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TV 1 is a Sri Lankan general entertainment television channel that provides content in both English and Sinhalese, aimed at the youth market. It was founded in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, making it one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. [ 1 ]
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.
Hiru TV (Sinhala: හිරු ටීවී) is the most watched television channel in Sri Lanka, founded by Rayynor Silva (Chairman) and owned by Asia Broadcasting Corporation. [3] Hiru TV is Sri Lanka's first and only digital television channel which has the DVB-T2 pictures and stereo sounds. [4] [5] [3] It currently holds all island coverage ...
TV Derana is a Sri Lankan private entertainment terrestrial television channel broadcasting in Sri Lanka.Launched on 11 October 2005, [2] it is one of the most popular television networks in the country. [3]
Sales of sets skyrocketed, ahead of UNESCO projections. Due to the slow development of television in neighbouring India (Doordarshan still broadcast in black and white and was mainly geared at educating farmers), Japanese-made TV sets sold in Sri Lanka were smuggled due to the lack of established presence of foreign brands at the time. [7]
Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka's first stereo broadcast station. [10] The company was repositioned as Art Television Broadcasting Company in July 2003. [11] Uoosoof Mohideen, who was the CNN representative for Sri Lanka, was the first CEO/Managing Director for Dynavision.
The service also operates on PEO TV and cable TV. The aim of the channel is to telecast valuable religious and cultural programming in the three main languages of Sri Lanka, English, Sinhala and Tamil. The founder and the Chairman of the Buddhist TV is the most Ven. Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero.
TNL TV is an English and Sinhala-language television station in Sri Lanka, owned by Telshan Network. Launched in 1993, TNL TV was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Shan Wickremesinghe, the chairman of Telshan Network, is the brother of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.