Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
Logo since 2022 | |
| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mass media Entertainment |
| Founded | 14 February 1982 |
Area served | Sri Lanka |
Key people | Titus Thotawatte Rosmand Senaratne Mayura Samarasinghe |
| Revenue | Rs 1.951 billion (2015) |
| Rs−338.9 million (2015) | |
| Rs−371.7 million (2015) | |
| Total assets | Rs1.985 billion (2015) |
| Total equity | Rs1.219 billion (2015) |
Number of employees | 1,030 (2015) |
| Parent | Ministry of Information and Mass Media |
| Subsidiaries | Channel Eye Nethra TV NTV |
| Website | www |
| Type | Television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Availability | National |
| Founded | 14 February 1982 |
| Owner | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation |
Launch date | 15 February 1982 |
Official website | www |
| Language | Sinhala, English |
The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; Tamil: இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television) or simply as Rupavahini, is the national television network of Sri Lanka. The term Rupavahini literally means "purveyor of images" in the Sinhala language.
Established by Parliament under Act No. 6 of 1982 for the provision of national television service, it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages. Distinguished civil servant M.J Perera was the founder and chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
SLRC is the largest television broadcaster in Sri Lanka and has an island-wide reception of its channels. SLRC broadcasts its channels in both VHF and UHF frequencies in Sri Lanka. Currently, all of the network's services are only available by analog transmission. But there are plans to upgrade to digital broadcasting. From 2011 Kokavil began to broadcast in DVB-T2 for the North area in Sri Lanka. There were plans to transmit DVB-T2 digital television all over the country in 2015. By 2021, however, the government had switched to a plan to use ISDB-T after receiving aid from the Japanese foreign ministry.