TNL TV

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TNL TV

Country	Sri Lanka
Broadcast area	Sri Lanka
Affiliates	No affiliations
Headquarters	7B Tower Building, 25 Station Road, Colombo 04
Programming
Language(s)	English, Sinhala
Ownership
Owner	Telshan Network (PVT) Ltd.
Key people	Shan Wickremesinghe
History
Launched	21 June 1993; 28 years ago (1993-06-21)
Links
Website	tnltv.lk
Availability
Cable
	Channel 7
Satellite
Dialog TV	Channel 11
Dish TV	Channel 2511
IPTV
PEO TV	Channel 13

TNL TV is an English and Sinhala-language television station in Sri Lanka, owned by Telshan Network. Launched in 1993, TNL TV was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Shan Wickremesinghe, the chairman of Telshan Network, is the brother of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The first television broadcast dedicated for teledramas, CTV began telecast from February 1, 2008 from 10 am to 1 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday.^[1]

Broadcasting[]

TNL TV is available on free-to-air analog terrestrial transmission on the following channels:^[2]

• VHF:
  • 3 (, Polgahawela)
  • 4 (Nuwara Eliya)
  • 11 ()
• UHF:
  • 21 (Badulla, Bambalapitiya)
  • 26 (Hantana, Gongala, Ratnapura)

The transmitter at Polgahawela was seized in 2018 by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka for illegal operation, including on two frequencies.^[3] While it had obtained provincial approval for the operation, the TRC had not approved on the federal level.^[4]

TNL TV is available via satellite on Dialog TV (channel 11) and Dish TV (channel 2511). It is also available on Lanka Broadband Networks cable TV and PEO TV IPTV (channel 13).^[5]

Cricket broadcasting[]

The first hosted broadcast was for the 2016 Asia Cup tournament from 24 February 2016 to 6 March 2016.

References[]

External links[]

• tnltv.lk

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