PEMRA has recently formulated fee structure and rules for Digital Cable TV in Pakistan. Authority is envisioning the completion of enriched Digital Cable TV network deployment till 2015. However, it looks that the rollout is somewhat mismanaged and mis-planned by all the cable operators. It is apparent that either they are fully prepared to go digital,...
Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the name of country we live in. This country has its own social values and norms that 99.8 percent of the population strictly follows. I remember there was a time, when Anwar Maqsood was asked to not to write a scene where a brother and sister were supposed to be shot in a room with no one else present there. Today, the...
Are you one of those PTV Classic Dramas’ lover? And you end up with no option to watch them, as you are too busy to buy a CD or DVD, or maybe because DVDs of those Classic PTV hits are not available anymore…! Pakistanica.com is a treat for you in this case. This website has got plenty of PTV Dramas’ collection, and hopefully the base will...
Few days back, I was searching for a website which happens to be about IT and Telecom – somehow I found it, and was greeted with music, which I first thought would be intro music, but not really, it was LIVE streaming of FM radio channel. Although, I first heard the term called “Internet radio” back in 2000 when I was working with Radio Pakistan...
By Hasan Mehdi A red strip was flashing on the TV screen. It read, “Bomb blast in Islamabad, 27 dead 30 injured.” Charred, disfigured bodies lying in a pool of red; were on the screen. It was utter chaos. With moans, groans, shouts of injured, hooter of ambulances, it could rightly have been described as a tragedy, a dilemma. “The authorities...
It is very much obvious that political parties are now using internet and computer technology for their political campaigns along with reviving the party agenda during peace days. Recently a picture published in Daily Express turned out to be photoshpped to exaggerate the number of audience. Incident should be taken as a lesson for other parties to...
Telecom companies operating in Pakistan employs notable resources in Public relations or external communication departments. Along with internal PR departments, majority of telecom companies also enjoy the assistance of PR agencies to manage plentiful of their work. Due to the size of business that telecom companies do and that coupled with the amount...
Nestle started a marketing campaign named “Nestle 7 Days 1 Night” in the mid of October to promote their Fruita Vitals product. People have taken huge interest in this campaign to win exciting prizes. The campaign is divided into two rounds. Round one has passed, in which audience was asked to guess nestle fruita vitals 7days1night prize...
According to information provided by Webcom, largest cable TV operator in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, within one or two days company will formally offer 120+ channels system with the permission from PEMRA in addition to currently running 80 channels. It is going to be pleasant news as far as the Cable network is concerned but how do subscribers feel is a...
The cable revolution is rapidly expanding with more penetration in the villages now. According to figures published in Aurora magazine, now we have over 2.5 million cable connection with 80 % houses in the urban population while rest in semi urban areas. Now it has changed our attitude towards our social life with more impact of news and sports. Geo...
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 requires serious revisions before it is passed by the Parliament, a unanimous conclusion emerged out of a PILDAT Legislative Forum on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 that was held yesterday. The Forum included as its speakers Mr. Ejaz Khan, techno-legal expert and Partner Aqlaal Advocates,...
We just witnessed a massive campaign by Telenor for its Easy Paisa (EP), across the city, through newspapers, hoardings, flyovers, television commercials and the web. The teaser campaign which preceded the launch developed much hype and raised public’s expectations that Telenor will launch an extraordinary product. Also, seeing that Tameer bank is...
Ali Zafar is a known name, not only locally but globally as well. He started of his career from modeling and then earned respect in the music industry. Ali Zafar remained Telenor TalkShawk’s Brand Ambassador for three long years, before he shifted to Mobilink, that turned out to be a surprising or let me term it shocking development for the industry...
Pakistan’s new and powerful communication satellite PAKSAT-IR will be launched in the year 2011.This was stated by the General Manager PAKSAT International, Amir Hussain. In a statement he said that the countdown has begun towards this launch and that its development work is progressing with full swing. It was pointed out that the PAKSAT-IR will replace...
Continued from Part 1 Here comes the much awaited part of our series of posts on Blogging for Money. We really thank you for all the appreciating feedback on the previous post. As we have seen during last one year, blogging has emerged as credible and timely information source for masses. We have heard many of us calling it “New Media” or “Online...
