ETV (Sri Lanka)

ETV
CountrySri Lanka
Broadcast areaSri Lanka
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerLyca Group
Sister channelsSwarnavahini
History
Former namesETV 2
Availability
Terrestrial
UHF (Colombo)Channel 35
UHF (Kalutara)Channel 40

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 Lyca Group. EAP Broadcasting Company is a subsidiary of Ben Holdings along with Lyca Productions.[6][7]

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.[8] It is also available on Lanka Broadband Networks cable TV and PEO TV IPTV (channel 119).[9][10]

The original ETV (digital) studio: (L to R) Arlaka Jayasekara [11] (Admin Manager MSC/ETV), Sanjay B. (Entrepreneur from India), Priyanke (Anthonus) (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.
  1. ^ "Sri Lanka". Press Reference.
  2. ^ a b "EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015" (PDF). Colombo Stock Exchange. p. 4.
  3. ^ a b c "EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015" (PDF). Colombo Stock Exchange. p. 39.
  4. ^ "EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015" (PDF). Colombo Stock Exchange. p. 38.
  5. ^ "Penetrative analysis of television in Sri Lanka". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 9 June 2004.
  6. ^ "Ben Holdings, Blue Summit Capital sets record clear on investment in ETI | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  7. ^ "Aliraja to buy state-owned shares in Telecom & Lanka Hospitals!". 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  8. ^ Alan G. Davies (21 February 2010). "Television Stations in Sri Lanka".
  9. ^ "List of Channels". Lanka Broadband Networks. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Channel Lineup". PEO TV.
  11. ^ "AJ". 30 March 2017.