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The ITN broadcast coverage extends to 99% of the island of Sri Lanka. [3] [4] [5] The ITN channel is the flagship television channel of ITN Ltd. ITN further operates three FM radio stations; Lakhanda (Former ITN FM), the Sinhala language service; Vasantham FM, the Tamil language service and Prime Radio , the English language service.
Television in Sri Lanka dates back to 1979. Television broadcasting, like other forms of media in the country, is generally divided along linguistic lines with state and private media operators providing services in Sinhala , Tamil , and English languages.
The ITN channel, owned by the Independent Television Network Limited (ITN) became the first terrestrial television channel of Sri Lanka. On June 5, 1979 ITN was converted to a government owned business [11] and was later brought under the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Act of 1982 along with the newly created Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).
7 June 2022. ( 2022-06-07) Colomba Ithaliya ( Sinhala: කොළඹ ඉතාලිය) is a Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series, broadcast on Independent Television Network. [2] It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, produced by Sudharma Jayawardhana and written by Nilantha Perera. [3] [4] It airs every weekday from 9:00 pm to 9: ...
1 April 1987. ( 1987-04-01) [1] –. present. Kopi Kade ( Coffee Shop) ( Sinhala :කෝපි කඩේ) is a popular Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series broadcast on the Independent Television Network. [2] One of Sri Lanka's iconic television series in history, [3] Kopi Kade remains the most popular program at its time-slot according to ...
ITN is the first ever terrestrial television channel to be telecast in Sri Lanka. [11] [12] However, ITN was able to provide its broadcasting services under the leadership of Shan only for eight weeks, where President Jayewardene’s Government converted ITN to a State owned property on June 5, 1979 by a special gazette.
It is the only program in Sri Lanka to be awarded in 11 consecutive times as the most popular program of the each year at SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards. In 2001, Hettiarachchi produced the program Doramadalawa. It is an educational as well as academic program. The show continuously airing on ITN on every Monday at 10 pm.
Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island ...