PTV Sports HD is a 24-hour state-owned sports channel operated by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).[1][2][3]
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| Type | Sports |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Broadcast area | Pakistan Central Asia China Hong Kong Laos Macau Mongolia Myanmar South Asia Western Asia Middle East North America Africa |
| Network | Pakistan Television Corporation |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
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| Picture format | 1080p, MPEG-4, 16:9, HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of Pakistan |
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PTV Sports was founded as a sports division of the PTV in the 1970s. It was licensed as a stand-alone sports channel in January 2012.[4] It broadcasts cricket, football, hockey, snooker, and tennis events in Pakistan.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
History
editSince becoming a PTV division in the 1970s, PTV Sports has faced multiple disputes over broadcast rights.[11]
In 2003, a dispute occurred when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) awarded the broadcasting rights for a Pakistan-New Zealand series to Geo TV via a competitive bidding process.[11] PTV Sports challenged the process's fairness, leading to intervention by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) which resulted in Geo TV being denied uplink permissions, and the first One Day International (ODI) in Lahore was not televised.[11] This was the first incident since 2007 that a international cricket match of Pakistan national cricket team was not broadcast in Pakistan.[11] The conflict was resolved when the President of Pakistan, also serving as PCB's patron-in-chief, facilitated a joint broadcast agreement for the subsequent matches.[11]
PTV Sports has also faced challenges securing broadcast rights for cricket events due to financial constraints or limited commercial interest.[11] Notably, PTV Sports did not broadcast the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2009 Pakistan-Australia Test series, and the 2013 cricket series against Sri Lanka and South Africa, all hosted in the United Arab Emirates.[11] The Senate Committee on Information and Broadcasting criticized these omissions.[11][12] To address public access issues, the PCB now requires successful broadcasting rights bidders to share the feed with PTV at a set price.[11]
On January 11, 2012, PTV Sports was licensed as a stand-alone satellite-based 24-hour sports channel.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yaqoob, Mohammad (8 May 2015). "24/7 cricket on PTV: federations call for launch of new sports channel". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Why is Dr Nauman Niaz being allowed to run PTV Sports like his personal plaything?". The Nation. 28 September 2015.
- ^ "PTV Sports: The reality as it is". The Nation. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "PTV Sports digitization project in final stages: Fawad". Daily Times. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "PTV sports". DAWN.COM. 12 August 2005.
- ^ "Here's why PTV isn't showing the Boxing Day test". Aaj English TV. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Junior League gets PTV Sports' boost". Brecorder. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "PSL signs broadcast deal with A Sports and PTV sports for USD 24 million". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Pak vs Aus: PTV Sports 'discontinues' airing Australia Test series". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ Dawn.com (16 September 2020). "PCB signs 3-year broadcast deal with PTV Sports". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wilson, Joseph (1 September 2020). "Live broadcasting of cricket in India & Pakistan: right to information, commercialization & competition issues". Indian Law Review. 4 (3): 316–342. doi:10.1080/24730580.2020.1776037 – via CrossRef.
- ^ Junaidi, Ikram (5 October 2013). "Senate Committee criticises PTV's decision to abstain from bidding". DAWN.COM.