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Television and Radio License issued from Year 1991 to 2015 Type of License Institutions Radio 24 Terrestrial TV 28 Cable TV 09 Satellite TV 08 IPTV 02 Mobile TV 01 Details of Radio Broadcasting License Holders & Radio Channels in Sri Lanka License Holder Channel Names 01 Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Regional Services & FM Services City FM Pirei FM Wayamba Jaffna Service Sinhala National Service Sinhala Commercial Service English Service Dambana Kothmale Service Tamil National Service Tamil Commercial Service (Thendral) Ruhunu Service Sports Service Rajarata Service Kandurata Service Uva Service 02 Independent Television Network Ltd Lakhanda Vasantham FM 03 MTV /MBC Channels (Pvt) Ltd Sirasa FM Y FM Shakthi FM Yes FM 04 Telshan Network (Pvt) Ltd Isira Radio 05 TNL Radio Network (Pvt) Ltd Lite FM TNL Radio Rythem FM 06 Colombo Communication (Pvt) Ltd Ran One Sri FM E FM 07 Ru – Rus Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Legends 08 Power House (Pvt) Ltd FM Derana 09 Asset Radio Broadcasting (Pvt) Ltd Neth FM Fox FM 10 MGMR Network (Pvt) Ltd You FM 11 Lanka Television Network (Pvt) Ltd V FM 12 Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd Siyatha TV Varnam TV Kiss FM Real Radio 13 Peoples Media Network (Pvt) Ltd The Buddhist 14 Rangiri Sri Lanka Media Network Rangiri FM 15 Lak View Broadcasting Corporation (Pvt) Lak FM Ltd 16 Asia Broadcasting Corporation Hiru FM Shaa FM Gold FM Sooriyan FM 17 VIS Broadcasting (Pvt) Ltd Singha FM Red FM Tamil FM CRI (China Radio International) 18 Sat Net (Pvt) Ltd V.I.P Radio 19 Lak Viru Radio & TV(Pvt) Ltd Lak Viru Radio 20 The Friend Media Network (Pvt) Ltd Seth FM Details of Television Broadcasting License Holders & Terrestrial TV Channels in Sri Lanka License Holder Channel Names 01 Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation SLRC Channel Eye Nethra NTV 02 Independent Television Network Ltd ITN Vasantham TV 03 MTV /MBC Channels (Pvt) Ltd Sirasa TV Shakthi TV TV Eka 04 Telshan Network (Pvt) Ltd TNL 05 EAP Network (Pvt) Ltd Swarnawahini ETV 06 Art Television Broadcasting Company ART TV (Pvt) Ltd 07 Power House (Pvt) Ltd TV Derana 08 MGMR Network (Pvt) Ltd YOU TV 09 Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd Siyatha TV Varnam TV 10 Asia Broadcasting Corporation Hiru Tv 11 Carlton Sports Network (Pvt) Ltd CSN 12 Rangiri Sri Lanka Media Network Rangiri Sri Lanka TV 13 Shaaddha Media Network (Pvt) Ltd Shaaddha TV .

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