February 05 2009
How many NEWS Channel we need?
As you all know I’m from Pakistan so I would like to have a little discussion about the Pakistani TV Channels. After the millennium (year 2000) the government started allowing private companies to open TV channels on a very nominal licensing fee. Before year 2000 there were only 3 TV Channels working in Pakistan namely, PTV, NTM (aka STN) and PTV 2. There was no concept of Cable TV system and the TV Channels were broadcast over the wireless wavelength signals which were caught by the TV Aerials (Antennas). As soon as the Nawaz Sharif government got over in 1999 the new CEO of Pakistan, Gerenal Pervaiz Musharraf started giving licenses to private companies to open new TV Channel.
The cable system was introduced and the avalanche of TV channels started. I can bet even in USA which is the first world country people don’t get that many channels which we Pakistanis get. There are over 80 Channels now on regular given by every TV Cable Operator (excluding Indian TV Channels). Some TV Cable Operators also give Indian and other nasty TV channels so on average there are 90+ TV channels in each home of Pakistan. And the most amazing thing which I am going to tell you now is, there are 115 Pakistani TV Channels on air. Some of the TV Channels are local area based channels like City42 which is only broadcasted in the city of Lahore. Out of these 115 TV Channels 25 channels are NEWS Channel.
Come on people! Pakistan’s population is around 170million estimated in year 2008. Out of these 170million about 120million are TV viewers. I just have one mysterious question to ask from the government. What are you showing to these 120million people of Pakistan? Believe me! in 90% of the home across Pakistan people don’t watch entertainment channels anymore. A daily on average 12hours to 14hours viewership is of the NEWS channels. The people of Pakistan were already depressed since last 60 years and now we found a real good mass communication platform to haunt the terror among the countrymen.
Geo News, City 42, Apna News, Business Plus, Channel 5, PTV, Express News, Express 24/7, Din News, Royal News, Dawn News, KTN News, Duniya News, CNBC Pakistan, Khyber News, Samaa TV, Singh TV News, iTV News, Waqat News are the ones I could remember and list right now. A friend of mine studying Mass Communication told me that there are 52 pending channels which are in the process and the license has been granted to them. Out of those upcoming 52 TV Channels 27 are NEW Channels. I can just say “HOLY SHIT”. Don’t we have anything else to do? Can’t you people put up some other kind of TV Channels? Who the hell you want to show all these news? A 120million TV viewers with 75 Damn NEW TV Channels. Does this make any sense? Pakistan’s younger generation is getting polluted mentally with a hatred for their own country just because of these News channels. 24/7 all the news channel are putting Talk Shows criticizing on everything they get their hands on including politics, daily life, men, women, children, education system, blah blah blah. Stop Talking – You are not motivating the public instead you are demotivating them.
you are right we don’t need much news channels most of channels get funding by other countries agencies and they just carry out there propaganda and make us think as they want there should be max of 5 channels not more then that and about Indian channels they are just promoting their culture in Pakistani women and specially child.
I think we don’t need NEWs channel now. New generation is not the type of this to sit in front of TV and watch these idiot NEWS. I dont watch NEWS because there is nothing new else some bad news.
ummm. Agreed @Farrukh, @D3ViL. Buddy! Why are you upset about having too many channels? Its a fact though there must be check at news. Personally I think that PTV and its sub-channels must be sufficient. No more than national channels must be allowed. Private companies just try to sell stuff. And they do it by not always good means. They provoke people and show them what they should not have seen.
Yes, you are right. By having too much news channels, one can get depressed by watching so many terrorist activities held in our country. And more of it, some news channels MAKE A HILL OF MOLE. So, as we are Pakistanis govt. should discourage these TV channels or give licensed to those channels which promote patriotism like INDIAN Channels.. Even i am surprised to see that when MUMBAI CRISIS occured, our TRUE Pakistani channel, which they claimed to be Pakistani, were showing Indian AWARDS show by saying that they are promote the culture. Just think and research about that our and their culture are same. In their religion Dance and Music are permitted but ISLAM forbide us from that things.
And another good thing which surprised me that in INDIA,our TV channels are banned (even ENTERTAINMENT CHANNELS), and here we feel proud to show their AWRDS SHOWS on our TV..
So stop confused and haunt the terror among the countrymen and show them their culture and tell us about the RIGHT way which is ISLAM..
Absolutly right we dont need more news chanels.
I would like to only comment about the approach of the comments made earlier where other people are suggesting that we need more channels or not; If there is a person in your street selling a very bad flavoured gool gappas; would you buy it? Even he/she remains on your street corner for 100 years. I think safe answer would be no. We should keep the dramatic situation of pakistan and international propeganda in view as well. Another thing is that every entity has its pros and cons. It all depends on society how they use it. Societies learn gradually that how they want to use it. But i am strongly against the argument that we should control the channels and their types.
