The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; Tamil: இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television) or simply as Rupavahini, is the national television network of Sri Lanka.
Established by Parliament under Act No. 6 of 1982 for the provision of national television service, it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages. Distinguished civil servant M.J Perera was the founder and chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
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 began to broadcast in DVB-T2 for the North area in Sri Lanka. There were plans to transmit DVB-T2 digital television all over the country in 2015. By 2021, however, the government had switched to a plan to use ISDB-T after receiving aid from the Japanese foreign ministry.[2]
Rūpavāhinī was created under a government act on January 23, 1982, and established on February 14 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. Funding was donated by the Japanese government. Both transmitters were built and installed by Japanese technicians.[citation needed]
In 1986, Rupavahini expanded its 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 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. 'Rupavahini 2' launched in April 1999 before it changed its name to the current 'Channel Eye' in August 2000.
On January 1, 2008, Channel Eye became a time-shared channel, altering with the newly created Nethra TV. In 2009, series of Rupavahini productions available in DVD and VCD formats under the title "RU Entertainments".[3] Rupavahini is the first Sri Lankan channel to telecast foreign teledramas. The most popular of them was Oshin, which was a Japanese teledrama dubbed in Sinhala. Also, the channel telecast the first Korean drama to air in the country called Sujatha Diyani also known as Dae Jang Geum, in November 2012. Which is another popular drama where it led to the foundation of other Korean historical dramas to air and be dubbed in Sinhala as well.
In December 2014, the main channel was made available via satellite to Europe (via Eutelsat 70B), prompting the channel to temporarily go 24/7 (still doing the formal start and end of transmission routines) to alleviate time zone differences. Due to unknown reasons, the channel was removed. The channel now starts up shortly before 04:00 IST and closes down shortly after midnight.
As anti-government protests intensify and after protesters stormed the headquarters of the network, Rupavahini temporarily ceased operations shortly after playing the national anthem on 13 July 2022.[4][5]
Channels
2015 coverage map of SLRC services
Currently, the SLRC operates three channels.
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. The channel airs a wide range of original productions and sporting events. In the first years of Channel Eye, it telecast documentaries of Discovery Channel and international and local sport programs, mainly cricket, volleyball, and motorcar racing. Channel Eye became the official TV broadcaster for five Cricket World Cup tournaments: 1996, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Nethra TV (nethra is Tamil for "eye") is the Tamil language channel started in 2008. Initially, it was broadcast on Channel Eye's frequencies between 07:30 and 21:00. Since February 20, 2018, it has had its frequencies separate from Channel Eye. The channel focuses on Tamil culture and customs with original and acquired programming, including Tamil serials. It also airs an amount of religious programming, especially aimed at religious minorities.
Between 2009 and 2015, a fourth channel, NTV, was operated by the corporation. It aired contents entirely in English and was known to be a "worthless" channel upon its launch by critics. Eventually, NTV was shut down owing to low ratings.[6]
Since its launch in 1982, Rupavahini has used a slightly modified version of the German Telefunken FuBK colour test card during non-broadcast hours. The pink and purple bars are solid and the text (RUPAVAHINI-SRI LANKA) is set to half-width.[7]
Management and funding
Rupavahini is an autonomous corporation run by a chairman, director-general, and a board of directors appointed by the president.
Until 1998, Rupavahini was funded by a licence fee system: every television owner with at least VHF reception had to pay the government a yearly fee. After a parliament act, the licence fee was scrapped and the funding of Rupavahini was changed to a system of government grants supplemented with TV advertising.
Logo
Rupavahini's logo is a hill mynah carrying a message in gold on a red TV screen. Until 2022, the channel's name in Sinhala (රූපවාහිනී), Tamil (ரூபவாகினி), and a transliteration of Sinhala, with macrons (RŪPAVĀHINĪ). The leaf was incorporated into NTV's previous symbol and is incorporated into trophies held at award shows organized by the corporation, the Ape Gamana logo, and the SLRC's news operation.
On February 24, 2022, coinciding with changes to Rupavahini News, the channel changed its logo for the first time, the bird was kept intact but the screen was replaced by a rounded rectangle. The Tamil and English forms of the name were removed. There was some criticism on social media over the decision.[8]
Controversy
On 13 July 2022 a few protesters that claimed to be leaders of 2022 Sri Lankan protests, entered the premises and demanded for all scheduled programmes to be stopped and only content related to the then ongoing protest to be broadcast. The channel was off air for a short period during the time of the incident. Later on the same day two of the protesters were allowed to express their opinions on a live breaking news-themed programme.[9]
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External links
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Sinhala ශ ර ල ක ර පව හ න ස ස ථ ව Tamil இலங க ர பவ க ன க ட ட த த பனம also known as Jathika Rupavahini lit National Television or simply as Rupavahini is the national television network of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Rupavahini CorporationLogo since 2022TypeGovernment owned corporationIndustryMass mediaEntertainmentFounded14 February 1982 40 years ago 1982 02 14 Area servedSri LankaKey peopleMayura SamarasingheRevenueRs 1 951 billion 2015 1 Operating incomeRs 338 9 million 2015 1 Net incomeRs 371 7 million 2015 1 Total assetsRs 1 985 billion 2015 1 Total equityRs 1 219 billion 2015 1 Number of employees1 030 2015 1 ParentMinistry of Information and Mass MediaSubsidiariesChannel EyeNethra TVNTVWebsitewww wbr rupavahini wbr lkEstablished by Parliament under Act No 6 of 1982 for the provision of national television service it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages Distinguished civil servant M J Perera was the founder and chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation 