Thursday, November 30, 2006

MTV, SHAKTHI TV separates from december 4

Tv radio sri lanka blog reports MTV channel one will be moving
their own frequencies from december 4th. From colombo channel 58 and
from kandy channel 51 respectively. They didn't provide information
about MTV transmition to other area's of sri lanka. Shakthi will
remain using same frequencies . As tv radio sri lanka blog MTV
channel one is going to telecast voice of america tv.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

JVP radio on air- TV on the way

From the past Jvp had a dream of starting their own radio station.
First Jvp radio is "RAN RANA HADA" means sound of victory in 80's. Now
they started test radio transmition from colombo in 107.6MHZ. It's
called VFm or "vindana fm". Their tv transmitions will start from
january 2007. Transmitions comes from nugegoda area and this studio is
granted by sri lankan business men living in overseas. G.M radio
programme is Wasantha dukgannarala, G.M tv programme is Henry
warnakulasooriya. Gaminda and suneth also in this channel, Kula sri
kariyawasam working as a news editor.

If u have any contact informations of this channel please email us
or leave a comment.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Free dial up internet connections for sri lanka? ? ?

Telstra ltd in australia is looking to invest long term investments
in ISP sector again in sub continent. Once they invested as joint
ventures in india, sri lanka, bangladesh and vietnam. But only vietnam
company is remaining today. There are some leagle problems in india
for them and if they clear from the courts they will invest india and
surrounding countries. Telstra is going to add new consept to this
part of the world by giving free dial up internet connections. We
don't have any idea about how they are going to make it profitable .
If some one have knollage about this free dial up please email or
leave a comment. (This report is not conferm and this is based on
indian blog)

Monday, November 27, 2006

Dialog telecom proposed to buy CBNsat for us$ 4.895

Asset media pvt ltd is owned by dialog telecom ltd. And asset media is
going to buy CBN(communiq broadband networks (pvt)ltd) and CBNsat
(communiq broadband sat (pvt)ltd).Dialog aiming to use D.T.H
technology and Dialog planning to combine mobile,fixed (waiting for
licence), broadband and tv media technology. CBNsat's present owners
are Muhunthan canagasooriyam and Niranjan canagasooriyan. Transaction
wroth sri lankan 523.8 million rupees.

CBNsat wins in court- start transmition soon.

Today morning CBNsat wins there court appeal and they will start their
transmition soon. More than 20,000 CBNsat customers waiting for this
moment. Its good news for all who wish free media in sri lanka.

THE CARTOON STAR "wimal weerawansa"

---------- forwarded message ----------
From: Anjana Ishan Krishaja <anjanaishan@gmail.com>
Date: 27-Nov-2006 10:42
Subject: THE CARTOON STAR "wimal weerawansa"
To: politicssrilanka@googlegroups.com

lanka media outlook learns that most criticised person in sri lanka
by all newspaper cartoon artist is wimal weerawansa. This study is
conducted from 2006-10-27 to 2006-11-27 in all three languages
national newspapers. It is interesting to note that wimal weerawansa
is appearing more cartoons than the sri lankan president and the
tilvin silva is just behind the opposition leader. List is bellow.

1.Wimal weerawansa
2.Mahinda rajapaksha
3.Ranil wicramasinhe
4.Tilvin silva
5.Somawansa amarasinghe
6. Karu jayasooriya
7.Keheliya rabukwella

SHORT NOTE:- Mobile market in sri lanka

As the latest central bank statics says at the end of june this year
sri lanka has over 4.3 million mobile phone users. Average growth for
this sector is over 50%. Sri lanka have four mobile phone operators.
Dialog (62%),celltel(16%),mobitel(13%), hutch(9%). Now dialog starts
commercial 3g services and mobitel is testing 3g services. But there
is no 3g inter network connection method implemented. Further dialog
is going to start CDMA fixed telephone line service all around the
country in near future.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Dialog goes to 3 million mark

Sri lankan largest mobile operator expect 3.1million subscribers at
the end of this year. Further they expect 42% increase in profits.
Dialog own's over 60% of the mobile market in sri lanka.They expect
to add cable tv line in coming months to their business.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

"SIRASA" TV is going to ban? ? ?

Today we receive unofficial clarified news from the police department
which says CID is going to investigate maharaja group's financial
accounts. The news source further says maharaja group's 20% of the
profit (all the business he have) are going to Ltte and tro. Police
belive Ltte may invested in maharaja group. Thats why Ltte is getting
such a big percentage of profit. Police are confident and they have
evidents. If the case is like that lets hope government will ban
sirasa and his other business. As i hope in my last post government
has done something. We don't care about media owners politics. They
can back any democratic political party. We just care about media
supporting terrorism. This must be stored.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Terrorist first in news first at sirasa. (They report-we hurt)

As sirasa tv describe "people's channel" telecast news first. They
think all Sinhalees are fools or they can make some fools out of
sinhalee's. Each and every news telecast they try to abase sri lankan
army and balloon the image of Ltte with use of blade like words.
Government is watching everything and not taking any action with the
name of free media. This is not free media, this is media terrorism.
People don't care about chali mahendran maharaja's politics. He can
support any democratic political party. That is his right. Using the
name of free media sirasa is spreading terrorism. Media terrorism
should be stop.

