PTV Sports is a 24-hour Pakistani sports channel; owned by Pakistan Television Corporation. PTV Sports was launched on January 14, 2012.Its test transmission began on December 2011 on Asia Sat. It is state owned channel. PTV Sports has telecast many sports events since it is launched. It has also got rights of many sports events like Cricket,Tennis, Hockey and Football.The viewership of this channel is so high and it can also watched through antenna.
The biggest achievement of PTV Sports was that, they were the official broadcasters of Pakistan's domestic T20 tournament i.e. 2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup. The tournament was took place at Gaddaffi Stadium, Bagh-e-Jinnah and LCCA Ground, all in Lahore, from December 1, 2012 to December 9, 2012.The winner of this tournament received Rs.20 million and a trophy. The tournament consisted of 14 teams which were equally distributed in two groups; A and B. Group A consisted of Abbottabad Falcons, Islamabad Leopards,Karachi Zebras, Lahore Lions, Multan Tigers, Quetta Bears and Sialkot Stallions. Group B consisted of Bahawalpur Stags, Faisalabad Wolves, Hyderabad Hawks, Karachi Dolphins, Lahore Eagles, Peshawar Panthers and Rawalpindi Rams. The top two teams of each groups were qualified for the semi-finals and the winners of the semi-finals were contested in the final to decide the winner of this tournament. Lahore Lions lifted the trophy by beating Faisalabad Wolves in the final by 33 runs, under the captaincy of Mohammad Hafeez, after Mohammad Yousuf who passed his captaincy to Mohammad Hafeez. PTV Sports broadcast only those matches that were played at Gaddaffi Stadium, in Urdu language. English Commentary Language was broadcast on PTV Global. The tournament was also broadcast on the official website of PTV Sports.
PTV Sports have rights of all matches of Pakistan Cricket up to 2016. PTV will also show the 2016 Olympics and all of the major tournaments of ICC up to 2016.PTV Sports have rights all events of FIH men and women.
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