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The first Television network in Sri Lanka, named Independent Television Network (ITN) was launched on April 13, 1979 as a private broadcaster.[1] On June 5, 1979 ITN was converted to a government owned business[1] and it 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 when the government allowed the first private television networks to be established.[2] In the same year, the Maharaja Television Network (MTV) was launched in collaboration with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel).

Since then a number of new networks have been established. There are also a few Satellite networks and Pay television networks in Sri Lanka. The national telecommunications provided Sri Lanka Telecom has also announced they will launch an IPTV service in February 2008.

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

Analog Terrestrial Networks

Name Ownership Language(s) Established
1 Independent Television Network (ITN) State-owned Sinhala / English / Tamil April 13, 1979 [1]
2 Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation State-owned Sinhala / English February 15, 1982 [3]
3 Channel One MTV Private English 1992 [4]
4 Sirasa TV Private Sinhala 1992 [5]
5 TNL Private Sinhala / English 1993[2]
6 Swarnavahini Private Sinhala 1994[6][7]
7 ETV Private English 1995 [8]
8 ART TV Private English 1996 [9]
9 Channel Eye State-owned Sinhala / English 2000[10]
10 Shakthi TV Private Tamil 1998
11 TV Lanka Private Sinhala language 2001
12 Derana Private Sinhala language October 11, 2005 [11]
13 Max TV Private Sinhala / English January 17, 2007[12]
14 Nethra TV State-Owned Tamil January 2008
15 Siyatha TV Private Sinhala Announce
16 Neth TV - Asset Media Ltd Private Sinhala Announce
17 TV2 - Peoples Media Network Private Sinhala Site Selection

Satellite Networks

Name Ownership Language Established
1 TV Lanka Private Sinhala 2001
2 Srilakvahini Private Sinhala 2006
3 The Buddhist Private Sinhala 2007
4 Lakvision Private Sinhala 2008

Pay Television Networks (Sri Lankan Owned)

Name Technology Established
1 Comet Cable Analog Microwave 1999
2 Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) Analog/Digital Cable 2000
3 Dialog TV Digital Satellite 2005[13]
4 SLT IPTV IPTV (ADSL and WiMAX) Commencing Feb '08[14]

References

  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, renamed as Sirasa TV in June 1998 Press reference, SRI LANKA Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
  5. ^ Launched in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, renamed as MTV in June 1998 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 1995 as ETV 2, renamed as ETV in 1997 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. ^ Launched as Rupavahini 2 and later renamed as Channel Eye
  11. ^ "Derana ceremonial launch today". The Daily News. 10 November, 2005. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ TV and Radio Sri Lanka, Max TV launches today
  13. ^ Established in 2005 as CBNSat, later renamed Dialog TV when acquired by Dialog Telekom
  14. ^ Daily Mirror, IPTV comes to your home Feb. 08

See also

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