ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision) is an English language television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of EAP Holdings. Launched in 1995 as ETV 2, it was a sister channel of ETV 1.[1] The channel's owner Extra Terrestrial Vision (Private) Limited, who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992, changed its name to EAP Network (Private) Limited on 30 April 1996 following the acquisition by EAP.[2] At that time ETV 2 was re-broadcasting Star TV.[3] ETV 1 was re-launched as Swarnavahini, a mass market Sinhala language channel, on 16 March 1997.[3][4] ETV 2 was re-launched as ETV on 1 May 1998.[3][5] EAP Network (Private) Limited changed its name to EAP Broadcasting Company (Private) Limited on 16 May 2012, EAP Network (Private) Limited on 31 October 2012, EAP Network Limited on 28 August 2013 and EAP Broadcasting Company Limited on 11 September 2013.[2] In 2019, EAP Broadcasting Company parent company EAP Holdings was acquired by local company Ben Holdings (Pvt) Limited and Singapore based company Blue Summit .[6]
ETV is available on free-to-air on analogue terrestrial transmission via UHF channel 35 in the Colombo area and UHF channel 40 in the Kalutara area.[7] It is also available on Lanka Broadband Networks cable TV and PEO TV IPTV (channel 119).[8][9]
The original ETV (digital) studio: (L to R) Arlaka Jayasekara [10] (Admin Manager MSC/ETV), Sanjay B. (Entrepreneur from India), Priyanke (CEO/MD MCS & Director/Technology consultant ETV) on the 17th floor of the SET building in Colombo 4, Sri Lanka. Incidentally, the TV shows (BBC NEWS item) an image of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which caught the attention of Sanjay B.
History
ETV started in late 1991 as a branch of Mirco-Wave Communication Systems (Private) Limited (MCS) (Sri Lanka Registrar of Companies # NPVS9093). MCS was a subsidiary of East-West Enterprises[11] and was the primary reason for the E in ETV (East West Television). The original board of MCS and Later ETV consisted of 4 persons - namely, Nahil Wijesuriya,[12] Captain Lester Weinman,[13][14] Uoosoof Mohideen[15][16][17] and Priyanke de Silva.[18][19][20][21] These four names are in the registrar of companies register for both ETV and Micro-Wave communication systems.
The logo of ETV depicted in this article (and has the colours of East West Enterprises) was designed by Nahil Wijesuriya in his office at the Robert Senanayake Building in Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2.
Priyanke (Anthonus) de Silva (Priyanke Research)[19][22][circular reference] met Uoosoof Mohideen at the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies[23] in August 1990. Priyanke and Uoosoof became friends and it was Uoosoof who invited Priyanke to join MCS as a Consultant Engineer for ETV, which was headed at that time by Mr. Roshan Rupesinghe. Soon after joining, Roshan Rupesinghe migrated to Australia at which point Nahil invited Priyanke to be the CEO/Managing Director of MCS.
ETV microwave transmitter at 'East-West Properties' at Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka in (under) the 50 ft (15 m) concrete dish. The transmitter was broken into two parts with the head-end on the transmitting tower (antenna) on Priyanke's advice.
Draft minutes of a board meeting held with 3 (Nahil, Uoosoof and Priyanke) of the 4 members present at Robert Senanayake Building, Nawam Mw., Colombo 2.
Programming for ETV was by down linking AsiaSat1 programs by a 50-foot (15 m) diameter concrete dish built by Nahil (for which he owned a patent) at an east–west property in Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka. The AsiaSat1 signal was very weak (approx -19db to -23db) and the 50-foot (15 m) dish enabled ETV to provide 'broadcast quality' programs. Incidentally, MCS sold self-manufactured glass-fibre dishes of 16-foot (4.9 m) diameter for residential use (including hotels).
A microwave, line-of-sight, link from Peliyagoda to Station Rd, Colombo 4 (SET building) fed the content to the broadcasting studio/station on the 17th floor of the SET building.
During this period East-West Enterprises split into two entities and Captain Lester Weinman and Mr. Nahil Wijesuriya went separate ways with Lester getting control of the Robert Senanayake Building and Nahil getting the IBM Building (Thaakshana Mandiraya) in Navam Mawatha, Colombo 2 and Nahil got total control of MCS and ETV. Nahil moved his office to the Thaakshana Mandiraya (IBM building).
Uoosoof Mohideen is/was the CNN representative for Sri Lanka and later joined Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation re-branded as ART TV as CEO upon exiting from MCS/ETV. Incidentally, Priyanke did some ground work for CNN during this time on measuring the CNN signal quality, etc.
Priyanke also exited ETV and MCS, before Uoosoof's exit and the primary reason was that he wanted to go back to concentrating on his core business and other ventures, including as a technology consultant for another east–west (Nahil) owned enterprise.
Nahil continued on with ETV and later sold ETV to EAP Holdings.
