Television in Sri Lanka

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The first Television network of Sri Lanka was launched on 13 April 1979. The ITN channel, owned by the Independent Television Network Limited (ITN) became the first terrestrial television channel of Sri Lanka.[1] On June 5, 1979 ITN was converted to a government owned business[1] and was later brought under the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Act of 1982 along with the newly created Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).[2]

Significant changes occurred in 1992 as the government permitted the establishment of private television networks.[2] Subsequently, the Maharaja Television Network (MTV) was launched in collaboration with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel).

Since then many new television networks have come into existence within Sri Lanka. There are also a number of Satellite networks and pay per view television networks in Sri Lanka. The national telecommunications provider Sri Lanka Telecom also launched an IPTV service in 2008.

The following is a complete list of television networks in Sri Lanka.

Contents

Analog Terrestrial Networks[edit]

Name Ownership Language(s) Established & current status
1 Independent Television Network (ITN) State-owned Sinhala April 13, 1979 [1]
2 Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation State-owned Sinhala February 15, 1982 [3]
3 MTV SPORTS Private English December 14,1992 [4]
4 TNL Private Sinhala / English June 21, 1993 [2]
5 ETV Private English 1995 [5]
6 Swarnavahini Private Sinhala March 16,1997 [6][7]
7 Sirasa TV Private Sinhala June 10,1998 [8]
8 Shakthi TV Private Tamil October 20, 1998
9 Channel Eye State-owned English August 20, 2000
10 TV Lanka [20] Private Sinhala December 05,2001
11 ART Television Private English July 21,2003 [9]
12 TV Derana Private Sinhala October 11, 2005 [10]
13 Max TV Private Sinhala / English / Tamil January 17, 2007[11]
14 Nethra TV State-owned Tamil January 01, 2008[12]
15 Vasantham TV State-owned Tamil June 25, 2009[13]
16 Siyatha TV Private Sinhala September 17, 2009[14]
17 Varnam TV Private Tamil September 17, 2009[15]
18 Prime TV State-owned English November 12, 2009[16]
19 NTV State-owned English November 18, 2009[17]
20 DAN Tamiloli Private Tamil 2009[18]
21 CCTV News Private English May 07, 2010[19]
22 Carlton Sports Network (CSN) Private Sinhala / English March 07, 2011[20]
23 The Buddhist TV Private Sinhala April 08, 2011
24 Hiru TV Private Sinhala May 23, 2012[21]

Local TV Channels on Satellite or Cable Networks[edit]

Name Ownership Language Established
1 Young Asia Television [21] Private Sinhala/Tamil/English 1995[22]
2 Srilakvahini Private Sinhala November 03, 2006[23]
3 Sri TV [22] Private Sinhala 2006
4 Dhammavahini [23] Private Sinhala May, 2007[24]
5 The Buddhist [24] Private Sinhala June 29, 2007[25]
6 CiTi HiTz Private Sinhala December 10, 2007
7 Gospel Vision Private Sinhala/English 2007
8 Channel C Private Sinhala March 10, 2008[26]
9 Lakroo/Info TV State-owned Sinhala April 04, 2009[27]
10 Heritage TV [25] Private Sinhala May 08, 2009[28]
11 TV Neth [26] Private Sinhala 2009
12 One SriLanka [27] Private Sinhala 2009
13 Knowledge TV Private Sinhala 2010
14 TV Dream Music Private Sinhala 2010
15 Nenasa TV Private Sinhala 2010
16 One Six Channel Private Sinhala 2011
17 Swarga TV Private Sinhala/Tamil/English 2011
18 Ridee TV Private Sinhala 2012[29]
19 Shraddha TV Private Sinhala/English 2012[30]

Pay Television Networks (Sri Lankan Owned)[edit]

Name Technology Established
1 Digital Pay TV (TV Lanka) Digital Signals 2012
2 PEO TV (SLT Visioncom) IPTV (ADSL and WiMAX) September 2008[31]
3 Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) Analog/Digital Cable 2000
4 Dialog TV Digital Satellite 2005[32]
5 Comet Cable(Not functioning since 2009) Analog Microwave 1999

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c ITN Sri Lanka, About Us
  2. ^ a b c Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  3. ^ Rupavahini, About Us
  4. ^ Launched in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, renamed as MTV in 1998 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  5. ^ Launched in 1995 as ETV 2, renamed as ETV in 1997 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  6. ^ Launched in 1994 as ETV, renamed as Swarnavahini on March 16, 1997 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  7. ^ Swarnavahini, About Us
  8. ^ Launched in 1992 as MTV, renamed as Sirasa TV in 1998 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  9. ^ Launched in 1996 as Dynavision, renamed as ARTv Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  10. ^ "Derana ceremonial launch today". The Daily News. 10 November 2005. 
  11. ^ TV and Radio Sri Lanka, Max TV launches today
  12. ^ Launched as Rupavahini 2 and later renamed as Channel Eye
  13. ^ Vasantham TV launch [1]
  14. ^ Siyatha TV launch [2]
  15. ^ Vettri TV launch [3]
  16. ^ Prime TV launch [4]
  17. ^ NTV launch [5]
  18. ^ About Dan TV [6]
  19. ^ CCTV News Sri Lanka launch [7]
  20. ^ CSN TV launch [8]
  21. ^ Hiru TV launch [9]
  22. ^ About YA TV[10]
  23. ^ Srilakvahini Test Transmission [11]
  24. ^ Dharmavahini Launched [12]
  25. ^ The Buddhist TV Launched [13]
  26. ^ Channel C Launched [14]
  27. ^ Lakroo Launched [15]
  28. ^ Heritage TV Launched [16]
  29. ^ Ridee TV added to Dialog TV [17]
  30. ^ Shraddha TV added to PEO TV [18]
  31. ^ PEO TV, [19]
  32. ^ Established in 2005 as CBNSat, later renamed Dialog TV when acquired by Dialog Telekom

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