And another thing I would like to mention is that presence of this article is a proof that societies mature themself gradually and these debates keep coming and keep contributing to the maturity of communities and nations. I would like to thank the auther for propagating this debate.
I guess people are getting emotional with this article too. I just wrote it so that I could just raise my point of view that we don’t want to listen to the NEWS 24/7. We want some entertainment too. I guess now a days our NEWS is our Entertainment
yar hOny chaye.. coz koi us ka himaiti hy to baki kisi or k… humai sab k bary mai janna hy… or ye kam sirf newx channelx ka hi hy… keep it up nt GOd blexX yO dear!
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IF NEWS CHANNEL NOT BIASED , NOT SUPPORTED ANY ORGANISATION I MEANT TERRORIST ORGANISATION THEN A CAN WACH NEWS CHANNEL ….BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THIS?
Talat is my BEST and Fav Anchor he is great better than GEO or Ary anchors,I give the credit to AAJ tv for having this talented MAN.
115 Channels show our determination and propgress Thousands of people are now engaed doing jobs now with those Channels , These ****** people who speak against Tv channels they dont know the power of the Media sand they deserve the Presedient ZARDARI like people. Today we are suffering problems by having these uneducated *****. We want More channels we want more freedom we want more freedom and coverage and we want progress and eradicate these miserable rugheads who speak againt media.These are those who watch indian movies and speak againt pakistan and then work against pekistan
Islam is a Open Relogion By the Islamic point of view we should have our own Media to fight our enemy instead on watching their filth we should have our own education and news ,Our own cultural stuff,We should have More TV Channels we should have Daring Anchors like Talat Hussain,Hamid mir,Kashif Abbasi,Shahid Masood and Express Tv acnhors,
We should have Our own English Tv channels becuasue we dont have representation in Europe and America like Aljazera and BBC or CNN we should have Powerfull TV channel now we have Only one english channel i think that is Express 24/7 its Very nice and Decent hopefully it would do good business,Please Closedown or Shut down DAWN TV its Indian channel representing pakistan ,We all Hate that channel,DAWN has proved that is Indian backed Channel. We have all good and perfect Tv channels they stad side by side but Dawn ,Talat pease speak againt DAWN stories and its Pro indian news,
I agree with Sumair iqbal, He is really good, I think we shoudl have few channels of few programs who just take a duty to keep BIO DATA of our polititions their crime their bank accounts their ,cases againt them, Plus their Yearly Progress of their Town ,Like Mayors of pakistan should have competition on National Level ,we should make them accountable infront of public, Police Transperancy and their cases,
Plus Our Mega Project needs attention from our Governments like Sheikh rasheed said we will run bullet trains where are those bullet trains, NAWAZ sharif made plan of Underground lahore where is that, so for all theese we need media and our media should persue these issues aas well.
No doubt we have the BEST Transparent media in the world I bet.
Sumaira and Tasawar you both have gone political with this matter. I don’t disagree with you but I don’t even agree with you people fully. The part Sumaira mentioned “These are those who watch indian movies and speak againt pakistan and then work against Pakistan” I strongly agree with you on this point. I also agree that we should have English TV Channels so that we can convey our message directly and properly to the West.
But the point I rose in this article is, why are we poking out the bad things about our society? I received an SMS few days back it was like “Pakistan mein rooz bomb dhamakay ho rahay hain, gurbat hai, choriyaan dakeetiyaan, magar agar phir bhi aap Aman Pasand Pakistan dekhna chahtay hain to PTV dekheen” (There are daily bomb blasts, sick people, robbery, theft, poorness in Pakistan but still if you want to see safe and sound Pakistan then watch PTV).
PTV is showing a balanced approach and no doubt holds a very important position in the industry. “EXCESS OF EVERYTHING IS BAD”, don’t forget this quote Sumaira .. By increasing the News Channels what we did is we started poking out and scratching out our own society! Instead of doing some favor or showing something positive of our society we are showing blasts, thefts, bad environment and blah blah blah, in short all the backdraws of Pakistan. And after showing all this you want your people to have the patriotism in them? Why would they Love Pakistan? They see the whole world as a peaceful place to live, why would they prefer Pakistan? Yes, that is all because of Excess of News Channels which are just showing negative points in every thing of our country. Indeed I must say, they are in a competition that who can get the more closer look at the disaster or bomb blast. WTF?
