The Musik
Encyclopedia
ARY Musik is a 24-hour Urdu
-English
music channel from Pakistan
.
Originally created and launched from Dubai in 2003 under the leadership of the CEO Salman Iqbal and multiple Award Winner VP Wiqar Ali Khan. It is now under the leadership of Danish Khawaja, who once headed the ARY Creative Workshop, ARY Musik focuses especially on South Asian communities throughout the world, particularly in Pakistan
, Middle East
and Europe
. It is a part of the ARY Digital Network
, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group
.
ARY Musik channel is famous for being the first Pakistani channel to start pure youth reality based shows that are groundbreaking.Although ARY is basically from Pakistani music channel, but it also plays a lot of Indian songs and music since Indian music is very popular in Pakistan.
In terms of format, ARY Musik caters to all age audiences, offering round-the-clock-music in all genres such as pop
, rock
, Bhangra, Classical
, and folk
. It has interactive shows, celebrity interviews, comic fillers, theme shows, imaginative animations, live concerts, and exclusive unplugged performances. The channel's longest-running international music based show was "Music Hour with Wiqar Ali Khan" hosted in English and Pushtu, Rock On is also the longest-running rock music based show in the Pakistan. Another popular reality show is "Living on the Edge".
ARY Musik also broadcasts debates on current affairs, talk shows, live interactive request shows, countdown programs and music videos.
ARY Musik features Pakistani
, Arabic, English
and international music with weekly and daily shows including chartbusters, countdowns, gossip, behind-the-scenes (Hollywood and Bollywood
), fashion around the world, as well as requests and dedications from viewers around the globe.
ARY Musik boasts a team of over two dozen VJs from diverse ethnic backgrounds, giving the channel a true international flavor.
Broadcasting live gives ARY Musik the ability to allow hosts to use the channel as their instant and personal platform for those with whom they identify through instant SMS
, e-mails, and phone calls.
ARY Musik is one of the first Satellite channels having live link-ups between its studios based in London
UK, USA, Pakistan
, India
, Bangladesh
, SriLanka, Bangladesh
, Afghanistan
and Dubai
.
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
-English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
music channel from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Originally created and launched from Dubai in 2003 under the leadership of the CEO Salman Iqbal and multiple Award Winner VP Wiqar Ali Khan. It is now under the leadership of Danish Khawaja, who once headed the ARY Creative Workshop, ARY Musik focuses especially on South Asian communities throughout the world, particularly in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It is a part of the ARY Digital Network
ARY Digital Network
ARY Digital Network is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob...
, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group
ARY Group
The ARY Group is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob. Abdul is the Chief Executive Officer and owner of the Group...
.
ARY Musik channel is famous for being the first Pakistani channel to start pure youth reality based shows that are groundbreaking.Although ARY is basically from Pakistani music channel, but it also plays a lot of Indian songs and music since Indian music is very popular in Pakistan.
In terms of format, ARY Musik caters to all age audiences, offering round-the-clock-music in all genres such as pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, Bhangra, Classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
. It has interactive shows, celebrity interviews, comic fillers, theme shows, imaginative animations, live concerts, and exclusive unplugged performances. The channel's longest-running international music based show was "Music Hour with Wiqar Ali Khan" hosted in English and Pushtu, Rock On is also the longest-running rock music based show in the Pakistan. Another popular reality show is "Living on the Edge".
ARY Musik also broadcasts debates on current affairs, talk shows, live interactive request shows, countdown programs and music videos.
ARY Musik features Pakistani
Music of Pakistan
The music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day Western popular music influences...
, Arabic, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and international music with weekly and daily shows including chartbusters, countdowns, gossip, behind-the-scenes (Hollywood and Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
), fashion around the world, as well as requests and dedications from viewers around the globe.
ARY Musik boasts a team of over two dozen VJs from diverse ethnic backgrounds, giving the channel a true international flavor.
Broadcasting live gives ARY Musik the ability to allow hosts to use the channel as their instant and personal platform for those with whom they identify through instant SMS
Short message service
Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...
, e-mails, and phone calls.
ARY Musik is one of the first Satellite channels having live link-ups between its studios based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
UK, USA, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, SriLanka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
.
Programs
- cyclonic
- Fun with Milk (Asher Doodh Wala)
- Living on the Edge (Sabse Himmat Wala Kon?)Living on the Edge (Sabse Himmat Wala Kon?)Living on the Edge was a Pakistani reality show. The first episode of the season aired on January 14, 2010 on ARY Musik. The first season was aired every Thursday on ARY and was a big success; the shows ratings were top most and beat all competiting channels by a long shot...
- Xposed with VJ Waqar
- King of Street Magic
- Girl Meets World
- Rated M
- Musik Inbox
- The Musik IQ
- The Musik Top Ten with Vj Kanza
- Freshly Baked Show
- The American chart show
- Just Drive with VJ Ahmed
- Video on trial
- Just movies
- MOD
- The garage Jam
- bollywood bindaas live with VJ Fatima
- spot on live with VJ Kanza
- girls republic live
- xposed live
- all for love live with VJ Ahmed and Vj Fatima
- dimagh ki ghanti live