As the New Year dawned on Jan 1st TNL Networks launched websites & strengthened their social media presence. Even though the English channels (TNL Radio & Lite FM) operated by TNL have a strong web & social media presence, the same cannot be said about the TNL TV & their Sinhala Language channel.However establishing a strong web presence isn't sufficient ...
Tamil FM Sri Lanka's latest Tamil language Radio Station which commenced broadcasting in the Northern peninsula on FM 99.5 Kokavil & FM 99.7 Jaffna will cover the entire island on FM 107.8 in the near future. The channel is termed as the first ever "Infotainment Tamil Radio in Sri Lanka", which should mean it should carry informative-educational programming in addition ...
According to information coming in, Dish TV Sri Lanka has commenced testing on SES8 95E 12170H 40700 DVB-S. According to information there are about 27 channels being tested. Most of these channels are either Pakistani, Bangladeshi & Afghan channels.It seems that since most of these channels cannot be downlinked in India, Dish TV will use Sri Lanka as a base ...
Dish TV India is to launch services in Sri Lanka soon in a joint venture formed with Satnet. The joint venture company Dish TV Lanka is 70% owned by Dish TV & 30% owned by Satnet and makes use of Satnet's DTH license.Dish TV which planned to invest Rupees 700 million initially has approved a further Rupees 300 million for ...
It should be noted & appreciated that local English Language FTA channel Max Television has been premiering movies faster than certain Indian pay English movies channels available in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka FTA channels had previously been telecasting movies that are considerably old but Max has made a difference and is telecasting much newer movies. One example is the movie ...
With Dish TV testing transmissions under a company known as Dish TV Sri Lanka, lets take a look at their possible strategy in Sri Lanka. It's quite clear that Dish TV has been testing some local FTA channels including some Pakistani channels indicating that this is part of a larger regional strategy. With Pakistani channels having no downlink permission in ...
Press Release: Thinetha TVSri Lanka's First HD Satellite Television Channel "Thinetha TV" Commence SoonSteps have been taken to initiate a satellite television channel called "Thinetha TV" with the view of informing the world on economical and social trends achieved by Sri Lanka after the 30-year-long war. All programmes, which are telecasted in a national level television channel, are expected to ...
Over the last several days, ETV has dropped all regular programming and is concentrating on Channel News Asia plus some music and a teaser that ends with the words "The Sky is the limit". This indicates a possible relaunch or revamping of the channel under same name or another.ETV which was owned by the EAP Group was under the management ...
A couple of days ago we noticed that You TV (formerly Max TV) which rebranded a couple of months back but stuck solely to broadcasting only France 24, is now slowly introducing other programming content. However the other programming that are being introduced are still the same ones that existed during the time Max TV brand existed. Nothing much has ...
The English language television channel known as "NTV" which commenced operations a few years ago has been relaunched just prior to the CHOGM last weekend. The channel now know as well "ntv", has had a refreshed logo which frankly looks hideous when compared to the previous one.This channel orginally started off as an English one and then was reduced to ...
After a string of days with no clear broadcaster for RBS 6 Nations over FTA in Sri Lanka, it is pleasing to note that CSN carried the matches "LIVE" for Sri Lankan FTA audiences. The broadcast which was pulled off the special feed provided by "Setanta Sports" for their partners in Sri Lanka which was run without the "Setanta" logo ...
Subcontinent feeds of sports channels ESPN Star Sports which are now managed by Star TV in India, are to undergo major changes from 6th Nov 2013. ESPN exited the joint venture last year resulting in the subsequent rebranding of ESPN as "Fox Sports" in Asia. After months of deliberations it has been decided that ESPN will be rebranded under the ...
Looking back at 2013, there have been many changes in the broadcasting industry when it comes to the many FTA channels we get in Sri Lanka. 2013 has seen many channels rebranding such as Your Radio giving way to Red FM, Legends replacing Kirula Radio, not to mention the latest radio station being Fox FM 91.4 which launched early December.Not ...
The recent revamp of Star Movies Action India means that big Hollywood blockbusters will premiere on a monthly basis on the channel exclusively. This is in addition to the weekly premieres of movies on Star Movies India. These movies which have all been allocated to Fox International Channels for this region have been moved to Star Movies Action. These movies ...
TV Lanka has launched their very own DVB-T pay television service with coverage limited to the colombo city limits. The channel list consists of a mix of HD & SD feeds. However it should be stated that the HD feeds are been broadcast to the subscribers as SD feeds and not in HD quality.A problem we see with this is ...
Sri Lanka's newest radio channel Fox 91.4 FM launched officially. This is the newest English Radio channel managed by Asset Radio Broadcasting which also operates Neth FM. The channel has managed to secure prominent radio personality Jimmy Deen.The on-line webcast of this channel is available at http://www.fox914.com/We wish the management of Asset Radio Broadcasting the very best in their endeavors ...
It's become a habit on local television & radio media to announce the winners address if one wins some sort of promo. This is happening for quite some time with no regard for individuals privacy. Hiru TV has been the latest culprit where they visit peoples houses and give then cash for watching their programmes and require those poor unsuspecting ...
Sri Lanka's latest television channel Hiru TV will be launching soon on Dialog TV & PEO TV. The channel is currently carrying out test transmissions on both the pay television networks now for a few weeks. The exact launch date is not known but it could be somewhere in January 2012.With Hiru TV the ABC Group which is well known ...
With the announcement that pay television channel Sony Six has acquired the rights to major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup events until 2018 which covers two World Cup events & Eurocup events has left subscribers of local pay television providers in the lurch since none of them provide Sony Six on their network.Recently the Sri Lanka - ...
As many of you would know, a brand new English Radio station called Red FM launched a few weeks ago, this was a replacement to "Your Radio" which was in operation previously. Although frequencies were allocated last year along with the re-organisation of radio frequencies in Sri Lanka, the station did take a long time to commence transmissions.The radio station ...
