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{{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
{{Refimprove|date=May 2008}}
|name = Wilson
{{Other uses|ARY (disambiguation)}}
|city = [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
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| name = ARY Digital
|state = wa
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| logofile = [[Image:ARY Digital.PNG]]
|caption =
| logoalt = ARY Digital
|country = [[Pakistan]]
|lga = City of Canning
|area =
|network_type = [[Cable television|Cable]] [[television network|television network]]
|postcode = 6107
|slogan =
|pop = 5188 (2006 census)<ref name=abs>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC52556|name=Wilson (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref>
|available = [[Worldwide]]
|owner = [[ARY Group]]
|est =
|fedgov = [[Division of Swan|Swan]]
| launch = [[2000 in television|2000]]<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1">{{cite web
|stategov = [[Electoral district of Cannington|Cannington]]
|url=http://www.arydigitaleurope.tv/ary_group_profile.pdf
|near-nw = [[Bentley, Western Australia|Bentley]]
|title=ARY Group Profile
|near-n = [[Bentley, Western Australia|Bentley]]
|publisher=ARY Digital Europe
|near-ne = [[Cannington, Western Australia|Cannington]]
|accessdate=2008-05-11}}</ref>
|founder = [[Abdul Razzak Yaqoob]]
|near-w = [[Waterford, Western Australia|Waterford]]
|near-e = [[Cannington, Western Australia|Cannington]]
|former_names = The Pakistani Channel
|near-sw = [[Riverton, Western Australia|Riverton]]
|market_share = 20&nbsp;million&nbsp;households<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Pakistan
|near-s = [[Ferndale, Western Australia|Ferndale]]
|key_people = Salman Iqbal (CEO)<br>Javed Hassan Ansari (COO)
|near-se = [[Ferndale, Western Australia|Ferndale]]
|servicename1 = [[Dish Network|Dish&nbsp;Network]]&nbsp;(USA)
}}{{coord|-32.026|115.911|type:city(5188)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title}}
|service1 = 621
|servicename2 = [[Virgin Media]]&nbsp;(UK)
|service2 = 818|
|servicename3 = [[Rogers Cable|Rogers&nbsp;Cable]]&nbsp;(Canada)
|service3 = 627|
|servicename4 = [[Telus|Telus TV]]&nbsp;(Canada)
|service4 = 525
|affiliates = <div style="line-height:18px;">FTV Pakistan<br>Nick Pakistan<br>[[HBO Asia#South Asia|HBO Pakistan]]<br>[[Al Jazeera Urdu]]<br>Desh TV<br>National&nbsp;Geographic&nbsp;Channel<br>[[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony&nbsp;Entertainment&nbsp;Television]]</div>
|website = [http://www.arydigital.tv/ www.arydigital.tv]
}}


'''Wilson''' is a suburb of [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Western Australia]], located within the [[City of Canning]] on the north bank of the [[Canning River (Western Australia)|Canning River]].
'''ARY Television Network''', a subsidiary of the [[ARY Group]], is a popular Pakistani [[television]] network available in [[Pakistan]], the [[Middle East]], [[North America]], [[Europe]] and [[Australia]]. The ARY Group of companies is a [[Dubai]]-based holding company founded by a [[Pakistan]]i businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network caters to the needs of [[South Asia]]ns, particularly the Pakistani diaspora. The channel is considered a pioneer in Pakistani media and broadcasting and has an expanding network of channels, each with an independent focus.
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== History ==
ARY, formerly 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 short span of three 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, the operations were moved to [[Dubai Media City]].<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/> The uplink teleport station it uses is Samacom,<ref name="CITEREFSamacom1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.samacom.com/teleport.htm
|title=Teleport
|publisher=Samacom
|accessdate=2008-05-11}}</ref>
a monopolising uplink provider based in the UAE.


{{City of Canning suburbs}}
This one-screen TV business grew into a network of channels beaming into over 130 countries.But not yet launched its transmissions in [[Australian]] continent. The network, at present, undoubtedly stands as one of the fastest growing Asian television networks in the world at the current moment.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>
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[[Category:Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia]]
The network was successful in acquiring a license for [[Direct to Home|DTH]] operations in Pakistan, considered a milestone for media in the ever-growing broadcast television market of Pakistan. Since then the network started to commit itself to the continuous development of Pakistan’s media market. The network now boasts a potential market size of more than 20 million households.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>

The [[ARY Group]], owners of the network, announced the launch of the [[ARY Digital Tower]], one of the tallest media buildings in the [[UAE]]. The project is to stand a mammoth 44- to 45-storey broadcasting tower<ref name="CITEREFARYDigitalTower1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=arydigitaltower-dubai-unitedarabemirates
|title=ARY Digital Tower
|publisher=Emporis
|accessdate=2008-05-11}}</ref>
that will house the studios and corporate-head office of all the network’s operations.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/> Construction of the tower, overseen by esteemed Adnan Z. Saffarini<ref name="CITEREFARYDigitalTower1"/> of Dimensions Engineering Consultants, is expected to end by 2008.

