ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday held a public hearing for the award of satellite TV licences to Classic Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd (Prime TV Pakistan). Section 24 (02) of Pemra Ordinance 2002, ordains the Authority to hold public hearing at all provincial and federal capitals before granting, or refusing, any broadcast […]
LAHORE: Asset Plus a communitychannel will start its formal transmission in the provincial capital soon. According to a spokesman of the TV channel, test transmission of Asset Plus have already begun, “ It’s just a matter of few days that the channel will formallystart telecasting programmes of various types ranging from entertainment to real esate […]
KARACHI: Chairman, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Iftikhar Rashid has said that all 167 illegal FM channels operating mostly in parts of Balochistan and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) had been closed. He encouraged investors who intend to launch new channels to do so with full confidence.Speaking as chairman of the fourth session of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party has raised strong objections to a proposed bill to set up Press and Publication Regulatory Authority (PAPRA). In a statement on Monday, PPP Information Secretary Sherry Rehman said the party has denounced the regime’s recent move to set up the “Press and Publication Regulatory Authority (PAPRA) to control the media. […]
LAHORE – The Federal Government has drafted a bill to set up “Press and Publication Regulatory Authority”, ostensibly with a view to streamlining and regulating the media industry, but without any consultation with the stakeholders, thus giving rise to fears among press circles that the proposed legislation would prove to be another control mechanism to […]
KARACHI: While the production of electronic consumers’ durables showed a robust growth during the last four years — TV makers portray a grim business scenario for the current fiscal.This is due to the continuous erosion of their market share by the influx of cheap TV sets into the local market that has led to closure […]
KARACHI: A two-day international conference is scheduled to be held on December 21 and 22 at the Karachi Arts Council to mark the centenary of the first-ever programme broadcast to a mass audience in the United States.Though the patent for the invention of “wireless telegraphy” (later to be known as “radio”) was granted to Marconi […]
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) opinion survey revealed that Pakistani channels were as popular as the foreign channels with English programmes having a marked edge over the Urdu programmes. The survey was outsourced to mass communication departments of eight universities across Pakistan that included University of Karachi, Karachi; Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, […]
ISLAMABAD The role of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) came under sharp criticism at a discussion with speakers terming the authority a mere rubber stamp being blatantly used by the government for political motives.Speaking at a consultative discussion on “Ban on Sindh TV’s transmission and the myth of media freedom”, they said the government […]
KARACHI: Pakistan broadcasters Association on Thursday condemned the closure of transmission of Sindh TV and said that it was the extreme action without assigning any reason behind it. According to a press release issued here, the PVA expressed this in its Board of directors meeting which discussed the abrupt and arbitrary closure of transmissions of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Wednesday decided to have at least one FM radio station for one million population in place of present policy of one FM radio for two million inhabitants in the country. The Authority in its meeting also examined the current status of electronic media and resolved to avoid monopoly […]
KOT GHULAM MUHAMMAD: A number of journalists, social and political activists and citizens Tuesday took out a protest rally outside local Press Club against the ban on Sindh TV.Javed Kalro Rajib Kumbhar and Abdul Razzaq Khaskheli led the rally.Carrying banners and placards, the participants raised slogans against authorities and termed ban on TV channel in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is likely to hear two identical petitions against vulgarity in the Pakistan Television (PTV) programmes, today (Monday).The attorney general has been issued a notice, seeking his legal opinion about the criteria followed by the PTV management to okay programmes, particularly dramas, which are viewed by millions of people. The petition was […]
KARACHI: After successfully running an English weekly for eight decades, the Archdiocese of Karachi, which consists of a large population of Christians, is set to unveil an Urdu weekly, by the name of “Agahi”, the debut issue of which is planned for the Feast Day of Christ the King on November 26, 2006. The weekly […]
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