The ITN channel is a television channel which broadcasts in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. It is the flagship television channel of the Independent Television Network Limited, a state governed television and radio broadcaster in Sri Lanka.

History

The ITN channel was launched on the 13th of April 1979. The channel was the first terrestrial television

Terrestrial television

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 channel in Sri Lanka and was the pioneer of colour television transmission in Sri Lanka.

Frequency and coverage

ITN coverage extends to approximately 99% of the island of Sri Lanka. ITN broadcasts on the following frequencies; VHF Ch9, VHF Ch 12 and VHF Ch 24. The channel is also streamed live via the The ITN Channel website

Programmes

The channel primarily broadcasts content in the Sinhala language with daily news broadcasts in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 and English

English language

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 languages.

See also

• List of television networks in Sri Lanka
• Media in Sri Lanka
  Media in Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka's media outlets are generally divided along linguistic and ethnic lines. State and private media operators provide services in the main languages Sinhala, Tamil, and English...
  
  
• Independent Television Network
  Independent Television Network
  Independent Television Network Limited is a Sri Lankan state governed television and radio broadcaster located in Wickramasinhapura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. ITN, a Shrama Abhimani Award winner...
  
  Limited