<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Television in Pakistan started in 1964, and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore . </P> <P> Originally a private sector project in 1961 by prominent industrialist Syed Wajjid Ali who signed a joint venture agreement with Nipon Electric Company (NEC), leading Pakistani engineer Ubaidur Rahman was appointed by Wajjid Ali to head the television project . By 1962, after a series of pilot transmission tests, the project was quickly taken over by the Ayub Khan Government in 1963 for the "greater national interest of Pakistan". President Ayub Khan re-appointed Ubaidur Rahman in 1963 under the Ministry of Information to continue with the NEC joint venture collaboration to launch Pakistan Television or PTV . The project began with a tent on the back lot of Radio Pakistan Lahore where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed . On November 26, 1964 the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from LAHORE, followed by Dhaka in 1965 (then the capital of East Pakistan). A third centre was established in Rawalpindi - Islamabad in 1965 and the fourth in Karachi in 1966 . Later centres in Peshawar and Quetta were established by 1974 . Originally broadcast in black and white, PTV began colour transmission in 1976 . With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium . As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder . Late 1980s morning transmission started on PTV . </P> <P> In 1988, the then government launched the first semi government TV network of the country by the name of "Peoples Television Network (PTN) under the umbrella of Shalimar Recording Company (which is Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company now). PTN was later renamed as Shalimar Television Network (STN). STN started from Islamabad first and then from Karachi, Lahore and by mid-1990s the network made its way to the whole of the country . STN for the first time in Pakistan started the transmission of CNN International on the terrestrial beam, this was the first project of STN . Later on BBC World also became a part of STN's channel bouquet . In 1990 STN under an agreement with the a private company (Interflow) started first ever private TV slot of Pakistan, Network Television Marketing (NTM), in this way by 1990 STN's broadcast became the combination of CNN, BBC, DW TV (which joined the gang in mid 1990s) and NTM . This successfully continued till 1999 . NTM came as a breathe of fresh air to the Pakistani viewers due to its fresh and innovative programmings . </P>

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