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PTV Sports
Pakistani state-owned sports TV channel
Pakistani state-owned sports TV channel
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Sports |
| name | PTV Sports HD |
| logo | PTV Sports.png |
| logo_size | 200px |
| launch_date | |
| country | Pakistan |
| picture_format | 1080p, MPEG-4, 16:9, HDTV) |
| headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| area | Pakistan |
| Central Asia | |
| China | |
| Hong Kong | |
| Laos | |
| Macau | |
| Mongolia | |
| Myanmar | |
| South Asia | |
| Western Asia | |
| Middle East | |
| North America | |
| Africa | |
| owner | Government of Pakistan |
| network | Pakistan Television Corporation |
| language | |
| sister_channels |
Central Asia China Hong Kong Laos Macau Mongolia Myanmar South Asia Western Asia Middle East North America Africa
PTV Sports HD is a 24-hour state-owned sports channel operated by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).
PTV Sports was founded as a sports division of the PTV in the 1970s. It was licensed as a stand-alone sports channel in January 2012. It broadcasts cricket, football, hockey, snooker, and tennis events in Pakistan.
History
Since becoming a PTV division in the 1970s, PTV Sports has faced multiple disputes over broadcast rights.
In 2003, a dispute occurred when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) awarded the broadcasting rights for a Pakistan-New Zealand series to Geo TV via a competitive bidding process. PTV Sports challenged the process's fairness, leading to intervention by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) which resulted in Geo TV being denied uplink permissions, and the first One Day International (ODI) in Lahore was not televised. This was the first incident since 2007 that an international cricket match of Pakistan national cricket team was not broadcast in Pakistan. The conflict was resolved when the President of Pakistan, also serving as PCB's patron-in-chief, facilitated a joint broadcast agreement for the subsequent matches.
PTV Sports has also faced challenges securing broadcast rights for cricket events due to financial constraints or limited commercial interest. Notably, PTV Sports did not broadcast the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2009 Pakistan-Australia Test series, and the 2013 cricket series against Sri Lanka and South Africa, all hosted in the United Arab Emirates. The Senate Committee on Information and Broadcasting criticized these omissions. To address public access issues, the PCB now requires successful broadcasting rights bidders to share the feed with PTV at a set price.
On January 11, 2012, PTV Sports was licensed as a stand-alone satellite-based 24-hour sports channel.
Broadcast rights
Asian Cricket Council tournaments (2025-2027)
PTV Sports acquired domestic television rights for all ACC events from 2025 to 2027, including the Men’s Asia Cup (2025, 2027), Women’s Asia Cup (2026), and the U19 & Emerging Asia Cup.
ICC events 2024-2025
PTV, in partnership with Tower Sports, holds non-exclusive broadcast rights in Pakistan for multiple ICC global events, including the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025, Champions Trophy 2025, 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final, and the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
ICC events 2025-2027
PTV Sports has secured the broadcasting rights for all upcoming ICC events in Pakistan until the end of the 2027 cycle. The tournaments include Men's T20 World Cup 2026, ICC World Test Championship Final 2027, Men's Cricket World Cup 2027, Women's T20 World Cup 2026, & T20 Champions Trophy 2027.
Pakistan Super League (PSL X, 2025)
PTV Sports shares media rights for the 2025 Pakistan Super League (season X), broadcasting matches in Urdu and English feeds alongside A Sports.
References
References
- Yaqoob, Mohammad. (8 May 2015). "24/7 cricket on PTV: federations call for launch of new sports channel".
- (28 September 2015). "Why is Dr Nauman Niaz being allowed to run PTV Sports like his personal plaything?".
- (2015-09-30). "PTV Sports: The reality as it is".
- (26 January 2022). "PTV Sports digitization project in final stages: Fawad". Daily Times.
- (12 August 2005). "PTV sports".
- (2023-12-26). "Here's why PTV isn't showing the Boxing Day test".
- (2022-07-02). "Pakistan Junior League gets PTV Sports' boost".
- "PSL signs broadcast deal with A Sports and PTV sports for USD 24 million".
- "Pak vs Aus: PTV Sports 'discontinues' airing Australia Test series".
- Dawn.com. (2020-09-16). "PCB signs 3-year broadcast deal with PTV Sports".
- Wilson, Joseph. (1 September 2020). "Live broadcasting of cricket in India & Pakistan: right to information, commercialization & competition issues". Indian Law Review.
- Junaidi, Ikram. (5 October 2013). "Senate Committee criticises PTV's decision to abstain from bidding".
- (9 September 2025). "PTV secures domestic broadcasting rights to all ACC events from 2025-2027". Dawn.
- (27 January 2024). "ICC awards cricket rights in Pakistan up until the end of 2025". [[International Cricket Council]].
- (27 November 2025). "PTV Sports to broadcast T20 World Cup 2026".
- (12 February 2025). "Broadcast details announced for HBL PSL X". Pakistan Super League.
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