Sky Television & Radio Network

Recently information has surfaced about a brand new television & radio network due to launch in Sri Lanka in the near future. The network called Sky Television & Radio Network has it's website www.sky.lk already hosted with the words "Coming Soon" on the home page.

No other details are available about this network, therefore we request our fellow bloggers to keep us updated with information when they receive them.

Hiru TV to launch

ABC Network is set to launch Hiru TV in october this year. The channel is set to broadcast on a 24 hour basis according to initial reports. The programming contents have not been divulged at the moment and no indication of whether the channel will conduct digital or analog transmissions.

ABC which recently relaunched Sun FM after it being shutdown for more than a year is struggling to get Sun FM to be the top notch station that it was.

With Sha FM set to relaunch soon, it should be interesting to see how ABC Network performs with the upcoming television network.

New tower commissioned in kokavil

The new transmission tower commissioned at kokavil yesterday is set to contain transmission equipment to facilitate DVB-T transmissions. Reportedly state owned channel Rupavahini is set to broadcast initially on DVB-T. This is a major step in digital broadcasting in Sri Lanka since the analog frequencies are getting very crowded.

We hope the private television stations will follow suit and commence DVB-T transmissions to the north too and we hope the new broadcasting tower to be commissioned in peliyagoda is equipped with such facilities.

Specially local radio stations should move to digital transmission soon in order to provide a clear reception for the local public without any frequency overlaps.

However the lack of DVB-T and DVB-A receiving equipment means that only a few people would have the priviledge of receiving these transmissions. We hope steps are taken to provide people with low priced receiving equipment to view DVB transmissions.