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 began to broadcast in DVB T2 for the North area in Sri Lanka There were plans to transmit DVB T2 digital television all over the country in 2015 By 2021 however the government had switched to a plan to use ISDB T after receiving aid from the Japanese foreign ministry 2 Contents 1 History 2 Channels 2 1 Rupavahini transmitters 3 Test card 4 Management and funding 5 Logo 6 Controversy 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditRupavahini was created under a government act on January 23 1982 and established on February 14 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 Funding was donated by the Japanese government Both transmitters were built and installed by Japanese technicians citation needed In 1986 Rupavahini expanded its 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 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 Rupavahini 2 launched in April 1999 before it changed its name to the current Channel Eye in August 2000 On January 1 2008 Channel Eye became a time shared channel altering with the newly created Nethra TV In 2009 series of Rupavahini productions available in DVD and VCD formats under the title RU Entertainments 3 Rupavahini is the first Sri Lankan channel to telecast foreign teledramas The most popular of them was Oshin which was a Japanese teledrama dubbed in Sinhala Also the channel telecast the first Korean drama to air in the country called Sujatha Diyani also known as Dae Jang Geum in November 2012 Which is another popular drama where it led to the foundation of other Korean historical dramas to air and be dubbed in Sinhala as well In December 2014 the main channel was made available via satellite to Europe via Eutelsat 70B prompting the channel to temporarily go 24 7 still doing the formal start and end of transmission routines to alleviate time zone differences Due to unknown reasons the channel was removed The channel now starts up shortly before 04 00 IST and closes down shortly after midnight As anti government protests intensify and after protesters stormed the headquarters of the network Rupavahini temporarily ceased operations shortly after playing the national anthem on 13 July 2022 4 5 Channels Edit 2015 coverage map of SLRC services Currently the SLRC operates three channels 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 The channel airs a wide range of original productions and sporting events In the first years of Channel Eye it telecast documentaries of Discovery Channel and international and local sport programs mainly cricket volleyball and motorcar racing Channel Eye became the official TV broadcaster for five Cricket World Cup tournaments 1996 2003 2007 2011 and 2015 Nethra TV nethra is Tamil for eye is the Tamil language channel started in 2008 Initially it was broadcast on Channel Eye s frequencies between 07 30 and 21 00 Since February 20 2018 it has had its frequencies separate from Channel Eye The channel focuses on Tamil culture and customs with original and acquired programming including Tamil serials It also airs an amount of religious programming especially aimed at religious minorities Between 2009 and 2015 a fourth channel NTV was operated by the corporation It aired contents entirely in English and was known to be a worthless channel upon its launch by critics Eventually NTV was shut down owing to low ratings 6 Rupavahini transmitters Edit All transmitters are in analog City ChannelPidurutalagala 5Namunukula 10Rajagiriya 52Padagala 52Hanthana 10Deniyaya 41Sooriyakanda 11Namunukula 10Primrose 38Hunnasgiriya 46Palaly 21Kokavil 43Test card Edit Telefunken FuBK variant used by Rupavahini Since its launch in 1982 Rupavahini has used a slightly modified version of the German Telefunken FuBK colour test card during non broadcast hours The pink and purple bars are solid and the text RUPAVAHINI SRI LANKA is set to half width 7 Management and funding EditRupavahini is an autonomous corporation run by a chairman director general and a board of directors appointed by the president Until 1998 Rupavahini was funded by a licence fee system every television owner with at least VHF reception had to pay the government a yearly fee After a parliament act the licence fee was scrapped and the funding of Rupavahini was changed to a system of government grants supplemented with TV advertising Logo EditRupavahini s logo is a hill mynah carrying a message in gold on a red TV screen Until 2022 the channel s name in Sinhala ර පව හ න Tamil ர பவ க ன and a transliteration of Sinhala with macrons RuPAVAHINi The leaf was incorporated into NTV s previous symbol and is incorporated into trophies held at award shows organized by the corporation the Ape Gamana logo and the SLRC s news operation On February 24 2022 coinciding with changes to Rupavahini News the channel changed its logo for the first time the bird was kept intact but the screen was replaced by a rounded rectangle The Tamil and English forms of the name were removed There was some criticism on social media over the decision 8 Controversy EditOn 13 July 2022 a few protesters that claimed to be leaders of 2022 Sri Lankan protests entered the premises and demanded for all scheduled programmes to be stopped and only content related to the then ongoing protest to be broadcast The channel was off air for a short period during the time of the incident Later on the same day two of the protesters were allowed to express their opinions on a live breaking news themed programme 9 See also EditList of television networks in Sri Lanka List of radio networks in Sri Lanka Media in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Broadcasting CorporationReferences Edit a b c d e f Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation 2015 Annual Report PDF Parliament of Sri Lanka Retrieved March 12 2016 Munasinghe Jayasiri 2012 12 28 Massive digitalization project to transform Lankan television begins today Daily News Retrieved 2022 01 22 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Ru Entertainment Rupavahini creations in DVDs Sunday Times Retrieved 22 December 2019 Rodrigues Jeanette Sirimanne Asantha 13 July 2022 Sri Lanka Protesters Seize State Broadcaster as Anger Grows Bloomberg News Retrieved 14 July 2022 Sri Lanka s national TV network SLRC goes off air as protests intensify Firstpost 13 July 2022 Retrieved 14 July 2022 Playing TV Prime TV and N TV TV amp Radio Sri Lanka Rupavahini Sri Lanka start up 27 03 2020 Bug via www youtube com Rupavahini changes trilingual logo into monolingual Lanka News Web 24 February 2022 Retrieved 23 July 2022 Newslaundy reader supported independent news media company External links EditRupavahini Channel Eye Nethra TV NTV Sri Lanka Life and Rupavahini Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation amp oldid 1130504185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
