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Native name | ඩයලොග් ටීවී (Sinhala), டயலொக் தொலைக்காட்சி (Tamil) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Pay TV |
Founded | Colombo, Sri Lanka (2005 as CBNsat) |
Headquarters | Union Place, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka |
Area served | Sri Lanka |
Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
Parent | Dialog Axiata PLC |
Subsidiaries | Dialog Television Trading (Pvt) Ltd (100%) |
Dialog TV (DTV) is a direct broadcast satellite pay TV service provider based in Sri Lanka. A fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC, Dialog TV was launched in July 2005 under the name "CBNsat". It was later renamed to Dialog TV in February 2007 after the company was acquired by Dialog Axiata PLC.[1]
Dialog TV currently has over 1.7 million users.[2] Its main competitors in the pay TV market in Sri Lanka are Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) which provides cable television services in analog and DVB-C in selected areas in Sri Lanka and PEO TV, which is an IPTV platform operated by Sri Lanka Telecom PLC.
Dialog TV has coverage over the entirety of Sri Lanka through the Intelsat 38 satellite.