ARY Digital Network

ARY Digital Network

·        Introduction

ARY Digital Network (Urdu: ARY ڈیجیٹل شبکه‎) could be a subsidiary of the ARY cluster. The ARY cluster of corporations could be a Dubai-based company based by a Pakistani man of affairs, hadji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob

·        History

ARY Digital, formerly known as the Pakistani Channel, was launched in the United Kingdom in December 2000 to cater to the growing demands of South Asian entertainment in the region. Within a brief span of 3 years, the unique proposition and the content of the channel resulted in massive popularity and in order to enable greater expansion and broadcast into other countries. It uses Samacom, a monopolising uplink provider based in the UAE, as the uplink teleport station.[1]

·        Affiliate Programming

Recently ARY Digital has attached with many alternative tv networks to push their content in Asian country. Amongst these area unit Fashion TV that a regional channel FTV Pakistan has been airing since December 2005 on the ARY Digital network. Plans are under way for Al Jazeera Urdu in affiliation with Al Jazeera targeting 110 million Urdu-speaking households worldwide[2] and HBO Pakistan[3] in association with HBO's south-Asian division. With the network's facilitate, Nickelodeon is also planning to kick-start its operations in Nick Pakistan where it would be beamed into 2.5 million households with kids.[4] With so much international diversity beneath the network's belt, Salman Iqbal, the global CEO and president of ARY Digital network feels confident that the network is bringing international quality to Pakistan's growing market.[4]

·        Specialized Programming

By 2004, ARY Digital had complete up 3 sister ventures except the flagship channel ARY Digital, channels targeting generalized programming. They include: ARY News, a 24hr news channel; ARY Musik, a channel aimed at the younger generation featuring the latest from the Pakistani music scene & ARY Qtv, a religious service. With these four channels underneath its belt, the network viewership grew by folds over the coming years and ARY Digital would often then call itself the premium entertainment provider in the region.

·        Channel List

ARY Digital Network consists of the subsequent channels:

ARY Digital - Infotainment for Asia Region

ARY Sports - Official Online Sports Portal

ARY Digital United Kingdom - picture for United Kingdom Region - not out there

ARY Family - Infotainment for UK Region

New Vision TV - 24-hour independent news

ARY Digital Pine Tree State - docudrama for Near East Region

ARY Digital USA - Infotainment for USA Region

ARY Zindagi - Infotainment Channel

ARY Films - film distributing company

ARY Musik - 24-hour music

ARY News - 24-hour independent news

ARY Qtv - Quran TV, religious content

ARY Zauq - Food channel

Nickelodeon Pakistan

HBO Pakistan

ARY Tube - Official Video Portal of ARY Digital Network

Former Channel Names

ARY One World

The Musik

QTV

Upcoming Channels

ARY Sports

ARY Films

·        ARY Films

ARY Films is film distribution company running in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It's a part of ARY Digital Network. Thirty 5 films as well as eleven Urdu, half dozen Punjabi and seventeen Pashtu films were free by ARY Films in 2013. Among them Waar, Main Hoon Shahid Afridi, Josh, Chambaili, Zinda Bhaag, Siyaah and Lamha top the charts in industry.[5]

BOL channel

VH1 Pakistan

Fashion TV

ARY Shopping Channel

Availability

Continental programming

In 2004, ARY Digital divided its broadcasts in such the way, that every Continent had completely different|completely different} programming at different times, to higher facilitate the audience. The Channels were split as follows:

ARY Digital Asia

ARY Digital UAE

ARY Digital UK/Europe

ARY Digital USA

ARY Digital Asia

This version of the Channel is free-to-air, as channels within the Indian landmass area unit typically free-to-air . Unlike alternative versions of the Channel, ARY Digital Asia, options a wider type of Programmes and shows. Many of which can embody foreign programmes as well as Hollywood and Bollywood movies, Indian TV shows, for example Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi is one of the Indian TV shows currently being aired.

·        ARY Media Advisory Board

At the flip of events leading to the emergency in December 2007, Salman Iqbal, CEO of the network announced along with the ARY Digital network committee the establishment of a media planning board, the aim of which might be to assess the media coverage (be it news or alternative programmes) on the network. Saying that ARY Digital has been news disinterestedly for a short time however the recent events ushering the emergency rule and temporary closure of 1 of the largest news network Geo TV, ARY Digital required a better unbiased coverage. He complete that AN array of presidency leaders may weigh the coverage bestowed by the network on the premise of its rationality and coverage so the media depicted by the network was in verse with the method Pakistan is meant to be imaged. The board would have seats for twenty members, every specializing in totally different aspects of media would supply their views on however media ought to be pictured.[6]

See also

ATN ARY Digital (Canada)

ARY News

ARY Films

List of Pakistani television serials

List of Pakistani television stations

ARY Qtv

List of programs broadcast by ARY Digital