A & B Entertainment
| Geo TV | |
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| Owned by | Independent Media Corporation |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.06% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Slogan |
Geo aur Jeenay Do & Har Pal Geo |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Karachi |
| Sister channel(s) | |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| AsiaSat3S (Asia) | 4180 Vtp 14V |
| World TV Europe (Europe) | Channel 14 |
| Nayatel HD box (Pakistan) | Channel 116 |
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OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 281 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 807 |
| Aora TV (Indonesia) | Channel 832 |
| Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 340 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 871 |
| Cable | |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | Channel 858 |
| E vision (UAE) | Channel 65 |
| Nayatel(Pakistan) | Channel 49 |
| IPTV | |
| World On Demand (Japan) | Channel 166 |
| PTCL Smart (Pakistan) | Channel 19 |
| Freebox TV (France) | Channel 601 |
| Neufbox TV (France) | Channel 134 |
Geo TV (trademarked GEO TV) or Geo Television is a Pakistani television channel established in May 2002 and owned by the Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002. It was later renamed Geo Entertainment. Geo is an Urdu word meaning Live.
Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including:
In addition, until 2008, the network also operated an English language station called GEO English.
Geo Dost (meaning Geo Friends) is a Geo TV portal that offers ordinary citizens the chance to report the news, whether it be funny or serious.
Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:
Moor-2015 Manto-2015
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.
According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group, that helped them in executing murder of Wali Khan Babar and attack on Pakistan Navy's aviation base in 2011.
In May 2014, Geo TV was banned by PEMRA for airing blasphemous content on Geo Entertainment in its morning show Utho Jago Pakistan. Protest was also done in Lahore as people said it is an unlawful ban. While on other hand countrywide protest was done against Geo for airing controversial content.
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