PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a terrestrial television.
History PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964 in West Pakistan and on 25 December 1964 in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The broadcasts were limited to Lahore and Dacca at first, before extending to Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and Karachi in 1966. The Lahore station moved from channel 9 to channel 5 in November 1968, increasing its power. The basic PTV network was completed in 1974, after the start of the microwave network in 1973, and ahead of the start of color broadcasts in 1975.
+ Table of PTV transmitters in 1977 Location Channel ERP Launch Islamabad/Rawalpindi 6 25KW 1967 Karachi 4 36KW December 1966 Lahore 5 50KW 25 December 1964 Murree 8 10KW March 1969 Thana Bulla Khan 9 10KW June 1973 Sakesar 5 10KW July 1973 Cherat 10 10KW August 1973 Quetta 6 10KW 26 November 1974 Peshawar was able to create programming and had taping facilities, but used the Quetta transmitter.
In the 90s, the channel was renamed PTV 1 and by 2000 was broadcasting 18 hours a day. The content of the schedule varied for terrestrial and satellite viewers. From 14 August 2007, PTV One was renamed PTV Home and PTV 2 was renamed PTV News.
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References
External links Pakistan Television (PTV) official PTV Home website, Retrieved 8 June 2016