PTV to have HD transmission in August: Fawad Chaudhry
The state-run broadcaster of Pakistan, PTV, will become fully HD by the first week of August, as announced by Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
The National Assembly (NA) approved on Monday three demands for grants pertaining to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the next fiscal year including making the transmission of state-run PTV fully high-definition (HD).
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PTV to have HD transmission in August: Fawad Chaudhry
He further said Radio Pakistan will fully become digitalized and the new programming will be visible in August.
While talking about journalists’ safety in Pakistan, the information minister said that the most attacks on journalists happened during the Pakistan Peoples Party’s tenure in which 32 journalists died, while during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s tenure, 24 journalists died from the attacks. But, during PTI’s governance, all the culprits were caught, Chaudhry said.
About PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. This is the venue from which Pakistan’s first television broadcast was aired in black & white on the historic date: 26th November, 1964.
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