ARY pioneered and set standards in television programming in Pakistan and all over the world. In 2002, The [[ARY Star Gold Quiz Show]] set new standards in the game-show broadcast history being the first live show ever offering a hefty prize of one kilogram of gold. For the period of its transmission, participants won over 260 kilograms of gold. Undoubtedly the highest stakes of any game-show in the history of South Asian Television.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/> Partly due to the ban on Indian channels around the time, helped the channel grow popular by the day.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} The network in [[2005]] obtained the rights to show [[Live 8]] on its sister music channel, [[The Musik]]. The channel also held rights to the [[Who Wants to be a Millionaire]] franchise for Pakistan.

On [[October 18]], [[2007]] most of the ARY news team, covering former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]]'s arrival from exile, were killed by one of two explosions. Pictures of the victims were shown live on the news hour and prayers were observed. Bhutto was later escorted safely to an official government house.

==ARY Television Network==
The channels owned or affiliated with ARY Television Network include:

* [[ARY Digital]] - Infotainment and Sports
* [[ARY One World]] - 24 hour independent news
* [[The Musik]] - 24 hour music
* [[QTV (ARY)|Q tv]] - Quran TV, religious content
* [[ARY Shopping channel]] - 24 hour shopping channel
* [[ARY Zaoq]] - 24/7 cooking channel
* [[Al Jazeera Urdu]]
* [[The City Channel]]
* [[Nickelodeon Pakistan]]
* [[Fashion TV]] Pakistan
* [[HBO Pakistan]]
* [[Vh1 Pakistan]]

== News Head of Ary Oneworld - Nasir Baig Chughtai==

He Join Ary Network As “Head Of Ary”. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob(ARY).
<br />
''''''Nasir Baig Chughtai'''''' ('''ناصر بیگ چغتائی''') is the Head of [[Urdu]]-language [[Pakistan]]i [[television]] [[ARY One World]]. He served [[Geo TV]] as Director News.

==Education==

Nasir Baig Chughtai was born in [[Karachi]] and did his Masters from [[University of Karachi]]. He joined journalism as an intern in 1972.

==Career==
Nasir Baig Chughtai joined Jang group of publications in 1980s and worked there as a joint news editor, news editor, chief news editor and deputy editor of the daily Jang.
<br /><br />He was the founder Editor News of Urdu News that publishes from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

== Geo Tv ==
<br />[[Image:Nasir Baig Chughtai.jpg|thumb|right|]]
Work As Director News In Geo TV belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers. The channel started its test transmission on August 14, 2002, whereas regular transmission began from October 1, 2002.
<br /><br />In Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, the word geo translates to live on in English. Geo's name may come from the fact that it utilizes a geosynchronous orbit satellite for its transmissions.

==Writer and Translator==

Nasir Baig Chughtai has translated works of English and French classical writers. These were published in the largest circulated weekly Akhbar-e-Jahan. His thousands of articles, columns and original stories have been published in so many newspapers, including Musawaat, Amn and Jang.

==Novel==

Nasir Baig Chughtai is also a Novelist. His novel Sulagtay Chinaar was about freedom struggle in Jammu and Kashmir. This is first of its kind novel on the issue and characters have been taken from real life.

==Foreign Affairs==

Foreign Affairs was an Urdu based weekly discussion programme aiming to elaborate on current international issues, particularly those affecting Pakistan directly or indirectly. Programme comprised of packages, discussions with eminent personalities, interviews with related individuals.[[Image:Nasir Baig Chughtai2.jpg|thumb|right|]]
<br />Nasir Baig Chughtai has done some 200 programs of Foreign Affairs. He has discussed all important issues including Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, WTO, UN restructure, problems of South Asia and Muslim Umma.
He hosted the first ever programme in Pakistan to debate why Pakistan should not accept Israel now.
<br />Nasir Baig Chughtai is among few foreigner journalists, who have visited Srinagar and Jammu. He recorded his programmes in Srinagar University and at the Lal Chowk of Srinagar. Lal Chowk is considered as a center point of clashes between Indian army and Kashmiri freedom fighters.

