Art Television Broadcasting Co. is a 24-hour analogue terrestrial (free to air) television channel in Sri Lanka. A privately owned channel that broadcasts English content has its headquarters located in Colombo. Its coverage is viewed on Frequencies UHF – CH28 in Colombo and UHF – CH52 in Kandy.[2] ART Television is owned by the Sri Lankan business conglomerate IWS Holdings (Private) Limited founded by Indulakshin Wickramasinghe Senanayake.[3]
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 451, Kandy Road, Kelaniya |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | IWS Holdings (Private) Limited |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 December 1995 |
| Former names | Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation |
| Links | |
| Website | iwsholdings |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| UHF (Colombo) | Channel 28 [1] |
| UHF (Kandy) | Channel 52 |
Content
editAffiliated with CNN since 1995, the Channel offers 15 hours of CNN daily.[4] It partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009, and relays a daily hour of Cartoon Network on its children's belt ART Toons,[5] in addition to varied entertainment content sourced from leading international suppliers. The station partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009 to launch an eco-awareness campaign in Kandy, which was the first local CSR campaign supported by an international children's channel.[6]
The Channel's daily news bulletin the State of Business is a key business current affairs program in Sri Lanka and conducts prominent business forums.[7] The company has also ventured into local reality series platform partnering with The Model Network, Sri Lanka and Ford Models, New York for the Ford Supermodel of Sri Lanka search.[8] It has collaborated with the British Council in Colombo for the entrepreneurial reality show Ideators in 2010.[9]
History
editOriginally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka's first stereo broadcast station.[10] The company was repositioned as Art Television Broadcasting Company in July 2003.[11]
Uoosoof Mohideen, who was the CNN representative for Sri Lanka, was the first CEO/Managing Director for Dynavision. Uoosoof Mohideen was also a founding member/partner of ETV (Sri Lanka).
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Sri Lanka TV: Television Stations and Channels". www.asiawaves.net. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "IWS HOLDINGS – A strategically diversified conglomerate with a mission to enrich and the vision to bring excellence in meeting customer needs". Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "IWS Holdings". Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "Cartoon Network partners with Art Television in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ Art TV Sri Laka
- ^ "Department of Government Information Sri Lanka". www.news.lk. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "Department of Government Information Sri Lanka".
- ^ "Ideators 2010 - Projects - British Council - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers - television, circulation, stations, papers, number, freedom, mass media". www.pressreference.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ List of television networks in Sri Lanka#cite note-art1-8