GNN (news channel)






















GNN
Launched
25 December 2013 (15 November 2005 as CNBC Pakistan)
Owned by
Gourmet Foods
Picture format
4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Country
Pakistan
Broadcast area
Nationwide
Headquarters
Lahore, Pakistan
Website
Official website
Availability
Satellite
Paksat-1R
C-band
Cable
IPTV

PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan)

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Gourmet News Network, commonly known as GNN, is a Pakistani 24-hour news and current affairs channel based in Lahore, Pakistan. It is owned and operated by Gourmet Foods.


Previously known as CNBC Pakistan, which was launched in 2005, under a license from CNBC Asia Pacific. It was then owned by Vision Network Television Limited and on 2015 was renamed as Jaag TV.[1]Gourmet rebranded the Jaag TV network which it acquired in 2016 with a Rs 1.5 billion investment and in 2018, it was again relaunched with a new name GNN (Gourmet News Network).[2]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Shows[5]


  • 3 Hosts[4]


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




History




CNBC Pakistan HQ at night


It started its transmission under name of CNBC Pakistan by taking license from CNBC Asia. It was then owned by Vision Network Television.[3]


In 2015, it was relaunched as Jaag TV after struggling to compete in Pakistani market. The channel continued to struggle and was bought by Pakistani bakery company, Gourmet Bakeries.[2] Reportedly, they bought it for 1.5 billion to diversify their business.[2]


In 2018, company announced their attention to rename the channel and relaunch it under name, G News Network. For this purpose, they appointed Amir Mir brother of Hamid Mir Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the channel.[2]


On August 10, 2018, Hamid Mir left Geo TV and joined GNN as President of the channel along with two other colleagues Sohail Warraich and Munib Farooq.[4]



Shows[5]


  • Hamid Mir Show

  • Baseerat

  • Joke Dar Joke

  • G for Gharidah

  • Sarkar

  • Zara Dehan Se

  • Weekend Brunch

  • Taron Sy Karain Batain

  • GNN Morning

  • Inside Out

  • Food Street

  • Viral


Hosts[4]


  • Hamid Mir

  • Gharidah Farooqi

  • Atif Bhatti

  • Amanullah Khan

  • Mohsin Bhatti

  • Mobeel Gabol as Matku Khan

  • Faisal Rehman

  • Hina Niazi

  • Sakhawat Naaz

  • Wajid Khan


See also


  • List of television stations in Pakistan


References




  1. ^ "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed? - The Express Tribune". 5 May 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ abcd "Food 'giant' Gourmet set to launch TV channel - Profit by Pakistan Today". 7 May 2018.


  3. ^ "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed? - The Express Tribune". 5 May 2013.


  4. ^ ab ڈیسک, ویب (11 August 2018). "'تبدیلی آگئی ہے' حامد میر اور جیو کا ساتھ ختم؟".


  5. ^ "GNN shows Youtube playlist". 11 Sep 2018.










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