TV 1 | |
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Launched | 14 December 1992 |
Owned by | MTV Channel |
Slogan | Res Wihidena Jeewithe |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Language | English and Sinhalese |
Broadcast area | Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | Colombo |
Formerly called | MTV Newsvision, MTV, Channel One MTV, MTV Sports, MTV |
Sister channel(s) | |
Website | www |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
UHF (Colombo) | Channel 58 |
UHF (Colombo) | Channel 59 |
UHF (Kandy) | Channel 51 |
UHF (Gammaduwa) | Channel 53 |
UHF (Namunukula) | Channel 58 |
UHF (Gongala) | Channel 53 |
UHF (Minuwangala) | Channel 54 |
UHF (Nuwara Eliya) | Channel 59 |
Satellite | |
Dialog TV | 10 |
IPTV | |
PEO TV | 12 |
Streaming media | |
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TV 1 is a Sri Lankan general entertainment television channel which provides English and Sinhalese content aimed at the youth market. Founded in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Its sister channel MTV was renamed Sirasa TV in June 1998 and MTV Newsvision was renamed MTV. MTV was later re-branded Channel One MTV. On 26 January 2012 the channel was re-launched as MTV Sports. MTV Sports was re-branded MTV in July 2015. The channel was renamed TV 1 on the 21 January 2016.
The channel is available on UHF channel 58/59 in the Colombo area and on UHF channel 51 in the Kandy area. It is also available on SLT Visioncom. TV 1 is owned by MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, part of the Capital Maharaja conglomerate.