PTV News
Pakistan Television (PTV) News is one of the many outlets run by the Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTVC) – a public limited company. PTV entered the TV broadcasting age in Pakistan in 1964, with a pilot television station established in Lahore. The national broadcaster is operating from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Muzaffarabad and Multan. PTV is headquartered in Islamabad, the Federal Capital. Government of Pakistan holds all shares of the company.
Audience Share
11%
Ownership Type
State-owned
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free-to-air terrestrial
Media Companies / Groups
PTVC
Ownership Structure
Pakistan Television (PTV) News is one of the outlets being run by the Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTVC), is a public limited company. Out of 3000 million shares, the federal government holds majority of its shares (42,536,647 out of 42,536,650 shares) through federal ministry of information.
Voting Rights
Government through the Prime Minister has decisive authority over the management.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1964
Affiliated Interests Founder
Government of Pakistan
Affiliated Interests Ceo
is the Managing Director
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
is the Director of News
Contact
PTV Headquarter, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad
Tel.: +92 (0) 51 9208651-5; +92 (0)51 9203062-5
Website: www.ptv.com.pk/ptvCorporate
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
USD 83.64 Million / PKR 9.2 Billion (2017-18)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
USD -3.96 Million / PKR -435.45 Million (2017-18)
Advertising (in % of total funding)
USD 16.3 Million / PKR 1.8 Billion (2017-18) / 19.51%
Market Share
Missing Data
Further Information
Headlines
Meta Data
A formal information request about revenue and profits was sent to PTV on 15.01.2019 but without evoking any response. As a result of a follow-up complaint to the RTI Commission, the officials contacted the MOM team through the phone and inquired about the requester and reasons for the information. However, still no official information was provided. The data about the revenue, profit/loss and advertisement is about financial year 2017-18 and has been taken from the news reports.
