Lemar (TV channel)
Lemar لمر | |
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Launched | 2006 |
Owned by | MOBY Group |
Picture format | SDTV |
Audience share | 15% (as of July 2010, ) |
Country | Afghanistan |
Timeshift service |
TOLO TOLOnews |
Website | www.lemar.tv |
Lemar (Pashto:لمر, meaning "sun" in Pashto) is a television station based in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was founded in 2006. It is owned by MOBY Group. The channel broadcasts news, shows, and entertainment programs in the Pashto language. Its sister channels are TOLO and TOLOnews.
Programs
Lemar TV play Hindi serials dubbed in Pashto like Laagi Tujhse Lagan. This channel is the second-most watched Pashto channel in Afghanistan, after Shamshad TV which is the main transmission carrier Pashto channel along with Khyber TV.
Cricket
Cricket is quickly becoming popular in Afghanistan. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was shown for the first time in Afghanistan in the local languages of Pashto and Persian.
This would also open its doors for showing other Cricket tournaments like Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, Indian Premier League Bangladesh Premier League etc. in the future.
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