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Analog
Terrestrial Networks
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Name |
Ownership |
Language(s) |
Established & current status |
| 1 |
Independent Television Network (ITN) |
State-owned |
Sinhala |
April 13, 1979 |
| 2 |
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation |
State-owned |
Sinhala |
February 15, 1982
|
| 3 |
Channel One MTV |
Private |
English |
December 14,1992
|
| 4 |
TNL |
Private |
Sinhala / English |
June 21,1993 |
| 5 |
ETV |
Private |
English |
1995 |
| 6 |
Swarnavahini |
Private |
Sinhala |
March 16,1997 |
| 7 |
Sirasa TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
June 10,1998 |
| 8 |
Shakthi TV |
Private |
Tamil |
October 20, 1998 |
| 9 |
Channel Eye |
State-owned |
English |
August 20, 2000 |
| 10 |
TV Lanka
|
Private |
Sinhala |
December 05,2001 |
| 11 |
ART Television |
Private |
English |
July 21,2003 |
| 12 |
Derana |
Private |
Sinhala |
October 11, 2005 |
| 13 |
Max TV |
Private |
Sinhala / English / Tamil |
January 17, 2007 |
| 14 |
Nethra TV |
State-owned |
Tamil |
January 01, 2008 |
| 15 |
Vasantham TV |
State-owned |
Tamil |
June 25, 2009 |
| 16 |
Siyatha TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
September 17, 2009 |
| 17 |
Vettri TV |
Private |
Tamil |
September 17, 2009 |
| 18 |
Prime TV |
State-owned |
English |
November 12, 2009 |
| 19 |
NTV |
State-owned |
English |
November 18, 2009 |
| 20 |
DAN Tamiloli |
Private |
Tamil |
2009 |
| 21 |
VIS3 -
CCTV News |
Private |
English |
May 07, 2010 |
| 22 |
Carlton Sports Network - CSN
|
Private |
Sinhala / English |
March 07, 2011 |
| 23 |
The Buddhist TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
April 08, 2011 |
Local TV Channels on Satellite or Cable Networks
| |
Name |
Ownership |
Language |
Established |
| 1 |
Young Asia Television |
Private |
Sinhala/English |
1995 |
| 2 |
Srilakvahini |
Private |
Sinhala |
November 03, 2006 |
| 3 |
Sri TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
2006 |
| 4 |
Dhammavahini |
Private |
Sinhala |
May, 2007 |
| 5 |
The Buddhist |
Private |
Sinhala |
June 29, 2007 |
| 6 |
CiTi HiTz |
Private |
Sinhala |
December 10, 2007 |
| 7 |
Channel C |
Private |
Sinhala |
March 10, 2008 |
| 8 |
Lakroo/Info TV |
State-owned |
Sinhala |
April 04, 2009 |
| 9 |
Heritage TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
May 08, 2009 |
| 10 |
DAN Tamiloli |
Private |
Tamil |
2009 |
| 11 |
Life Channel |
Private |
Sinhala |
2009 |
| 12 |
TV Neth |
Private |
Sinhala |
2009 |
| 13 |
One SriLanka |
Private |
Sinhala |
2009 |
| 14 |
Knowledge TV |
Private |
Sinhala |
2010 |
| 15 |
TV Dream Music |
Private |
Sinhala |
2010 |
Pay Television Networks (Sri Lankan Owned)
| |
Name |
Technology |
Established |
| 1 |
PEO TV (SLT Visioncom) |
IPTV (ADSL
and
WiMAX) |
September 2008 |
| 2 |
Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) |
Analog/Digital Cable |
2000 |
| 3 |
Dialog TV |
Digital Satellite |
2005 |
| 4 |
Comet Cable(Not functioning since 2009) |
Analog Microwave |
1999 |
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