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The Channel’s daily news bulletin the State of Business is a key business current affairs program in Sri Lanka and conducts prominent business forums <ref>http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8834&Itemid=44</ref>. The Company has also ventured into local reality series platform partnering with The Model Network, Sri Lanka and Ford Models, New York for the Ford Supermodel of Sri Lanka search <ref>http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3258&Itemid=44 </ref>. It has collaborated with the British Council in Colombo for the entrepreneurial reality show Ideators in 2010 <ref>http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-projects-ideators2010.htm </ref>.
The Channel’s daily news bulletin the State of Business is a key business current affairs program in Sri Lanka and conducts prominent business forums <ref>http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8834&Itemid=44</ref>. The Company has also ventured into local reality series platform partnering with The Model Network, Sri Lanka and Ford Models, New York for the Ford Supermodel of Sri Lanka search <ref>http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3258&Itemid=44 </ref>. It has collaborated with the British Council in Colombo for the entrepreneurial reality show Ideators in 2010 <ref>http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-projects-ideators2010.htm </ref>.


Affiliated with CNN since 1995, the Channel offers 15 hours of CNN daily <ref>http://www.iwsholdings.com/art-television.html</ref>. It partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009, and relays a daily hour of Cartoon Network on its children’s belt ART Toons <ref>http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory_industrybrief.asp?section_id=35&news_id=35641&tag=31391</ref>, in addition to varied entertainment content sourced from leading international suppliers. The station partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009 to launch an eco-awareness campaign in Kandy, which was the first local CSR campaign supported by an international children’s channel <ref>(1)http://cityofkandy.com/index.php?limitstart=30</ref>.
Affiliated with [[CNN]] since 1995, the Channel offers 15 hours of CNN daily <ref>http://www.iwsholdings.com/art-television.html</ref>. It partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009, and relays a daily hour of [[Cartoon Network]] on its children’s belt ART Toons <ref>http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory_industrybrief.asp?section_id=35&news_id=35641&tag=31391</ref>, in addition to varied entertainment content sourced from leading international suppliers. The station partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009 to launch an eco-awareness campaign in [[Kandy]], which was the first local [[CSR]] campaign supported by an international children’s channel <ref>http://cityofkandy.com/index.php?limitstart=30</ref>.


==History==
==History==
Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka’s first stereo broadcast station <ref>http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Sri-Lanka.html </ref>. The Company was repositioned as Art Television in July 2003 <ref>(1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_networks_in_Sri_Lanka#cite_note-art1-8</ref>.
Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka’s first [[stereo]] broadcast station <ref>http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Sri-Lanka.html </ref>. The Company was repositioned as Art Television in July 2003 <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_networks_in_Sri_Lanka#cite_note-art1-8</ref>.





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Art Television Broadcasting Co. is a 24-hour analogue terrestrial (free to air) television channel in Sri Lanka. A privately owned channel that broadcasts English content has its headquarters located in Colombo. Its coverage is viewed on Frequencies UHF – CH28 in Colombo and UHF – CH52 in Kandy [1]. ART Television is owned by the Sri Lankan business conglomerate IWS Holdings (Private) Limited [2] [3].

ART Television Broadcasting Co.
CountrySri Lanka
HeadquartersIWS Centre, 451 Kandy Road , Kelaniya , Sri Lanka.
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerIWS Holdings[4] (Private) Limited.

Programming

The Channel’s daily news bulletin the State of Business is a key business current affairs program in Sri Lanka and conducts prominent business forums [5]. The Company has also ventured into local reality series platform partnering with The Model Network, Sri Lanka and Ford Models, New York for the Ford Supermodel of Sri Lanka search [6]. It has collaborated with the British Council in Colombo for the entrepreneurial reality show Ideators in 2010 [7].

Affiliated with CNN since 1995, the Channel offers 15 hours of CNN daily [8]. It partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009, and relays a daily hour of Cartoon Network on its children’s belt ART Toons [9], in addition to varied entertainment content sourced from leading international suppliers. The station partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009 to launch an eco-awareness campaign in Kandy, which was the first local CSR campaign supported by an international children’s channel [10].

History

Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka’s first stereo broadcast station [11]. The Company was repositioned as Art Television in July 2003 [12].


See also

References