ATV (Pakistani TV channel)

Atv Pakistan

Country	Pakistan
Headquarters	Lahore
Ownership
Owner	Shalimar Television Network

The phenomenal growth of the channel can be best judged from the fact that the Channel which had its only transmitting station at Islamabad in 1990 now operates with 20 stations covering all major cities and commercial centres of Pakistan.

ATV stations

The ATV stations are located at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot (Daska), Multan, Bahawalpur, Larkana, Hyderabad ,Sukkur, Peshawar, Mangora, Qalat, Batkhail, Khuzdar, Thandiani, Sahiwal, Sibi, Quetta and Tando Allahyar covering over 50% of the population.

The success of ATV is primarily attributable to its extremely popular family entertainment programs. The program mix is Entertainment 40%, Information 37 % and Education 23%.

All the capital and running expenses of this company are met from its own resources. No government grant, budgetary allocation or subsidy was ever acquired.

Popular Shows and Plays

• Chand Girhan
• Dasht
• Kashkol
• Red Card
• Sitara Aur Mehrunnisa
• Nadan Nadia
• [Music Channel Chart]]
• Jaal

A-NEWS

The broadcasting setup of SRBC clicked on the very outset and played a major role in the prosperity and stability of the Company. In spite of being an entertainment channel, the ATV has always maintained its great record for breaking the most important news in country, earlier than any other channel.

One of the special features of A-News is The "A.District News". Local news from all across the Pakistan are collected and broadcast here, ATV is the only channel with such a widespread network of reporters in even the most small towns of Pakistan's each province. But some times this channel speak some lies as well.

ATV is poised to lead the news coverage of Pakistan from Front. The Recent Death of Benazir bhutto had lots of different changes of Newsreporters.

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