Nickelodeon (Pakistani TV channel)
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Owner | ARY Group M/s. ARY Communication (Pvt.) Ltd. | |
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Launched | 23 November 2006 | |
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PTCL Smart TV | Channel 21 |
Nickelodeon Pakistan or Nick Pakistan, is a pay Pakistani television channel. It is the Pakistani feed of
The channel used to be available as a free to air channel but became encrypted on satellite since 2015. Unlike its Indian counterpart, which it replaced, this feed regularly airs Nickelodeon-related content, as the Indian feed has recently been airing local content more often due to the localization strategy.
History
Prior to the launch of the localized Pakistani feed of Nickelodeon, the
In 2010, Nickelodeon Pakistan took on the network's current
Regulatory actions
In 2005, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority issued an order regarding the ban of several non-private channels because programming which should have been dubbed into Urdu or used Urdu subtitles instead used Hindi terms and references blended into the local scripts or the networks carried all-Hindi versions imported from India outright.
In early 2010, PEMRA again issued a notice against children's networks and suspended the licenses of Nickelodeon and
On 1 August 2011, the
2016 temporary network suspension and further difficulties
In the aftermath of the
On 27 April 2017, the network carried an episode of Winx Club which featured a scene of what PEMRA alleged was an "indecently dressed" character, violating the body's 2015 Electronic Media Code of Conduct. After a month of appeals, PEMRA issued ARY a fine of ₨500,000 and warned the network against any further violations.[8][9][10]
Programming
References
- ^ Clark, Steve (23 November 2006). "MTV and Nickelodeon launch in Pakistan". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007.
- ^ "Nickelodeon launches 24 hour feed in Pakistan". Indian Television. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan suspends Nickelodeon's licence for airing Indian content". The Economic Times. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Two foreign channels for kids get Pakistan's nod". Thaindian News. IANS. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ Report PEMRA [@reportpemra] (31 October 2016). "PEMRA Suspends Landing Rights Permission of "Nickelodeon"" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Pemra suspends licence of Nickelodeon channel for airing Indian content". DAWN. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "SHC Restores Nickelodeon License in Pakistan". ProPakistani. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Report PEMRA. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- @reportpemra (28 April 2017). "نیکلوڈین چینل کی کارٹون سیریز"The Emperor's" میں غیر اخلاقی اور نازیبا ملبوسات والے کردار نشر کرنے پر پیمرا کاچینل کو 5 مئی تک جوابدہی کاحکم" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @reportpemra (15 June 2017). "کارٹون سیریز میں نامناسب مواد نشر کرنے پر نکلوڈئن (نک) پر پانچ لاکھ روپے جرمانہ عائد" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "PEMRA imposes Rs500,000 fine on Nickelodeon over this cartoon". DAWN Images. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ "PEMRA fines Nickelodeon Rs500,000 for airing 'indecent' cartoon". Dunya News. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
External links
Nickelodeon on