{{short description|Pakistani television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox television channel | name = ''ARY Digital HD'' <br /> {{Nastaliq|{{lang|ur|ARY ڈیجیٹل HD}}}} | logo = Ary Digital Logo.png
| logo_size = 150px | logo_caption = ARY Digital logo since May 2009 | launch_date = {{start date and age|2000|09|16|df=y}} | former_names = | picture_format = (1080p, 16:9 MPEG-4 HDTV) | owner = Salman Iqbal | parent = Karachi Kings | headquarters = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | area = {{ubl|Pakistan|Middle East|North America|Europe|Asia-Pacific|}} | network = ARY Digital Network | country = Pakistan | language = English<br>Urdu | sister_channels = ARY Digital UK<br/>ARY News<br/>A Sports<br/>ARY Musik<br/>ARY Qtv<br/>ARY Zindagi<br/>ARY Nick<br/>ARY Zauq<br/>ATN Urdu | website = [https://arydigital.tv/ arydigital] | terr_serv_1 = Zuku TV (Kenya) | terr_chan_1 = Channel 939 | online_serv_1 = ARY Digital Live | online_chan_1 = [https://live.arydigital.tv/ Watch Live] }}
'''''ARY Digital HD''''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ARY ڈیجیٹل}}}}) is a Pakistani television network available in Pakistan. ARY Digital was founded by a Dubai-based holding company of Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal (ARY). The network is focused towards on Pakistani entertainment dramas, sitcoms, talk shows, web series and culture.
The channel broadcasts on cable and satellite networks, linear television as well as streaming platforms including YouTube Channel and ARY ZAP.
==History== ARY Digital, formerly known as '''The Pakistani Channel''', was launched in the United Kingdom on 16th September 2000 to cater to the Pakistani community living in the region.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}} It uses Samacom, an uplink provider based in the UAE, as the uplink teleport station.<ref name="CITEREFSamacom1">{{cite web|url=http://www.samacom.com/teleport.htm|title=Teleport|publisher=Samacom|access-date=2008-05-11| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080506164425/http://www.samacom.com/teleport.htm| archive-date= 6 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The channel started off with a format similar to PTV Prime and other South Asian channels where it provided slots for soap operas in general while presenting an hourly slot for news headlines. Although flaming political talk shows and dramas were the main priority when it came to programming, the network soon was hailed for its news coverage.<ref name="CITEREFPakAffairs1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pakaffairs.com/?p=5|title=Case Study: Pakistan and its Media|publisher=PakAffairs.com|access-date=2008-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403182838/http://www.pakaffairs.com/?p=5|archive-date=3 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The network acquired a license to start broadcasting in Pakistan.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1">{{cite web|url=http://www.arydigitaleurope.tv/ary_group_profile.pdf|title=ARY Group Profile|publisher=ARY Digital Europe|access-date=2008-05-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528142043/http://www.arydigitaleurope.tv/ary_group_profile.pdf |archive-date = 2008-05-28}}</ref>
In 2002, the ARY Star Gold Quiz Show became the first live show to offer a prize of one kilogram of gold. For the period of its broadcast, participants won over 260 kilograms of gold.<ref name="CITEREFARYGroup1"/>
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==Specialized programming== By 2003, ARY Digital had started up three sister ventures apart from the flagship channel ARY Digital, channels targeting generalized programming. They include ARY News, a news channel; ARY Musik, a youth-oriented music channel, and ARY Qtv, an Islamic network.<ref name="CITEREFARYDigitalTower1"> {{cite web|url=http://dramaaz.com/ary-digital/|title=ARY Digital Archives|publisher=ARY Digital|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225093926/http://dramaaz.com/ary-digital/|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}} </ref>
== Programming == {{main|List of programs broadcast by ARY Digital}}
==Criticism== In 2003, ARY Digital was criticised upon its airing of a prisoner's derogatory comments against the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-3) and a video showing balded young girls behind bars begging for mercy. The contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the network were withdrawn after the judge accepted unconditional apologies.<ref name="CITEREFARYDawn1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/114927/karachi-contempt-proceedings-withdrawn-against-ary|title=KARACHI: Contempt proceedings withdrawn against ARY|publisher=DAWN Newspaper|access-date=2008-05-12}}</ref>
== See also == * ARY Films * List of Pakistani television series * Television in Pakistan * List of programs broadcast by ARY Digital
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website}}
{{ARY}} {{ARY Digital Programs}} {{Television in Pakistan |state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ary Digital}} Category:ARY Digital Category:Mass media companies of the United Arab Emirates Category:Television networks in Pakistan Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000 Category:Television channels in the United Kingdom Category:Foreign-language television stations in the United States Category:Television stations in Karachi Category:Urdu-language television channels Category:Urdu-language television channels in the United Kingdom Category:Urdu-language television stations in the United States