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ARY Digital

Pakistani television channel

Summary

Pakistani television channel

Field	Value
name	ARY Digital HD

logo	Ary Digital Logo.png
logo_size	150px
logo_caption	ARY Digital logo since May 2009
launch_date
picture_format	(1080p, 16:9 MPEG-4 HDTV)
owner	Salman Iqbal
parent	Karachi Kings
headquarters	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
area
network	ARY Digital Network
country	Pakistan
language	English
Urdu
sister_channels	ARY Digital UK
ARY News
A Sports
ARY Musik
ARY Qtv
ARY Zindagi
ARY Nick
ARY Zauq
ATN Urdu
website	arydigital
terr_serv_1	Zuku TV (Kenya)
terr_chan_1	Channel 939
online_serv_1	ARY Digital Live
online_chan_1	Watch Live

Urdu ARY News A Sports ARY Musik ARY Qtv ARY Zindagi ARY Nick ARY Zauq ATN Urdu

ARY Digital HD () is a Pakistani television network available in Pakistan. ARY Digital was founded by a Dubai-based holding company of Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal (ARY). The network is focused towards on Pakistani entertainment dramas, sitcoms, talk shows, web series and culture.

The channel broadcasts on cable and satellite networks, linear television as well as streaming platforms including YouTube Channel and ARY ZAP.

History

ARY Digital, formerly known as The Pakistani Channel, was launched in the United Kingdom on 16th September 2000 to cater to the Pakistani community living in the region. It uses Samacom, an uplink provider based in the UAE, as the uplink teleport station. The channel started off with a format similar to PTV Prime and other South Asian channels where it provided slots for soap operas 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.

The network acquired a license to start broadcasting in Pakistan.

In 2002, the ARY Star Gold Quiz Show became the first live show to offer a prize of one kilogram of gold. For the period of its broadcast, participants won over 260 kilograms of gold.

Specialized programming

By 2003, ARY Digital had started up three sister ventures apart from the flagship channel ARY Digital, channels targeting generalized programming. They include ARY News, a news channel; ARY Musik, a youth-oriented music channel, and ARY Qtv, an Islamic network.

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by ARY Digital

Criticism

In 2003, ARY Digital was criticised upon its airing of a prisoner's derogatory comments against the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-3) and a video showing balded young girls behind bars begging for mercy. The contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the network were withdrawn after the judge accepted unconditional apologies.

References

"Teleport". Samacom.
"Case Study: Pakistan and its Media". PakAffairs.com.
"ARY Group Profile". ARY Digital Europe.
"KARACHI: Contempt proceedings withdrawn against ARY". [[Dawn (newspaper).

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