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State broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) has contracted Harris Broadcast Communications to provide it with DVB-T2 transmission equipment as the South Asian nation migrates from analogue to digital terrestrial television. The contract involves a number of Harris Maxiva ULX UHF
- DVB-T2 digital technology to be introduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil gets contract to convert Rupavahini systems to digital (Category: Breaking News)
- Shop brews up arcade storm (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Court orders probe on State TV (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (Sri Lanka Mirror) - Sri Lankan cricket lovers are unable to watch the ongoing Test series with Pakistan in Abu Dhabi due to Carlton Television Network (CTN) failing to reach minimum network coverage, reports say. However, CTN’s chief executive Nishantha Ranatunga said he has received no such complaint over the failure to telecast the matches. There is still no confirmation o...
- Khuram Shaikh murder suspects remanded further (Category: Breaking News)
- Bodhi Pooja to invoke blessings on Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP leadership raises Sajith group’s absence at protest (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Kusa Paba’ screening from Jan. 21 (Category: Breaking News)
Mission 1 was a record-breaker, mission two promises more; Ranaviru Real Star, one of the most watched reality shows in Sri Lanka highlighting the hidden talents of our armed forces personnel, commenced operations with the highly-anticipated Mission 2. Ranaviru Real Star was developed on a concept given by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and is organised ...
- Ranaviru Real Star Grand Finale Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranaviru Real Star Season Two grand finale today (Category: Business)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
The Media Ministry has started a massive project of introducing digital technology to the transmission of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini channels. All television channels in Sri Lanka currently operate on analogue technology. Many Asian countries have commenced projects to introduce digital technology
- Is it worth re-inventing the wheel? (Category: Technology)
- Tech stores see new trends with pandemic (Category: USA, Maine)
- Tech stores see new trends with pandemic (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Tech stores see new trends with pandemic (Category: USA, Nebraska)
OCTOBER 17, 2011: Status: Not Free Legal Environment: 23 Political Environment: 30 Economic Environment: 18 Total Score: 71 Despite the end of the government’s long-running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group in May 2009, media freedom remained restricted in Sri Lanka, with journalists subject to myriad forms of legal harassment and physical intimidation. Altho...
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan media gagged says RSF (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka’s government implement the LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
I do not mourn for Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra: I mourn for this country that is ours Frederica Jansz Can anybody tell me why Duminda Silva is not shackled to his bed? After all, here we have a man who by numerous eyewitness and published accounts first slapped and then shot Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. Even if ...
- Bharatha’s Family Approaches Harper (Category: Breaking News)
- Bharatha killed, Duminda injured in shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminal Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- Bharatha Killed, Duminda Wounded (Category: Breaking News)
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) conducted an “Investor Day” on Saturday 1 October at Monty Hotel, Ampara in order to educate investors on investing in the stock market and Unit Trusts. This was the first ever road show conducted in Ampara. A large number of new investors participated at this event ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) in association with the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation telecasts a live one-hour television series in Sinhala titled ‘Prathilabha’ on the capital market on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. This programme, which was initiated
- SEC appoints Consultative Committee for capital markets (Category: Business)
- Investor Day at Negombo tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Market must earn confidence to be more attractive for investors: SEC (Category: Business)
- SEC Chairman says it is the right time to invest (Category: Breaking News)
July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's state run Rupavahini Corporation won a battle with the newly formed Carlton Sports Network to win the rights to telecast the upcoming Sri Lanka - Australia cricket series.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Highet ever bid received by SL Cicekt for Local TV B'cast rightsThe Local TV Broadcasting rights for the Australian Tour of Sri Lanka has been awarded to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation for a record figure of Rs. 22 Million. (Rupees Twenty two Million), states Sri Lanka Cricket issuing a media
- Gas Share (Category: Business)
- ESPN to broadcast Sri Lanka Premier League Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Olympic broadcasting rights only to Rupavahini (Category: Breaking News)
- Right activists defend their work (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that the Local TV Broadcasting rights …
- Pakistan retains Tanvir for Sri Lanka ODIs (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lankan tour to England announced (Category: Sports)
- Clash of the two titans – Australia tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan wary of youthful Australia (Category: Sports)
By Ranjit Jayasundera Sensational evidence has come to light that demonstrates beyond a shadow of doubt that in Sri Lanka fortune favours not necessarily the bold but certainly the favoured. Carlton Sports Network (CSN) a company incorporated on 10th February 2011 has won the rights to broadcast the Australian Cricket tour of Sri Lanka next ...
- Surrendering airwaves & liberty to nepotism (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch “20-20” On CSN (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas Wrestle For Olympic Rights Muscling Out Rupavahini (Category: Breaking News)
- Carlton to exclusively show SL vs Pakistan Cricket (Category: Business)
President Rajapakse has said that that the Kokavil transmission tower is a symbol of mutual relations between communities. The nation had the right to be aware of what was happening in the world as well as the country. Such a Tower has been installed mainly for communication. It will expand the friendly and mutual ...
- Sri Lanka to relocate the proposed 350 meter tall communication tower to Colombo city (Category: Breaking News)
- Inauguration of Colombo Lotus Tower construction commences (Category: Breaking News)
- FIRST SOD OF EARTH CUT FOR BUILDING OF LOTUS TOWER (Category: Breaking News)
- President wants diplomats to play bigger role (Category: Breaking News)
The multi purpose transmission tower that connects north and south through telecommunication will be inaugurated tomorrow. All TV transmissions to the North stopped following the capture of Kokavil transmission tower by the LTTE terrorists on 11th July 1990. The war heroes including Captain Saliya Aladeniya who guarded the transmission tower had to sacrifice their lives ...
