Amendments in PEMRA (Television Broadcast station operations) Regulations 2012 as amended up to 2022.
Reform ID F163
Reform Description Before: There were restriction on the change of category/ genre of the satellite TV channel from other category such as “regional Language” to “entertainment”, “Sports”, “News and current affairs”.

After: Through the amendment, the earlier restriction on the change of category/ genre of the satellite TV channel from other category such as “regional Language” to “entertainment”, “Sports”, “News and current affairs” has been removed. The objective is to facilitate the satellite TV licensees in maintaining the financial viability of their TV channels.
Sector Electronic/ Broadcast Media
Beneficiaries General Public/ Landing rights permission holders/ satellite TV Licensees/ Electronic media industry
Jurisdiction/ Location Federal (Entire Pakistan)
Department Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)
Date of Implementation 12-12-2022
Details Difficulty There were restriction on the change of category/ genre of the satellite TV channel from other category such as “regional Language” to “entertainment”, “Sports”, “News and current affairs”.
Analysis There was an anomaly in the regulation which arrested the growth of the channels in regional languages and also in many other categories of entertainment.
Through the amendment, the earlier restriction on the change of category/ genre of the satellite TV channel from other category such as “regional Language” to “entertainment”, “Sports”, “News and current affairs” has been removed. The objective is to facilitate the satellite TV licensees in maintaining the financial viability of their TV channels.
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