== Comments On International Issues ==
'''On Election in India:'''
<br />Nasir Baig Chughtai told that
if Sonia Gandhi becomes the prime minister, India would move four steps forward for nurturing and strengthening the friendship with Pakistan.
<br />He said that the outcome of Indian elections unfolding change in leadership would not initiate any alteration in Indian policy relating to Pakistan instead the talks for the promotion of friendship would further move forward and added,
“If Congress forms the government, we will take this friendship further four<br />steps forward.”
<br />Nasir Baig Chugttai state that NDA and BJP’s meeting was held in which they decides to focused more on Tamil Nadu seats. Tamil Nadu has 39 seats and BJP wants to capture maximum number of seats.

<br />'''On Geo Ban:'''
<br />Nasir Baig Chaughtai, Geo’s director of news, as saying.
But the “attacks have also brought channels as well as journalists closer to each other and a strong unity has emerged,” <br />he said.
“Intense attacks from the government as well as from various pressure groups,<br />political parties and vested interests have increased”
since the CJP’s suspension, said Shamimur Rehman of the Karachi Union of Journalists.[[Image:Nasir Baig Chughtai1.jpg|thumb|right|]]<br />He said journalists had also been beaten up at rallies in Lahore and Islamabad as the threat<br />to Musharraf’s rule has grown.
<br />Hameed Haroon, publisher of the Dawn newspaper, wrote an open letter asking the government of Pakistan to desist from “abducting and arresting journalists” and “physically attacking newspaper offices”. Musharraf had previously been credited with relaxing press restrictions, accepting media criticism, and awarding licences to a booming number of private satellite channels.
<br />“We were dead either way,” said Nasir Baig Chughtai, a senior and popular figure<br />among the journalists in Pakistan also known as NBC
==Visits==
Nasir Baig Chughtai has visited many countries of South Asia, Middle East, Far East and also USA. He has covered Islamic summits in Putrajaya, Malaysia and Makkah, Saudi Arabia, SAARC summit in Islamabad, and also UN General Assembly session during his remarkable professional career.

=Programming==
:''{{main|List of programmes aired on ARY Digital}}''
ARY Digital started off with a format more closely resembling that of [[Pakistan Television|PTV Prime]] and other Indian channels where it provided slots for soaps in general while presenting an hourly slot for news headlines. Although, flaming political talk shows and dramas were the main priority when it came to programming, the network soon was hailed for its news coverage.<ref name="CITEREFPakAffairs1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.pakaffairs.com/?p=5
|title=Case Study: Pakistan and its Media
|publisher=PakAffairs.com
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>
Qatar-based [[Al Jazeera]] was enjoying its fifteen minutes of fame that rooted its name prominently in the events folding after the 9/11 attacks but when the [[war on terror]] came to neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan had no decent coverage and the likes of [[Pakistan Television|PTV]] hired people without prior knowledge of journalism to be [[investigative journalism|investigative journalists]]. There was a limit as to how much PTV could show on their network. Soon enough, when ARY Digital started broadcasting news covering the Afghan war, ARY Digital was hailed for their efforts.<ref name="CITEREFDawn1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.dawn.com/2001/10/13/fea.htm
|title=Needed: a domestic channel: TV Review
|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN Newspaper]]
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>

As most of the network's programming is acquired through private production houses from within Pakistan and some based in UAE, where people aren't that much in verse with the latest trends in distribution and quality, the network began to be criticised. This led the network to segment its programming into specialised channels whereby, for instance, having a dedicated channel for news coverage where they excelled leaving behind areas that needed dire attention on the flagship channel.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}

At the time of writing, the network has four different coverage areas around the world: ARY Digital Asia, ARY Digital Middle East, ARY Digital UK/Europe and ARY Digital USA beamed at from the UAE. It has acquired and set up 1,200 premium-rate lines for its call centres to facilitate users.<ref name="CITEREFPakAffairs1"/><ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>

Although, its operations involve the mission for the betterment of the image of Pakistanis both resident and living abroad, the network has tagged along regional events programming from neighbour India to boost its ratings. In January [[2005]], the annual Bollywood Music Awards held in Dubai were premiered on the networks flagship channel ARY Digital where celebrities from both the countries managed to gather under one roof.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/> The awards sparked a new interest in the India-Pakistan affairs regarding media policies and ushered a new era of friendly cross-industry work.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}

To further hook users to the box, the network acquired exclusive rights to showcase all [[International Cricket Council]] cricket tournaments in the European markets. Another deal with the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB) led the network into rightful broadcast of all PCB matches from the year 2003 to 2008.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>

===Specialised programming===
By [[2004]], ARY Digital had started up three sister ventures apart from the flagship channel ARY Digital, channels targeting generalised programming. Of them, [[ARY One World]] for round-the-clock news coverage made it stand shoulder-to-shoulder with competition from, e.g., [[Geo TV]]. A channel aimed at the younger generation, [[The Musik]] vowed to bring the latest in the music industry to the masses in Pakistan and all over the world. [[QTV (ARY)|Qtv]] targeted at religious programming. With these four channels under 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.