- ABC transmission tower demolition starts (Category: Western Australia)
- Getting the North more fully integrated (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconstruction of Kokavil Tower in progress (Category: Breaking News)
- Kokavil tower to link North & South (Category: Breaking News)
May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government is to appoint senior journalist Mohan Samaranayake as the Chairman of the state -run television, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
May 29, Colombo: The grand finale of Sri Lanka war heroes' reality television show will be held today at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Sri Lanka's state television Rupavahini announced.
Exhibition Of Contemporary Woven Art By Tilak Samarawickrema – April 1 – 17 Tilak Samarawickrema embodies in his work the contemporary spirit of his country, Sri Lanka. His prodigious output is rooted firmly in the local artisan tradition and spans the gamut from wall-hangings to carpets, passing through an entire spectrum of weavings. His motifs ...
- Design Tapestry From Ceylon (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka contemporary art exhibition in London (Category: Breaking News)
- Barefoot presents ‘Cube and Colour’ (Category: Business)
It is illegal to issue unofficial results - Dayananda DishanayakeThe Elections Commissioner has announced that official results can only be telecast by ITN, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Swarnavahini and Derana TV Channels as only these TV Channels have secured the rights to telecast
- Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win (Category: USA, South Dakota)
can only be telecast by ITN, the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Swarnawahini and Derana ...
- Georgia official: Vote audit over; Biden still leads President Trump (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Georgia official: Vote audit over; Biden still leads President Trump (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Georgia official: Vote audit over; Biden still leads President Trump (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Georgia official: Vote audit over; Biden still leads President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
Feb 11, Colombo: The Government of Japan has provided a grant of about 54 million rupees (41.7 million Japanese Yen) to improve the TV production equipment at the state-run television broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).
by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka "A social group dominates antagonistic groups, which it tends to ‘liquidate’ or to subjugate perhaps even by armed force; it leads kindred and allied groups.” - Gramsci The massive WikiLeaks detonation took place in the wake of a significant conjunction of events for Sri Lanka. That was the celebration of Mahaveera day by the Diaspora Tamils and the visit to Jaff...
- Canada says end Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam dreams only hurting Tamils: Devananda (Category: Breaking News)
- Shun negativity - EPRLF (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil diaspora asked to shun negativity (Category: Breaking News)
The Ministry of Defence has initiated the first ever 'Ranaviru Real Star' reality TV programme, exclusively for the members of tri-forces, with the cooperation of Dialog Axiata PLC and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
The Ministry of Defence has initiated the first ever 'Ranaviru Real Star' reality TV programme, exclusively for the members of tri-forces, with the cooperation of Dialog Axiata PLC and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
By Rohini Hensman Sri Lanka’s claim to be a democracy has been tenuous for years, but the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution by parliament on 8 September 2010 dealt it a fatal blow. It changed Sri Lanka...
- UNP changes stance on a political solution based on fedaralism (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
- 18th amendment will lead to a dictatorship – Karu Jayasuriya (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Sri Lanka after successive victories? (Category: Breaking News)
Many programmes of the Independent Television Network have been evaluated at the Rupavahini State Awards Festival. The event was held last night and patronized by a distinguished gathering including Parliamentarians. ITN’s “Atapattama” programme was adjudged the best television feature programme
- High demand for Tele-cinema Village (Category: Breaking News)
- ITN honoured with several Tele awards (Category: Breaking News)
- First Tele-cinema Park opens tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- RAIGAM TELE-AWARDS IN MAY (Category: Breaking News)
An exhibition is being held to introduce new technologies to those who are engaged in TV and Cinema industry. The exhibition is being held at the Sovereign Hotel at Rajagiriya. It was launched under the patronage of the Chairman of ITN Rosmond Senaratne, Chairman of Rupavahini Corporation Sarath
- In pictures: Hawking exhibition at Science Museum (Category: Technology)
- Mummies on show (Category: Technology)
- Art on the couch (Category: Technology)
- VIDEO: Can you tell real laughs from fake? (Category: Technology)
By Sumanasiri Liyanage Why do we need laws? If all of us are law-abiding citizens, laws may become redundant. Someone has remarked that laws are needed to restrict and limit the actions of the heartless people....
- Protesting Samurdhi officers in Sri Lanka storm into Divisional Secretariat in Kelaniya (Category: Breaking News)
- Samurdhi officers at war (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Samurdhi officers demand public apology from Mervyn Threaten TU action if he fails (Category: Breaking News)
- Samurdhi Officers Protest In Kelaniya (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
Silva, a member of the Rupavahini Board of Directors also received his ...
By Dayan Jayatilleka What is the ‘main contradiction’ in Sri Lanka today? It is that between the very broad national base of support and sacrifice for the war and the resultant peace on the one hand, and the increasingly narrow character of the beneficiaries of the dividends of that popular peace, on the other. The war was national but the peace dividend and its distribution appe...
- Politicians made by media are like Papadams: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Have You No Shame? (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicians made by media are like Papadams: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil calls for discipline in party (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has ordered the authorities of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) to establish an independent panel to investigate charges against sacked media workers. Authorities were also ordered to include a retired judge into the panel.
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