Siyatha TV is a private Sri Lankan
4K Ultra HD
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channel currently broadcasting in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
in the
Sinhala language. It is owned by the Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd, which also runs
radio
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channels named
Siyatha FM
Siyatha FMis a radio channel based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is owned by Voice of Asia (Private) Ltd., which also runs its sister television channel Siyatha TV. Siyatha FM is available on 98.2 MHz, 98.4 MHz Islandwide in Sri Lanka.
Siya ...
, Real Radio,
Kiss FM Kiss FM, Kiss Radio or variants may refer to:
Asia-Oceania
* Various Kiss FM-branded stations in the Philippines
** 95.1 Kiss FM, Lucena, Quezon
** 102.3 Kiss FM, Tagbilaran, Bohol
* Kiss92 FM, Singapore
* KISS 969, Sri Lanka
* Kiss Radio Taiwan ...
and
Vettri FM.
Background
Along with their sister channel,
Vettri TV, the Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) began broadcasting Siyatha TV on September 17, 2009 on E32
UHF
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (on ...
.
Siyatha TV is the first Sri Lankan terrestrial channel to go simultaneously on satellite through their own DTH platform. This platform currently carry all VOA Television and Radio channels on Intelsat 906 satellite located at 64´E.
Roshantha Kariyapperuma, owns the Voice of Asia Network which owns Siyatha TV along-with Roshantha Kariyapperuma's brother, Priyantha Kariyapperuma, who was a former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
TRC.
Revamp
On 15 February 2017, the parent company Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd had their network relaunch, Siyatha TV, revamped their entire line-up of programs and the look and feel of the TV station along with becoming an "Ultra HD 4K Television Channel".
Programming
Siyatha TV broadcasts a range of entertainment programmes including
dramas
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,
reality shows
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,
Kids Programme,
Cartoons
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, music and
News
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. It operates 16 hours a day, between 05:00 am and 12:00 midnight.
In April 2010, a quiz program titled ''Siyatha TV T20 Quiz'' was telecast.
New Station
Voice of Asia is expected to launch a new station, Real TV, in coming months.
Firebombing
Early on July 30, 2010, 12 armed men attacked and
firebombed
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In popular usage, any act in which an incendiary ...
the Siyatha TV and radio station, destroying much of the broadcasting equipment.
The gunmen forced the staff to kneel at gunpoint, and injured two of them.
References
External links
‘Sati Medha Sadhaya’ on Siyatha
Sinhala-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Voice of Asia Network
Mass media in Colombo
2009 establishments in Sri Lanka
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