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==Digital Terrestrial Networks== |
==Digital Terrestrial Networks== |
Revision as of 07:18, 23 May 2014
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.
Analog Terrestrial Networks
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 | TNL | Private | Sinhala / English | June 21, 1993 [2] |
4 | MTV Sports | Private | English | December 14, 1992 [4] |
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 | ART Television | Private | English | July 21, 2003 [9] |
11 | YOU TV (earlier MAX TV) | Private | Sinhala / English / Tamil | January 17, 2007[10] |
12 | Nethra TV | State-owned | Tamil | January 1, 2008[11] |
13 | Vasantham TV | State-owned | Tamil | June 25, 2009[12] |
14 | Siyatha TV | Private | Sinhala | September 17, 2009[13] |
15 | Varnam TV (earlier Vettri TV) | Private | Tamil | September 17, 2009[14] |
16 | Prime TV | State-owned | English | November 12, 2009[15] |
17 | NTV | State-owned | English | November 18, 2009[16] |
18 | DAN Tamiloli | Private | Tamil | 2009[17] |
19 | CCTV News | Private | English | May 7, 2010[18] |
20 | CSN | Private | Sinhala / English | March 07, 2011[19] |
21 | [[Ada derana 24 hrs news | private | Sinhala / English / Tamil | soon |
Digital Terrestrial Networks
Name | Ownership | Language(s) | Established | Transmission technology | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hiru TV | Private | Sinhala | May 23, 2012[20] | DVB-T2 Digital, 1080p Full HD, Stereo |
2 | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation | State-owned | Sinhala | February 15, 1982 [3] | DVB-T2 Digital (Kokavil only, full coverage in 2015) |
3 | TV Derana | Private | Sinhala | October 11, 2005 [21] | DVB-T2 Digital |
Local TV Channels on Satellite or Cable Networks
Name | Ownership | Language | Established | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Young Asia Television [2] | Private | Sinhala/Tamil/English | 1995[22] |
2 | Srilakvahini | Private | Sinhala | November 3, 2006[23] |
3 | Sri TV [3] | Private | Sinhala | 2006 |
4 | Dhammavahini [4] | Private | Sinhala | May, 2007[24] |
5 | The Buddhist [5] | 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 4, 2009[27] |
10 | Heritage TV [6] | Private | Sinhala | May 8, 2009[28] |
11 | TV Neth [7] | Private | Sinhala | 2009 |
12 | One SriLanka [8] | 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)
Name | Technology | Established | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Electroteks CEKE Digital Pay TV (TV Lanka) | DTMB | 2012 |
2 | Dialog TV | Digital Satellite | 2005[31] |
3 | PEO TV (SLT Visioncom) | IPTV (ADSL and WiMAX) | September 2008[32] |
4 | Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) | Analog/Digital Cable | 2000 |
5 | Comet Cable(Not functioning since 2009) | Analog Microwave | 1999 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c ITN Sri Lanka, About Us
- ^ a b c Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ a b Rupavahini, About Us
- ^ Launched in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, renamed as MTV in 1998 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ Launched in 1995 as ETV 2, renamed as ETV in 1997 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ Launched in 1994 as ETV, renamed as Swarnavahini on March 16, 1997 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ Swarnavahini, About Us
- ^ Launched in 1992 as MTV, renamed as Sirasa TV in 1998 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ Launched in 1996 as Dynavision, renamed as ARTv Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
- ^ TV and Radio Sri Lanka, Max TV launches today
- ^ Launched as Rupavahini 2 and later renamed as Channel Eye
- ^ Vasantham TV launch
- ^ Siyatha TV launch
- ^ Vettri TV launch
- ^ Prime TV launch [1]
- ^ NTV launch
- ^ About Dan TV
- ^ CCTV News Sri Lanka launch
- ^ CSN TV launch
- ^ Hiru TV launch
- ^ "Derana ceremonial launch today". The Daily News. 10 November 2005.
- ^ About YA TV
- ^ Srilakvahini Test Transmission
- ^ Dharmavahini Launched
- ^ The Buddhist TV Launched
- ^ Channel C Launched
- ^ Lakroo Launched
- ^ Heritage TV Launched
- ^ Ridee TV added to Dialog TV
- ^ Shraddha TV added to PEO TV
- ^ Established in 2005 as CBNSat, later renamed Dialog TV when acquired by Dialog Axiata
- ^ PEO TV