Peace TV is an Islamic satellite television network broadcasting world wide 24/7 from Mumbai, India. It is the one of the many TV channels in the world completely committed to Islam. Peace TV programs are all in the English language and telecasted free-to-air. As of July 2009 Peace TV Urdu has been launched, which is a sister channel of Peace TV and is dedicated especially to the Urdu-speaking spectators of the world.
Since January 21, 2006, Peace TV channel has been telecasted to more than 150 countries around the world, including in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and North America.The founder and president of Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu is Zakir Naik, who is a student of comparative religion from Mumbai, India.
Peace TV network covers live events, lecturing programs for adults and youths, as well as children learning shows. Its president, Dr. Zakir Naik, frequently calls it an "edutainment channel". It has a viewership of up to 50 million viewers.
History
Peace TV was launched on Arabsat on satellite BADR-3 in October 2006. In November, it was available on BADR-3 and BADR-C. In 2007, Peace TV returned to BADR-4, and became available on PanAmSat PAS-10. It became the first and only Islamic channel of the world.
As of September 2007, Peace TV is available in the United States and Canada on World TV channel 65 , and in the UK Broadcaster Kamran Khan and Europe on Sky platform, channel 820..
It is also freely available from the LiveStation satellite television computer application which can be downloaded from the internet, free of charge.