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GeoTv ( Geo Tv ) Channel Information:
Geo TV or GEO Television is an Urdu Pakistani television network that was established in May 2002 and officially began transmission in October 2002. Mir Khalil ur Rehman was the founder of the Jang Group of newspapers and his younger son Mir Shakil ur Rehman is the present owner. Imran Aslam who was the head of GEO is rumoured to have moved out to another upcoming channel.

Its programming includes interactive infotainment programs, children’s programs, top-of-the-hour news broadcasts daily, and current event programs. At present GEO TV has been rated as the third most watched channel in Pakistan by Gallup.

Technical
Its broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates and its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the monopoly uplink provider in the UAE.

Origin of the GEO name
GEO’s name may come from the fact that it utilizes a geosynchronous orbit satellite for its transmissions. However, in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, the word “Geo” also means “Live On”.

Popular programmes
The comedy of Geo TV is well known. One of the most popular program is the comedy show “Hum sub Umeed say hain”.

GEO News shows include Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath hosted by Kamran Khan, Capital Talk which is anchored by Hamid Mir, Jawab Deh hosted by Iftikhar Ahmed, Meray Mutabiq by leading intellectual Dr. Shahid Masood, and Safeer-e-Pakistan hosted by Waqar Ali Khan.

Many entertainment programs are also shown on Geo. Most prominent amongst these are half-hour soap opera shows which are called dramas in Pakistan. Geo has also shown independtly based programs suchas “George Ka Pakistan”

Geo took advantage of the large pool of journalists working in the print media field in Pakistan at the time of its formation. When branching out from mainstream print media to electronic media, Geo was able to select from an experienced group of correspondents all over the country.

Criticism
Critics of Geo believe that many of their correspondents seem to lack media ethics. Examples of this criticism came largely after the December 2005 earthquakes in Pakistan when the GEO news showed overly-dramatic footage of damage caused by the earthquake. Family members of the earthquake victims believed that such footage showed a lack of respect for those people who perished in the disaster. Again During the disaster of 12th of May 2007 in Karachi when more than 40 people died of firing by MQM gunmen during unrest, Geo showed footage of people bleeding to death on the streets. While these images later prooved a big political setback to the MQM government in Sindh.

Attack on Geo News Office
On Friday, March 16th 2007, armed policemen illegally entered into Geo TV Office in Islamabad, and assaulted Geo TV’s bureau chief Hamid Mir. Police demanded that the transmission of demonstrators in the capital of Islamabad be halted. The demonstrations were regarding the second hearing on the case of the chief justice of Pakistan, justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Geo Super
In late September 2006, after the success of Geo TV, Geo launched the first ever 24 hour sports channel of Pakistan: Geo Super. It is not yet available overseas but has received high ratings from viewers in Pakistan. Geo Super shows a wide variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football and field hockey. Geo Super is also licensed to broadcast Twenty20 cricket matches.

Awards
A documentary by GEO covering water scarcity in the Indus river delta won “The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III” at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.
GEO was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival.
On April 20, 2004 at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, chief executive of Geo TV, received an International Broadcast Excellence Award for the impact the channel has had on Pakistan.

Corporate logos and slogans
The following is the mission statement by GEO TV:
“GEO will be the voice of freedom from the Asian subcontinent. It will highlight the issues of concern and the cultural richness of its people through information, discussion and entertainment. GEO will propagate transparency of responsibility that will ensure its position as the most credible and meaningful source of information, through quality programming based on issues.”

Geo TV Network
Geo is growing in popularity very rapidly among news viewers in Pakistan and abroad. As a result from 2003 its number of channels has increased from one to four. They are as follows:
Geo TV
Geo News
Geo Super
AAG TV

GEO TV Governmental Ban
On June 3, 2007, the Pakistani government halted the transmission of GEO News. Following the controversial suspension of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by General Pervez Musharraf, GEO News began drawing international attention to the fervent demonstrations against Musharraf. It is believed the reason behind the halt on GEO News transmission was a result of the discomfort felt by the government in regard to this news coverage. The suspension of GEO News broadcasts was followed by a new ordinance by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) that increased government control over private media.

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