TELEVISION

ORIGIN, LANDSCAPE, LANDMAKES, FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Television is a one of grate invention in the history. Nowadays television is a common thing in every house. Television is the main source of information, news, entertainment and communication. However, it is an important part of peoples’ life. Television is playing a main role in peoples’ life. The very special thing is it can bring the whole world into one house. So people can very easily get what are the new information. We can watch several types of programs from a television. For example, current news, criminals, sports, weather, history, education, travel and many more. The word television comes from tele + vision. Tele means a grate word for far away and vision means sight. Television is a machine. It has a screen and we can see pictures and hear sounds. Television converts images into electrical impulses which are send from cables, radio waves or satellite. After that television receiver where they can change back into a picture. People started to do experiment about television during 19^th century. There is a doubt about who invented the television first. There are many answers for that.  So Philo Farnsworth, John Loggie Baird, Charles Francis Jenkins are the inventors of television. John Loggie Baird the person who successfully transmitted the first TV picture in 1878. He was Scottish amatew scientist. This happened in England. After that 1884 s’ Paul Niphow developed loggies’ system. Loggie's’ system used a mechanical camera consisting of large spinning disc with a spiral of holes. In 1927, phyllo Farnsworth successfully demonstrated electronic television in san Francisco.

 The first television network of Sri Lanka was launched on the 13th of April 1979.  It’s called ITN (Independent Television Network). It established Anil Wijewardena and Shan Wickeramasigha. ITN become the first terrestrial television channel of Sri Lanka. After two months’ government took the control of ITN. Sri Lanka’s second TV station is Sri Lanka Rupawahini Corporation (SLRC) in 1882. The very first private TV station is Sirasa TV. Its owned Capital Maharaja.

 

Television technology is now more advanced than ever before. In the past a TV set was too big. Also seen in Television made of wood at that time. In addition, in the past, batteries were used to watch television. He also tuned channels using antennas. It was also televised in black and white at the time. In recent years, color television technology has evolved. That was in 1946. The channel switching technology using the remote was developed in 1956. It's a big win technically. Today, television technology is very high. TV can connect to the internet, make phone calls, play games, listen to music, watch movies, connect computer to television, connect mobile phone to television, connect CDs, pen drives and watch anything you want. We can revisit programs. It is also easy to watch on any foreign channels. Nowadays technology is very advanced. Then people try to add new technology for television. Now we have digital televisions. It is a huge discovery. There have been various developments in television from the past to the present. For example, Cable TV, Satellite TV, Color TV, Electronic TV, Internet TV, 3D TV, Smart TV, Digital TV. These are the landmarks of television.

 

In Sri Lanka there are many Sinhala English and Tamil TV Stations. There are analog terrestrial networks, satellite networks and pay television networks.

Analog Terrestrial Networks	Satellite Networks	Pay Television Networks
ITN (Independent Television Network)	TV International	Peo TV
Rupawahini	Srilakwahini TV	Lanka Broadband Network
Sirasa TV	The Buddhist TV	Dialog TV
Channel One	Lakvision TV
TNL	Channel C
Swarnawahini	Lakroo TV
ETV	Heitage TV
ART TV	Young Asia Television
Shakthi TV	Life TV
Nethra TV
TV Lanka
Max TV
Vasantham TV
Siyatha TV
Vettri TV
Prime TV
Hiru TV
Derana TV
Rangira TV

 

Sri Lanka Television stations landscapes are very important. These are the examples for that.

Rupawahini corporation (SLRC) is situated in independent square, Colombo 07. We call it Jathika Rupawahini. It is a government owned TV station.

Independent Television Network(ITN) also government owned TV station. It established in wikramasighapura, Baththaramulla.

Sirasa TV is a digital terrestrial television network. It situated in 45/3, bragbooke street, Colombo 02. It has two sister channels. They are TV 1 and Shakthi TV.

TNL is situated in 52, 5^th lane, Colombo 3. Its owned Telshan Network (PVT) LTD. It established in 1993. TNL TV was one of Sri Lanka’s first privately owned television channel.

Swarnawahini is situated in 676, Galle RD, Colombo 00300. It owned by EAP Broadcasting Company. It established in 1994. Its sister channel is ETV.

Extra Terrestrial Vision (ETV) is situated in 31, Shady Grove Avenue, Colombo 8.

Art TV is situated in 451, Kandy Road, Kelaniya. It owned ART Television Broadcasting company (PVT) LTD. (IWS Holdings Group).

Derana TV is situated in No 05, Shelton Road, Colombo 05 and No 320, T.B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10. It owned Derana Macro Entertainment (PVT) LTD. It established on 11 October 2015. It has two sister channels. Ad Derana 24 and FM Derana.

Hiru TV is Situated in N0 51/5, Alexandra Place, Colombo 07. It owned by Asia Broadcasting Corporation. It established on 23 may, 2012. Hiru TV is Sri Lanka’s first and only digital television channel which has the DVB.72 pictures and stereo sound.

Siyatha TV is situated in 117, 10, Hunupitiya, Lake Rd, Colombo. It owned Voice of Asia Network (PVT) LTD. Varnam TV and Kiss FM are the sister channels.

Rangira TV is situated in Rangiri Dambulla Uyanwaththa Rajamaha Viharaya, No:130, Kandy road, Dambulla. It owned Rangiri Sri Lanka (PVT) LTD.

 

Taking about future directions of television, Future television will be a magician one. I think like that. Because world’s technology and knowledge of inventors are very improved. I hope to be able to carry a TV bag in the future. And I think the viewer will be able to capture the scenes we see live. Suppose we want a dress or a meal in a TV commercial. We may be able to take it off the screen immediately. Perhaps more advanced media that television has been created and television has become obsolete.  

 Tharusha Dilshani Udawelaarachchi

MAPT/19/B1/23