doston me samhajta tha k ham log bohot zada telntid hain mager ye sab parh kar laga k jhaelon se bhara he pakistan yaar mujhe serf itna batou k ajj kaya ho raha he is mulk me pehle wali hukumat kaya the or ye kutte kaya hain midea to raw ka qirdar ada kar raha he is mulk me or aap log sath de rahe ho kuch bhi pakistan hamesha qayem rehe ga chaye nawaz sahref koshish kar le ya qazee ya phir imran khan musharf sahab ayengay or phir chayengay inshaallah ye chenals kitna bhi pesa len jett nahi sakte
Hello To All People Of Pakistan.There Are A Big Number Of Channels In Our Country Now.Bohat Zyada Channels Hone Ki Waja Se Bohat Mushkil Hoti Hai.Crap Channels Jaisay Ke Royal News/Channel5/Apna Channel/Din News/KTN News Etc To Khatam Kar Dena Chaye.Sirf Geo/City42/Express News Jaisay Achay Channels Rakhne Chayein.Aur City42 Ko Expand Kar Ke Aur Bhi Cities Pe Chalana Chaye Because This Is Very Good Channel Plus Point Entertaiment.Zyada Channels Hone Ki Waja Se Cable Pe Aur Channels Nahi Aatay Aur Banda Sirf Crap News Hi Deikthta Rehta Hai.In Baki Fazuul Channels Ko Band Kar Deina Chaye Jin Ki Picture Quality Plus Sound Quality Third Class Hoti Hai.So My Request To President Asif Ali Zardari Ke Woh Fazuul Channels Band Kar Dein Aur Unpe Ban Laga Dein.Ye Channels Zyada Fazuul News Deikha Deika Kar Insaan Ka Brain Khrab Kar Deite Hein.Bye TC
Jaisay Is Waqt Pakistan Mein Galli Galli Jaga Jaga Third Class College/Acedemies Kul Gai Hein Aur Un Mein MCS ICS BA BCOM Ho Rahay Hein Issi Tara Channels Ka Haal Hai.So Please Remove That Channels Immediately.Koi Channels Galat Ifwaein Phelatay Hein Aur Koi Bara Chara Kar News Paish Karte Hein.kabhi Koi Bomb Blast Hota Hai To Geo News Kehta Hai 5 Peoples Killed And 51 Injured Aur Baqi Koi Aur News Channels Kehte Hein 50 Killed And 100 Injured.Ye Sab Se Bari Baat Hai.Sab Channels Eik Result Show Nahi Karte.This Is The Mein Minus Point Of That Third Class Channels.
Err.. So, how much do you wanna bet on Pakistanis getting more TV channels than the Americans? Because there are more television networks in the US than there are channels in Pakistan (Geo is one network; Geo News, Geo TV, Aag & Geo Super are channels).
Don’t believe me? See for yourself:
http://bit.ly/12jaMM
http://bit.ly/22wbAb
(both are wikipedia)
No offense meant. And yea, if you still wanna bet. You know where to find me. =D
Pakistani channel owners are assholes.the only requirement for becming a political talkshow host is you have to be a kanjar or a retired model and you dont require a degree in journalism,political science or history.
If u are willing to wear low necks and show curves then you will be a successful political talkshow host.
I think its high time that the government should impose a strict code of conduct for these losers otherwise they will become uncontrolable and also this is the perfect time to apply their code of conduct cause now no one will come out on the street for them cause they are trying to implement their kanjar agenda just to satisfy the lust of people in morning shows etc.thankyou
i agree, it becomes matter of careful watch on all so many news channels all the same time, it becomes a matter of trust. The real problem is that public servants spend more time on these channels than in their offices, and no matter how many channels we have, public servants should not be allowed to use the services but only during National assembly and the like affairs. i wonder what will become of a nation where those bestowed and entrusted with affairs of the nation are busy posing before cameras day in night out. Not to forget the time it takes to make up for the tv appearance in makeup rooms! Lord have Mercy!Amen
i cant help adding a short comment, it is shocking to notice some of the channels which i shall not name here displaying world globe to be rotating in un natural and non existant direction, a direction that is contradictory to reality! that in itself says enough of the journalistic standards we are facing which tend to be in direct contradiction to scientific values and facts we just read in Schools and Colleges, that earth rotates only Tawaf wise and not clockwise, just as do all the rest of celestial hevanely bodies in space on their North Poles! Tawaf wise is indeed clockwise! let not the times decieve your faith! If white house refers to Qibla, than we need to correct our Qibla and notice why and who drapped it in black contrary to 1000 year old Sunnah of drapping it White. Media of Pakistan needs to get on their toes and perform productive and enlightened Muslim Unity efforts! Then only the more the better, otherwise just waste of Nation’s/Ummah’s bleeding time!