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ETV Extra Terrestrial Vision is an English language television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company a subsidiary of EAP Holdings Launched in 1995 as ETV 2 it was a sister channel of ETV 1 1 The channel s owner Extra Terrestrial Vision Private Limited who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992 changed its name to EAP Network Private Limited on 30 April 1996 following the acquisition by EAP 2 At that time ETV 2 was re broadcasting Star TV 3 ETV 1 was re launched as Swarnavahini a mass market Sinhala language channel on 16 March 1997 3 4 ETV 2 was re launched as ETV on 1 May 1998 3 5 EAP Network Private Limited changed its name to EAP Broadcasting Company Private Limited on 16 May 2012 EAP Network Private Limited on 31 October 2012 EAP Network Limited on 28 August 2013 and EAP Broadcasting Company Limited on 11 September 2013 2 In 2019 EAP Broadcasting Company parent company EAP Holdings was acquired by local company Ben Holdings Pvt Limited and Singapore based company Blue Summit 6 ETVCountrySri LankaBroadcast areaSri LankaProgrammingLanguage s EnglishOwnershipOwnerEAP Broadcasting Company 1992 2019 Ben Holdings Pvt Limited 2019 present Blue Summit Capital Management 2019 present Sister channelsSwarnavahiniHistoryFormer namesETV 2LinksWebsiteetv wbr lkAvailabilityTerrestrialUHF Colombo Channel 35UHF Kalutara Channel 40ETV is available on free to air on analogue terrestrial transmission via UHF channel 35 in the Colombo area and UHF channel 40 in the Kalutara area 7 It is also available on Lanka Broadband Networks cable TV and PEO TV IPTV channel 119 8 9 The original ETV digital studio L to R Arlaka Jayasekara 10 Admin Manager MSC ETV Sanjay B Entrepreneur from India Priyanke CEO MD MCS amp Director Technology consultant ETV on the 17th floor of the SET building in Colombo 4 Sri Lanka Incidentally the TV shows BBC NEWS item an image of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which caught the attention of Sanjay B History EditETV started in late 1991 as a branch of Mirco Wave Communication Systems Private Limited MCS Sri Lanka Registrar of Companies NPVS9093 MCS was a subsidiary of East West Enterprises 11 and was the primary reason for the E in ETV East West Television The original board of MCS and Later ETV consisted of 4 persons namely Nahil Wijesuriya 12 Captain Lester Weinman 13 14 Uoosoof Mohideen 15 16 17 and Priyanke de Silva 18 19 20 21 These four names are in the registrar of companies register for both ETV and Micro Wave communication systems Incidentally Nahil s alma mater is Trinity College Kandy while the other three studied at St Peter s College Colombo 4 The logo of ETV depicted in this article and has the colours of East West Enterprises was designed by Nahil Wijesuriya in his office at the Robert Senanayake Building in Nawam Mawatha Colombo 2 Priyanke Anthonus de Silva Priyanke Research 19 22 circular reference met Uoosoof Mohideen at the Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies 23 in August 1990 Priyanke and Uoosoof became friends and it was Uoosoof who invited Priyanke to join MCS as a Consultant Engineer for ETV which was headed at that time by Mr Roshan Rupesinghe Soon after joining Roshan Rupesinghe migrated to Australia at which point Nahil invited Priyanke to be the CEO Managing Director of MCS ETV microwave transmitter at East West Properties at Peliyagoda Sri Lanka in under the 50 ft 15 m concrete dish The transmitter was broken into two parts with the head end on the transmitting tower antenna on Priyanke s advice Draft minutes of a board meeting held with 3 Nahil Uoosoof and Priyanke of the 4 members present at Robert Senanayake Building Nawam Mw Colombo 2 Programming for ETV was by down linking AsiaSat1 programs by a 50 foot 15 m diameter concrete dish built by Nahil for which he owned a patent at an east west property in Peliyagoda Sri Lanka The AsiaSat1 signal was very weak approx 19db to 23db and the 50 foot 15 m dish enabled ETV to provide broadcast quality programs Incidentally MCS sold self manufactured glass fibre dishes of 16 foot 4 9 m diameter for residential use including hotels A microwave line of sight link from Peliyagoda to Station Rd Colombo 4 SET building fed the content to the broadcasting studio station on the 17th floor of the SET building During this period East West Enterprises split into two entities and Captain Lester Weinman and Mr Nahil Wijesuriya went separate ways with Lester getting control of the Robert Senanayake Building and Nahil getting the IBM Building Thaakshana Mandiraya in Navam Mawatha Colombo 2 and Nahil got total control of MCS and ETV Nahil moved his office to the Thaakshana Mandiraya IBM building Uoosoof Mohideen is was the CNN representative for Sri Lanka and later joined Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation re branded as ART TV as CEO upon exiting from MCS ETV Incidentally Priyanke did some ground work for CNN during this time on measuring the CNN signal quality etc Priyanke also exited ETV and MCS before 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