Imran Mir, station manager for Geo TV said the news channel will consider moving out of Dubai if a settlement is not reached with regard to the disruption in the transmission from the Dubai Media City.

"We are losing a lot of money while being off air. So we're considering alternative arrangements in Asia in case this issue is not resolved," Mir told PTI without divulging on the plans.

Talk are on between the Pakistani TV channels – GEO and ARY TV - which were banned from telecasting programmes from Dubai on Friday midnight -- to resolve the issue, sources here said. However, an official said that talks are yet to result in a concrete accord.

Mir noted that millions of Urdu-speaking viewers in South Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America would be adversely affected and that the channel could not remain off air indefinitely.

"We have a staff of 200 people here. They will be jobless if this continues," he said, adding that the correspondents were working.

He said the TV network had been under pressure from the Pakistani government to tone down its criticism of the government. The network approached DMC volunteering to move operations out of its current headquarters in Dubai. "We asked for a one month notice," he said.