Rupavahini
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| Type | Broadcast Television network |
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| Branding | Rupavahini Corporation |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Availability | National |
| Slogan | The National Television of Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, P.O.Box 2204, Independence Square, Baudhaloka Road, Colombo 07 |
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Broadcast area
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Sri Lanka |
| Owner | Government of Sri Lanka |
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Key people
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Mr. Ravi Jayawardena (Chairman) Prof: M Sunil Shantha (Director General Rupavahini) |
| Established | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Act no 6 of 1982 |
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Launch date
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14 February 1982 |
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Channel 1
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Rupavahini |
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Channel 2
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Channel Eye |
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Channel 3
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Nethra TV |
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Channel 4
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NTV |
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Official website
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www |
The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (SLRC) ( ශ්රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television) is the national television network of Sri Lanka. Gifted by the people of Japan to the people of Sri Lanka, mainly for the provision of education, information and entertainment.
Established by Parliament under Act No. 6 of 1982 for the provision of a national television service, it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages. Distinguished civil servant M.J Perera was the Founder Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).
SLRC is the largest television broadcaster in Sri Lanka and has an island-wide reception of its channels. SLRC broadcasts its channels in both VHF and UHF frequencies in Sri Lanka. Currently, all of the network's services are only available by analog transmission. But there are plans to upgrade to digital broadcasting. From 2011 Kokavil Transmitting starts DVB-T2 for North area in Sri Lanka. There were plans to Transmit the DVB-T2 Digital Transmission all over the country in 2015. The existing Analogous Transmission will be completely cut off.
Rūpavāhinī was created under a government act on January 23, 1982 and established on February 14th the same year.
Rupavahini began broadcasting on February 15, 1982, one day after it was established, with an opening speech from J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lanka's president at the time, after being donated by the Japanese government. Both transmitters were built and installed by Japanese technicians.
In 1986, Rupavahini expanded their facilities and, in 1998, rehabilitated most of the original equipment using digital technology under three grant aid projects from the Government of Japan. Its studio complex is situated in Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. The complex comprises a Master Control room, four studios, two dubbing studios, a Digital Post Production unit, two Analogue Post production units, several editing suites including Non Linear Editing and four Outside Broadcast vehicles.
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