Access to Online Pakistan Media From Abroad
For Pakistanis abroad there used to be limited choices to stay in touch with Pakistan. Internet changed all that and recent Web technologies are creating another wave of change. About a decade ago it used to be online groups, a few news website such as DAWN etc and more recently blogs have become popular with Pakistanis all over the world. Lately there have been some interesting developments for online access to media including live TV. I’ll mention a few here which stand out. Please send me your favorites as well.
FLARE Magazine covers Telecom, mobile phones, information technology and other technology related topics. This magazine is available in print and more interestingly, the full print versions are available for download in PDF format. Get the June issue from their site or from this blog.
Watching Live Pakistan TV Online Even though this is not directly related to telecom but worth mentioning here. One of such sites which I have been using is JumpTV. For residents of US, select Pakistan TV channels are available for FREE at Jump TV. The channels include Aaj TV, TV One and a few other Pakistani channels in regional languages such as Apna Channel.
This is streaming video so a broadband connection is needed. The size of the streaming video is small but acceptable. Enjoy while its free. For those outside US, a fee applies.
Watching TV from your PC many not work for everyone but this is where the world is heading. There are many other companies competing in this space. Joost is another service in works which promises better quality but it has no Pakistani channel yet.
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I have subscribed to AAJ TV through Jump TV, the streaming is quite alright, it works fine on my 512 k connection. Rare buffering recently they have reduced the price from U$9.95 to U$4.95.
The customer service is fantastic you get the response back through e-mail normally within 2 -3 hours.
Over all i am a satisfied customer if i ignore few hiccups.
Cheers
Amir
Adnan, thanks.
Interesting comments about your TV preference. I think the cable companies are going to have a hell of a time competing against tv on the net.
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Babar, great blog. I’ll make it my one-stop-shop for Pak. telecom news.
It would be interesting to explore how JumpTV is licensing content, and if they split advertising revenue for streamed ads.
Btw, I don’t own a TV. Don’t intend to buy one either, its a useless, arcance piece of equipement.