Ary Digital
| ARY Digital | |
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| Launched | 2000 |
| Network | ARY Digital Network |
| Owned by | ARY Group |
| Slogan | Colours of Life |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Sister channel(s) |
ARY News ARY Musik ARY Qtv ARY Zindagi BOL News BOL TV |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
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OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 283 |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 677 |
| Cable | |
| WorldCall Cable (Pakistan) | Channel 35 |
| NayaTel (Pakistan) | Channel 46 |
| E vision (UAE) | Channel 38 |
| ABNXcess (Malaysia) | Channel 510 |
| IPTV | |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 23 |
ARY Digital (Urdu: ARY ڈیجیٹل), a subsidiary of the ARY Group, is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network caters to the needs of South Asians, particularly the Pakistani diaspora. The channel is considered to be a pioneer in Pakistani media and broadcasting industry, and has an expanding network of channels, each with an independent focus.
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.
The channel started off with a format more closely resembling that of PTV Prime and other South Asian channels where it provided slots for soaps in general while presenting an hourly slot for news headlines. Although, flaming political talk shows and dramas were the main priority when it came to programming, the network soon was hailed for its news coverage.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera was enjoying its fifteen minutes of fame that rooted its name prominently in the events folding after the 9/11 attacks but when the war on terror came to neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan had no decent coverage and the likes of PTV hired people without prior knowledge of journalism to be investigative journalists. There was a limit as to how much PTV could show on their network. Soon enough, when ARY Digital started broadcasting news covering the Afghan war, ARY Digital was hailed for their efforts.
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