NTM ; Pakistan's First Ever Private Sector Television Channel

The Purpose Of This Post Is To Let Pakistanis Know About The History ( And For The Record ) Of  The First Ever Private Sector Television Channel In Pakistan.

NTM ; Network Television Marketing, A Former ( STN ) Shalimar Television Network Channel. In The Beginning It Was Known As ' PTN ; Peoples Television Network, Owned By Tahir A. Khan ( Interflow Group ; Pakistan's Famous Advertising Agency ).

The Network Television Marketing Was Pakistan's First Ever Private Sector Television Channel. NTM Had Started Its Transmission In 1990 Under A 3 - Year Agreement With Shalimar Recording & Broadcasting Company ( STN ).

NTM Was An Excellent Venture. NTM Started Off With All English Programmes.

It Was A Short Transmission Which Used To Start At 6:30 PM ( Before That Was Two Hours Of Live BBC And CNN The Rest Of The Day).

There Used To Be A 30 Minute Cartoon, A 30 Minute Sitcom, One Hour English Series, Then The Khabarnama. ( They Telecasted The Khabarnama At 10 Initially As A Test Project And Found Out That 1% Viewers Tuned In ), Followed By Either An English Or An Old ( 50s, 60s, 70s) Pakistani Movie.

The Network Television Marketing Was Pakistan's First Ever Private Sector Television Channel. NTM Had Started Its Transmission In 1990 Under A 3 - Year Agreement With Shalimar Recording & Broadcasting Company ( STN ).

NTM Succeeded In Acquiring Much Popularity For Its Plays, Stage And Music Shows Like ;

DRAMAS =

* Chand Girhan,
* Sitara Aur Mehrunnisa
* Dasht
* Kashkol
* Jaal (Drama)
* Red Card
* Nadan Nadia ( Comedy Sitcom Staring Babra Sharif ) And
* Music Channel Chart.

Later, This First Private Sector Television Channel Of Pakistan Was Shut Down Due To Administrative And Various Other Issues.