Use the current public-service source for identity
The official PSB Nepal site publishes current organizational material and a January 2026 NTV anniversary account. Use that source to establish the public-service context. A corporate news page is not itself a programme player, while an old NTV journal can remain useful historical evidence.
Do not turn an organizational transition into a claim that every programme moved to one new app or that all old recordings remain available. Search the exact programme and date and retain the official object you actually find.
Keep NTV World and regional programme labels
The 2026 official account identifies NTV World as a separately launched English-language channel. Nepal Television’s programme site also lists named services including NTV Plus, NTV News, Kohalpur and Itahari. Preserve the intended label when a local or language-specific edition is the goal.
A report about eastern Nepal is not automatically an NTV Itahari programme, and a World item is not necessarily a dubbed version of a domestic edition. Check the actual programme title, description and language rather than assuming every NTV brand has an identical catalogue.
Read counts and calendar labels carefully
The official anniversary text uses both five-channel wording and a later reference to six. That ambiguity is a reason to avoid a definitive total from that article alone. Keep verified names and seek the current catalogue rather than resolving inconsistent wording by invention.
Nepali programme or archive references may use a local calendar date alongside an English date. Preserve the original label and verify the corresponding date for the actual item. Do not substitute a page’s upload date for an edition date or assume an old journal’s calendar reference is a current schedule.
Use Kathmandu’s actual dated appointment
For live viewing, use Asia/Kathmandu with the real programme date and the Canadian city. Preserve the minute component returned by a dated conversion rather than rounding the difference into a whole-hour shortcut. Keep the Nepali edition date for replay searches.
Test the intended item for audio, captions and permitted playback. The sources establish current organizational context and named services, not Canadian entitlement or every player feature. A broadcaster’s general global-reach description does not guarantee access to each programme in a separate IPTV package.
Related questions
Does the PSB transition prove every old NTV recording moved to one platform?
No. Verify the actual programme and dated item rather than inferring archive migration.
Should the inconsistent five/six wording be published as a definitive current channel total?
No. Retain verified service names and confirm a current inventory separately.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- PSB Nepal — January 2026 NTV account — Official organizational transition and 2025 English NTV World launch; source count wording is internally inconsistent.
- Nepal Television — official programme/news site — Observed named NTV Plus/News/Kohalpur/Itahari services; no Canadian playback test.
- Radio Nepal — official site — Separate official radio/live-listening destination within current public-service context.
