Owned by	Independent Media Corporation
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share	UK: 0.01% (April 2015, BARB)
Slogan	Jab tak Geo yunhi khiloo Har pal Haseen Hai, Har Pal GEO  OR Sirf Geo Par or "Geo aur jeeney do"
Country	Pakistan
Headquarters	Karachi
Website	www.geo.tv
Availability
Satellite
AsiaSat3S (Asia)	4180 Vtp 14V
World TV Europe (Europe)	Channel 14
Nayatel HD box(Pakistan)	116
OSN (Middle East)	Channel 44
Sky (UK, Ireland)	Channel 807
Aora TV(Indonesia)	Channel 832
Indovision(Indonesia)	Channel 340
TrueVisions(Thailand)	Channel 871
Cable
Rogers Cable(Canada)	Channel 858
E vision (UAE)	Channel 65
Nayatel(Pakistan)	Channel 49
IPTV
World On Demand (Japan)	Channel 166
PTCL Smart(Pakistan)	Channel 19
Freebox TV(France)	Channel 601
Neufbox TV(France)	Channel 631

Geo TV (trademarked GEO TV) or Geo Television is a Pakistani television channel established in May 2002 and owned by the Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002.^[1][2] Geo is an Urdu word meaning live on.

Geo Television Network

Geo Television Network began with Geo TV and has since launched several other Pakistan-based channels, including:

• Geo Entertainment^[3][4]
• GEO News - an Urdu news channel.^[5][6]
• GEO Tez - Pakistan 1st headlines news channel.
• GEO Super - a 24-hour sports channel devoted mainly to cricket, with a secondary focus on boxing, football, tennis and field hockey.
• GEO Kahani Urdu Entertainment Channel.

In addition, until 2008, the network also operated an English language station called GEO English.

Geo Dost

Geo Dost (meaning Geo Friends) is a Geo TV portal that offers ordinary citizens the chance to report the news, whether it be funny or serious.

Geo Dramas

• Bashar Momin
• Bikhra Mera Naseeb
• Meri Maa
• Nadaniyaan
• Pakistan Idol
• Subh-e-Pakistan
• Uff Yeh Mohabbat
• Yeh Zindagi Hai.

• Geo Films

  Main article: Geo Films

  Geo Network has released several movies under the Geo Films banner, including:

  Films
  Title	Year
  Mohabbataan Sachiyaan	2007
  Ramchand Pakistani	2008
  Khuda Kay Liye	2008
  Virsa	2010
  Bol	2011
  Chambaili	2013
  Anjuman	2013
  Armaan	2013
  Dil Mera Dharkan Teri	2013
  Dukhtar	2014

  Highlight colour indicates films has not been yet released

  Technical

  Geo TV's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates. Its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the uplink provider in the UAE. Geo TV is currently being aired on Asiasat 7.

  Awards

  • A documentary by Geo covering water scarcity in the Indus river delta won "The Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III" at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.
  • Geo was awarded a special award in 2005 at the Nouticaslo TV festival.^[7]
  • On 20 April 2004 at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, chief executive of Geo TV, received an International Broadcast Excellence Award for the impact the channel has had on Pakistan.

  Masala Lifestyle Awards

  Winner

  • 2009: Best TV Channel; Geo Tv

  Controversies

  According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group, that helped them in executing murder of Wali Khan Babar and attack on Pakistan Navy's aviation base in 2011.

  B

  In May 2014, Geo TV was banned by PEMRA for airing blasphemous content on Geo Entertainment in its morning show Utho Jago Pakistan.^[11][12][13] Protest was also done in Lahore as people said it is an unlawful ban.^[14] While on other hand countrywide protest .was done against Geo for airing controversial content.