| PTV Home HD (Pakistan) | |
| Owner: | Pakistan Television Corporation |
| Picture Format: | 1080p MPEG-4, HDTV) |
| Headquarters: | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Country: | Pakistan  |
| Language: | Urdu English |
| Area: | South Asia |
| Sister Channels: | AJK TV PTV Bolan PTV Global PTV National HD PTV News HD PTV Sports HD PTV World |
| Terr Serv 1: | Analogue |
| Terr Chan 1: | VHF band |
| Online Serv 1: | Live Streaming |
| Online Chan 1: | Watch Live |
PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation.[1] It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television.
PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964[2] [3] in West Pakistan and on 25 December 1964 in East Pakistan (the current Bangladesh).[4] The broadcasts were limited to Lahore and Dacca at first (the Dhaka station would later become a part of Bangladesh Television upon Bangladesh's independence in 1971), before extending to Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and Karachi in 1966.[2] 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.[5]
| Location | Channel | ERP | Launch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 25KW | 1967 | ||
| 4 | 36KW | December 1966 | ||
| 5 | 50KW | 25 December 1964 | ||
| 8 | 10KW | March 1969 | ||
| 9 | 10KW | June 1973 | ||
| 5 | 10KW | July 1973 | ||
| 10 | 10KW | August 1973 | ||
| 6 | 10KW | 26 November 1974 |
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.[7] [8]
See main article: List of television programmes broadcast by PTV.