Tag: Pemra

The statement published in The News on April 27 that PEMRA rules were intentionally amended to harm the Geo group are absolutely baseless and...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued notices to the Geo News on airing false news reports whereby it was claimed that the PEMRA had blocked the transmission of the Geo Super. The action has been taken over continuous violations of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 and licence terms and conditions. This news item is an effort by the Geo News to deceive and misguide general public of the facts as well as to malign the authority.
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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - Cable operators on Friday decided to go on a 24-hour strike after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) enforcement teams in a crack down across the country seized the systems of about 78 cable TV networks which were defying the Supreme Court's orders about the broadcasting rights of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 matches.
All Pakistan Cable Operators President Khalid Arain, while addressing a press conference in Karachi, said they would stop

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in line with the orders of the Supreme Court has taken serious notice of the airing of ICC World Cup matches by unauthorized and some illegal channels in Pakistan. In its drive these days, PEMRA did not only serve adequate warnings to all TV channels/cable TV operators to abide by the legitimate rights conferred to telecast ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Pakistan but also raided number of CTV operators disobeying PEMRA

KARACHI: In order to enlist help in carrying out raids to curb the illegal selling of Dreambox across the country, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) has written letters to Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Dream box and revolving dish are equipments smuggled from India which allow free 'Direct to Home' (DTH) access to all the channels in the world.
"A complaint was filed by Cable Operators Assocation

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) agreed here on Friday to curb deceptive marketing practices by promoting competition in the private electronic media.
In an official meeting, Heads of CCP and PEMRA Rahat Kaunain Hassan and Mushtaq Malik respectively resolved to coordinate each other in the areas of mutual concern and exchange information regarding anti-competitive and deceptive marketing practices.