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The following is an alphabetical list of journalists from the Asian country of Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Reporter TV is an Indian Malayalam-language free-to-air news channel currently operated by Reporter News Network owned by Reporter Broadcasting Company, based at Kochi. The channel was launched on 13 May 2011 with M. V. Nikesh Kumar , a popular media person in Kerala , as the CEO of Reporter TV.
Sri Lanka had no television services available until 1979. The creation of a national television service was planned several times as far back as 1965 (Ceylon at the time), when then-Minister of State J. R. Jayawardene suggested its creation, but was rejected by Dudley Senanayake's government, whose media advisors led by Neville Jayaweera called television "a gift of a rhinoceros".
Also: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation: Mass media people / Non-fiction writers: Journalists Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
ITN channel is also the first 1080p full HD television channel in Sri Lanka. The ITN Ltd has invested Rs. 200 Mn on the construction of the country's first HD studio complex and started high resolution broadcasting since 30 June 2016.
Sri Lanka's second state-owned TV station - Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) - was established by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of 1982. [3] SLRC started broadcasting on 15 February 1982. [2] The Act required the SLRC to maintain taste and decency and not to incite crime and disorder or cause religious or public offence.
Press freedom is a major concern in Sri Lanka. Both sides in the war make efforts to silence inconvenient reporters. Around 15 reporters received death threats from one faction or the other in 2004 [2] The assassinated reporter Aiyathurai Nadesan, correspondent in Batticaloa for several Tamil media stated just prior to his assassination in 2005:
Shameer Rasooldeen (born 17 October 1985: Sinhala: ෂමීර් රසූල්ඩීන්), is a Sri Lankan business person, journalist and a television news anchor. [1] [2] Shameer is the current host of Sri Lanka's only English Language current affairs program Face the Nation telecast on TV1. [3]