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| Country | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Network | Dawn |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English (2007-10) Urdu (2010-present) |
| Picture format | (1080p 16:9, MPEG-4, HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dawn Media Group |
| Sister channels | CityFM89 |
| History | |
| Launched | July 24, 2007 |
| Links | |
| Website | dawnnews dawn |
Dawn News is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group.[1][2]
The test transmission of the station occurred on 25 May 2007, and the channel went live on 23 July 2007. Originally broadcast in English, on 15 May 2010, Dawn News converted into an Urdu news channel after successful test transmission of four hours a day. The conversion was mainly due to its financial crisis and thin viewership in the country.[3]
Express 24/7 replaced it as Pakistan's only English news channel briefly, until it too was shut down by Express Media Group for financial reasons.[3]
After a brief test transmission, the channel went live in 2007.[4]
- ^ Dawn News (TV Channel) on tv.com.pk website Archived 29 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 June 2018
- ^ Parvez Jabri (22 May 2017). "Media will be facilitated in upcoming budget". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b DawnNews changes to Urdu The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 15 May 2010, Retrieved 4 June 2018
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (28 May 2007). "Pakistan's first English TV news channel launched". The Guardian.