New Vision TV brings back ARY News to UK

ARY News has returned to the UK market but under the service name New Vision TV.

The channel has dropped the name ‘ARY News’ in this territory to ‘ARY World’. It launched today on Sky EPG 804 – the former home of ARY QTV.

It is believed that Ofcom had made thorough checks prior to New Vision TV’s launch. The main question that had risen during the licencing process of New Vision TV was that of “editorial control” as it was suspected that ARY Network’s team would run New Vision TV. However, the channel had reassured Ofcom that it will be run independently from ARY Network and will only be acquiring shows from the popular Pakistani broadcaster. Furthermore, the channel will be a lot more strict on its live content to avoid any further tussle with rival broadcasters.

Earlier there was speculation that New Vision TV would provide hybrid content from ARY Network but this has now turned out to be untrue as New Vision TV will primarily focus on live news and current affairs shows.

ARY Network Limited went into liquidation in January, which resulted in the closure of ARY Digital, ARY News and ARY QTV in the UK.