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GEO TV

Geo TV
Geo TV Logo.svg
Owned by Independent Media Corporation
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share UK:
0.06% (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB)
Slogan Geo aur Jeenay Do
& Har Pal Geo
Country Pakistan
Headquarters Karachi
Website www.harpalgeo.tv
Availability
Satellite
AsiaSat3S (Asia) 4180 Vtp 14V
World TV Europe (Europe) Channel 14
Nayatel HD box (Pakistan) 116
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.

List of programs broadcast by Geo TV

Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:

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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