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Prior to this news was mainly broadcasts on entertainment channels at a stipulated time. Ada Derana 24’s hourly news that provides days most happening and important news changed that dimension. Ada Derana 24 programme line up includes Hourly News (broadcast at the top of each hour), 12.00 Mid Day Prime (Sinhala) 6.55 PM Prime Time News (Sinhala),
Rupavahini is the main channel, in Sinhala. It transmits on a 20-hour schedule and features news, teledramas, educational programming, discussion shows, and imported programming. Channel Eye is the English language and sports channel. The channel's name is derived from its three focal points: Education, Youth, and Entertainment.
In 2007, Sri Lanka's first uninterrupted 24-hour Sinhala movie channel, 'City Hitz was established. In 2008, Dialog TV launched ‘Channel C’, the first-ever 24-hour local music channel. A software upgrade was tested on 8 June, although it only updated to the June 1, 2006 software, which is included on all decoders sold from January 2007.
A one kilowatt (1 KW) transmitter and 65 feet (20 m) transmission tower were used to broadcast the ITN channel within a 15 miles (24 km) radius of the city of Colombo. Due to the geographical location of the transmission station, local weather and the transmission equipment used early viewers experienced many disruptions and interference to ...
Siyatha TV is the first Sri Lankan terrestrial channel to go simultaneously on satellite through their own DTH platform. This platform currently carry all VOA Television and Radio channels on Intelsat 906 satellite located at 64´E. Roshantha Kariyapperuma, owns the Voice of Asia Network which owns Siyatha TV along-with Roshantha Kariyapperuma ...
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
There are also a number of satellite networks and pay per view television networks in Sri Lanka. The national telecommunications provider Sri Lanka Telecom also launched an IPTV service in 2008. Since then, during the last two decades, multiple broadcasting networks have entered the public frequencies. A privately owned company, Swarnawahini ...
Kurunegala (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල, Tamil: குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 14th century.