Hello everyone, I've spent this past week working on a project aimed at curating some of the best pakistani media and making it accessible
the format i've gone with is a television station inspired by a TV we had in my grandparents room in peshawar where our cousins would gather to watch serials, sitcoms, movies, sports, etc
here's what it currently looks like https://daruladab.tv?from=reddit
the idea here is to have an always-on stream of channels, airing content from different-eras of pakistani culture, whether it be an anwar maqsood drama, moin akhtar comedy, old PTV commercials, classic films, or children shows like ainak wa la jin
Part of the goal is nostalgia, but another part is making it really easy for people, especially younger Pakistanis, or diaspora-pakistanis to discover the incredible amount of art and media our culture has produced.
I've got a lot of the material sourced already (the station uses embedded YouTube videos), and the technology is mostly working.
but the hard part, which i realize now why broadcasters exist - is programming
How do you decide what deserves to air? What belongs in prime time? How do you balance nostalgia with introducing people to great shows they might never have heard of?
And most importantly, how do you make sure that someone turning on the station at any random moment can find something genuinely interesting to watch?
It's still a very early experiment, but I think there's something really interesting here.
so If this sounds like your kind of thing, and you're interested in archival, nostalgic, classic media - would love to bounce off ideas! feel free to comment