=Stephan Logan |title= Asian Communication Handbook, 2008 |year=2008 |publisher= Asian Media Information and Communication Centre |location= New York |isbn= 978-981-4136-10-5 |pages=377–400 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo9YWvrWFcIC&q=history+of+Pakistan+Television+Corporation&pg=PA377 |chapter= Television in Pakistan}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Business/World-Communicatiions-Unesco-1975.pdf |title=World Communications |date=1975 |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=19 April 2024 |page=328 }} in West Pakistan and on 25 December 1964 in East Pakistan (the current Bangladesh).{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Ratan Kumar|title=Television in Bangladesh: News and Audiences|date=28 December 2020|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1000332742|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JW0LEAAAQBAJ&dq=television+in+bangladesh&pg=PT36|access-date=5 July 2022}} The broadcasts were limited to Lahore and Dacca at first (the Dhaka station would later become a part of Bangladesh Television upon Bangladesh's independence in 1971), before extending to Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and Karachi in 1966. The Lahore station moved from channel 9 to channel 5 in November 1968, increasing its power. The basic PTV network was completed in 1974, after the start of the microwave network in 1973, and ahead of the start of color broadcasts in 1975.{{cite web|url=http://ptv.com.pk/aboutus-history.asp|title=History of Pakistan Television Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828175749/http://www.ptv.com.pk/aboutus-history.asp |archive-date=28 August 2008|access-date=19 November 2023}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Table of PTV transmitters in 1977{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977-TV-Factbook/1977-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1977 |accessdate=31 March 2021 |page=1133-b }} | |||
| Location | Channel | ERP | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islamabad/Rawalpindi | 6 | 25KW | 1967 |
| Karachi | 4 | 36KW | December 1966 |
| Lahore | 5 | 50KW | 25 December 1964 |
| Murree | 8 | 10KW | March 1969 |
| Thana Bulla Khan | 9 | 10KW | June 1973 |
| Sakesar | 5 | 10KW | July 1973 |
| Cherat | 10 | 10KW | August 1973 |
| Quetta | 6 | 10KW | 26 November 1974 |
Peshawar was able to create programming and had taping facilities, but used the Quetta transmitter.
In the 90s, the channel was renamed PTV 1, and by 2000 was broadcasting 18 hours a day. The content of the schedule varied for terrestrial and satellite viewers.{{cite web |title=Tuesday Programmes .... PTV-1 |url=http://www.ptv.com.pk/html/today_programmes.htm |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Pakistan Television |date=17 October 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017121201/http://www.ptv.com.pk/html/today_programmes.htm |archive-date=17 October 2000}}{{cite web |title=Monday Programmes .... PTV-1 |url=http://www.ptv.com.pk/html/today_programmes.htm |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Pakistan Television |date=17 November 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001119162100/http://www.ptv.com.pk/html/today_programmes.htm |archive-date=19 November 2000}}
Current programming
{{main|List of television programmes broadcast by PTV}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.ptv.com.pk/ptvHome Pakistan Television (PTV) official PTV Home website, Retrieved 8 June 2016]
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Category:Television stations in Islamabad
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1964
Category:Publicly funded broadcasters