Recently, the network announced two more channels, namely the Shopping Channel, a 24 hour home shopping channel and The City Channel focusing on concerns of everyday life in the metropolitan districts that fall under its coverage area.

===Affiliate programming===
Recently ARY Digital has affiliated with several other television networks to promote their content in Pakistan. Amongst these are [[Fashion TV]] for which a regional channel [[Fashion TV#Pakistan|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<ref name="CITEREFAMEInfo1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/76550.html
|title=Aljazeera and ARY Digital Network to launch Aljazeera Urdu
|publisher=AME Info Middle East
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>
and [[HBO_Asia#Pakistan|HBO Pakistan]]<ref name="CITEREFMOFAPak1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pages/Basic_Facts.htm
|title=Basic Facts
|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>
in association with [[HBO]]'s south-Asian division. With the network's help, [[Nickelodeon (TV Channel)|Nickelodeon]] is also planning to kick-start its operations in Nick Pakistan where it would be beamed into 2.5 million households with kids.<ref name="CITEREFAnimMag1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=6170
|title=Nick, MTV Travel to Pakistan
|publisher=Animation Magazine
|accessdate=}}</ref>

With so much international diversity under 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.<ref name="CITEREFAnimMag1"/>

==Criticism==
For a brief moment in [[2003]], ARY Digital received criticism upon its airing of a prisoners derogatory comments against the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-3) and a video showing balded young girls [[jail|behind bars]] begging for mercy. The contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the network were withdrawn after the judge accepted the unconditional apologies of all the contemners.<ref name="CITEREFARYDawn1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.dawn.com/2003/09/12/local18.htm
|title=KARACHI: Contempt proceedings withdrawn against ARY
|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN Newspaper]]
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>

The actual channel has a catalogue of problems, which go unnoticed by native viewers. These range form black-outs, inappropriate volume control of advertising and programs and a perennial black band at the bottom of the screen which displays unrelated information. Also unnecessary music is played throughout many programs which makes viewing difficult. Furthermore, there are many casting biases with lighter-skinned actors being favoured over duskier coloured, even though the darker skinned may be better actors.

==ARY Media Advisory Board==
At the turn 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 advisory board, the purpose of which would be to assess the media coverage (be it news or other programmes) on the network. Saying that ARY Digital has been reporting without bias for a while but the recent events ushering the emergency rule and temporary closure of one of the biggest news network Geo TV, ARY Digital required a better unbiased coverage. He concluded that an array of government leaders could weigh the coverage presented by the network on the basis of its rationality and coverage so that the media portrayed by the network was in verse with the way Pakistan is supposed to be imaged. The board would have seats for 20 members, each focusing on different aspects of media would provide their views on how media should be portrayed.<ref name="CITEREFYoutubeMAB1">{{cite web
|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAV5KlZbhbw
|title=ARY Digital Network announces Media Advisory Board
|publisher=[[YouTube]]
|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>

==Citations==
{{reflist|2}}

== See also ==
*[[ARY Television Network]]
*[[List of Pakistani television stations]]
*[[2007 Karachi bombing]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.arydigital.tv/ Official Site]
*[http://www.arydigitaltv.com/ Online TV]
*[http://www.arydigital.tv/corporate.php Corporate Profile]
*[http://www.dubaimediacity.com/ Dubai Media City]
*[http://www.asiantelevision.com/atnary.htm ARY Digital (Canada)]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_Baig_Chughtai Head Of ARY]
{{ARY}}
[[Category:ARY Digital]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2004]]
[[Category:Media companies of the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Pakistani television networks]]

Revision as of 01:08, 11 October 2008

Wilson
Perth, Western Australia
Population5188 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6107
LGA(s)City of Canning
State electorate(s)Cannington
Federal division(s)Swan
Suburbs around Wilson:
Bentley Bentley Cannington
Waterford Wilson Cannington
Riverton Ferndale Ferndale

32°01′34″S 115°54′40″E / 32.026°S 115.911°E / -32.026; 115.911

Wilson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Canning on the north bank of the Canning River.

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wilson (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
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