Sunday, December 23, 2007

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We like to take this opportunity to wish our Bloggers, the Management and Staff of all media institutions "A Very Merry Christmas" and "A Happy New Year 2008".

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Commercial Free - CiTi HiTz

As speculated earlier CiTi HiTz which launched on Dialog TV a few days back is a Commercial free channel. The channel was declared open by film directress Sumithra Peries.

The channel is said to telecast Sinhala Movies, teledrama's and interviews with cinema artistes. Contrary to previous reports that Dialog Satellite TV were operating this channel, we have now received information that the channel is being operated by a company called ONAir World (Pvt) Ltd., which is chaired by Nimal Laxapathiarchchi. We are unable to ascertain whether this is a subsidiary of Dialog Telekom or a totally independent company.

CiTi HiTz we hope will set off a trend of new channels in Sri Lanka which open via pay television networks instead of the traditional free to air mode.

CiTi HiTz will be offered on all Dialog TV packages until 31st March 2008. However those of you who have information about this company are welcome to comment.

Daily News 12 Dec 2007 -
Lanka's first ever uninterrupted satellite TV channel launched

Monday, December 10, 2007

Yes FM turns 14 and broadcasts from ODEL

English Language Radio Station Yes FM turns 14 years old today and is marking the event by broadcasting from ODEL for this Christmas Season.

Yes FM have also done some alterations for their website http://www.yesfmonline.com/ and it looks like they are all geared up for some serious competition this year. Yes FM have lined up some great promotions for their listeners and all this competition amongst the radio stations have greatly benefited the listeners.

We take this opportunity to wish Yes FM and their entire management all the best on their achievements.

Sri Lanka's first 24 hour Pay television Channel "CiTi HiTz" launches today

Over the last few years Sri Lanka has seen several local channels broadcasting on free to air mode and now for the first time in Sri Lankan television history, the first 24 hour pay television channel known as "CiTi HiTz" will commencing broadcasts from today on Dialog Satellite TV.

The channel is supposedly similar in format to international channels such as HBO/Star Movies which broadcasts mainly movies and some television serials. "CiTi HiTz" will broadcast local movies/television serials ranging from old to new productions. The channel will contain extras such as interviews with the actors/actresses and also behind the scenes videos coupled with music videos that may be broadcast in between movies.

We are unable to confirm whether this channel will be commercial free or not however we believe that concepts such as this will be a boost to the local pay television industry which is still in its infancy in Sri Lanka and as a whole and LBN/Comet Cable should also take steps to launch local pay television channels on their platforms.

We also believe that independent broadcasters such as EAP Networks, MBC Networks, TNL Networks, etc will launch their own pay television channels into these platforms when they realize the potential of these platforms.

"CiTi HiTz" is a channel that is operated by pay television platform Dialog Satellite TV.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Yes FM to broadcast from ODEL

English Language Radio Station Yes FM which used to broadcast from Crescat over the previous years have now moved to ODEL for their yearly outdoor broadcast.

This means that there are two English Language radio stations (Yes FM & E FM) which are carrying out outdoor broadcasts this Christmas.

The date on which the Yes FM outdoor broadcast will begin has not been confirmed and we are not sure which branch of ODEL will be used for this but it is highly likely that it will be main ODEL located near the Eye Hospital. We hope that our fellow bloggers will keep us updated on this. We like to thank those of you who updated us on the Yes FM ODEL broadcast.