Lemar (TV channel)

Lemar
لمر
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

Old logo (until 2016)

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.

See also


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