Modern technology for sri lanka's postal department.

Postal department sources say that their 547 main post offices and
3400 smaller post offices will upgrade their tech equipments and also
planned to obtain modern technology from japan and philippines to
uplift the standards of postal sector. The department intends to
develop the sectors of money order transaction, mail delivery and
telegrammes with the modern technology. Department also going to
recruit 1507 staff for next year in order to enhance the services.

Cruel queen

Victor ivon is one of the best journalist friend chandrika
kumarathunga had when she first became president in 1994. After 12
years victor ivon is the worst enemy of CBK. Victor ivon wrote a book
called "chawra rajina" means cruel queen couple of months ago. It's
about CBk's bad side as president. Now CBK works for unesco and she is
trying to ban this book. Free media movements complains to unesco
about this and ask unesco to stop this. In CBK's time her worst
journalist enemy is lasantha wikkramatunga but now her best
journalist friend is lasantha wickramatunga. She only gave one
interview when she last here in sri lanka. Thats for lasantha.

CAN THIS SRI LANKAN JOURNALIST AND SRI LANKAN POLITICIANS TRUST??
..............

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Truth about sri ranga?

Sri lanka's one of the most talked journalist(for the death theat),
sri ranga is under threat? By whom is another question. He worked for
"shakthi" tv and gain his popularity with his "minnel" programme.

Is he really neutral journalist? Surly throw his blade like words
againts the government, little friendly policy to UNP and more
friendly policy to LTTE. Most of his words proof that he is for tamil
eelam, anti war policy and tamil rights.

Sri lanka telecom conferms their tv plans ....

Sri lanka telecom is the biggest fixed telephone line operator in sri
lanka plans to invest in televivion station. SLT's chief executive
officer shuhei anan said "company will start working on the tv station
soon". Sri lanka telecom wants to launch a package product together
with television content for mobile phones in order to better face
competition next year. He further said "slt will combine
cdma(technology used to provide land telephone lines wirelesly),
ADSL(tech used to send more data from ordenery copper cable)GSM(tech
used to mobiles) wimax(tech used to provide very high sped internet
)". The tv station and the content to be offered will be very helpful
in this context and combined products will push the tariffs down.

Dialog and slt in the cable tv market in sri lanka.

Dialog telecom is the biggest telecom operator in sri lanka. They have
over 2.7 million cellular customers around the country. Dialog buy 90%
Of siyatha fm/tv last month which is not yet started normal
transmition. This is free to air channel and we learn that dialog have
idea to buy troubled cbnsat or plan to start DTH technology cable tv
in mid next year. Dialog will telecast star net,zee net and so on..
sri lanka telecom is the biggest cable land line telephone
operator in sri lanka. In resent time they got licence from TRC to non
voice telephone service and they buy small cable tv company which not
known much. Sri lanka telecom is not decided yet what technology there
are going to use but they have plans to provide very cheap broadband
internet connection threw this cable tv line.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

AK47

Tabloid paper in sri lanka called ak47 is criticissed by most of there
readers. AK47 is freely distributed with "mawbima" Sinhala week end
news paper. Some says media ministry and cultural department should
ban this ak47 for there sexual photos and contents. Some says this is
good one and lot different to other weekend tabloids. however
majority of Sinhalees think all editors must think about our culture
as well as there business.

New tamil and Sinhala radio stations testing in colombo....

Tamil radio station is called "THALAM" means rythem. Test transmition
is begin at 22 hours on 93.6 fm.And the Sinhala radio is on 107.6 fm
and its called vfm. Its belived to backed by Jvp.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

LBN cable tv is resume telecast soon....

Un official news received from media ministry says ministry of
defence, trc and media ministry is going to give permitions to resume
lbn cable tv telecast soon. Thats a good news but they are not going
to allow cbnsat to resume there transmition again for some reason
.viewer's point of view we hope all cbnsat and lbn cable tv channels
resume there transmition soon.

Is lakbima going down?

We have learned i lakbima newspaper which says sales of lakbima is
dropped 42% when compare to the last year 3rd quater. Lakbima is
belived to be the third famous Sinhala news paper in sri lanka and
they have there own newspaper saler's in main towns, big bustand's and
so on. Lakbima is belived to be reporting news in Sinhalee's point of
view specialy againts the tamil tigers and some belive they are
working for unp propaganda mechanision. Well known lakbima cartoon
artist vini hettigoda resin in resent months and it may be a setback
for them .Now they are undertaking mas advertising programme to
promote there paper.

Secretary of the media ministry speeks today

Secretary of the media ministry speaks about electronic media in sri lanka in the interview held in derana TV channel.he said so far they have gave 14 TV license and 31 radio licence. he said radio broadcasting technology must be upgrade to digital. otherwise the frequency rage may be full. Further he says they didn't stop giving new TV and radio license and they have received more applications.