Channel Eye

Channel Eye
Channel Eye logo
Channel Eye logo
Launched 1999 (1999)
Network Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
Owned by Government of Sri Lanka
Picture format 576i 4:3 (SDTV)
Slogan "World Through Eye"
Country Sri Lanka
Language English/Sinhala/Tamil
Broadcast area Sri Lanka
Headquarters Independence Square, Baudhaloka Road, Colombo 07
Formerly called Rupavahini 2 (prior to 2000)
Website www.channeleye.lk
Availability
Terrestrial
VHF (Pidurutalagala) Channel 07
UHF (Rajagiriya) Channel 39
UHF (Deniyaya) Channel 39
UHF (Namunukula) Channel 52
UHF (Sooriyakanda) Channel 52
UHF (Hanthana) Channel 30
UHF (Gongala) Channel 46
VHF (Kokavil) Channel 08
Satellite
Dialog TV Channel 03
Dish TV Sri Lanka Channel 2572
IPTV
PEO TV 2
Streaming media
http://www.channeleye.lk/eye-live.html

Channel Eye is a Sri Lankan youth and sports channel operated by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. The channel transmits over two programming blocks, as it timeshares with Nethra TV.

History

The channel began broadcasting in April 1999 as Rupavahini 2. In August 2000, it became Channel Eye, with Eye coming from the three pillars of the channel: Education, Youth and Entertainment. The founder of Channel Eye is Mr. Piyadasa Ratnasinghe.[1]

The channel airs a wide range of original productions and sporting events. In the first years of Channel Eye, it telecasted documentaries of Discovery Channel. Until 2008, Tamil programming aired under the Channel Eye brand, which eventually gave way to Nethra TV.

Programming

Channel Eye programming: News and Current Affairs

  • Rupavahini News (English edition)
  • Crosscurrent
  • Press review (English and Tamil)

Entertainment

  • Rise and Shine

Music

  • Café Classics
  • Battle of the Bands Sri Lanka
  • Eye Shuffle

Religion

  • Thought for the Day (Tamil)

Nethra TV programming:

News and Current Affairs

  • Rupavahini News (Tamil edition)
  • Velichcham

Entertainment and Lifestyle

  • Nethra Express
  • Udaya Darshanam

Music

  • M930

The channel also airs documentaries from various sources, usually old documentaries from the BBC or the Discovery Channel or from Canal France Internationale, of which the SLRC is a member.

English program production team

Director

  • Ms.Sunanda Hettiarachchi

Producers

  • Achala Solomons
  • Dulanka Tennakoon
  • Subhashana Gamage
  • Niroshi Abeysinghe

Sports

Channel Eye is telecasting sport programs of both international and local, mainly the cricket and local motor car racing. The channel also became the official TV broadcaster for six Cricket World Cup tournaments of 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. Channel also broadcast 2007, 2009, 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments.

Beside cricket, channel has broadcast all Rugby World Cup tournaments. It was the official broadcast of FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2014 and 2018 for Sri Lanka.

Channel Eye is the official broadcaster of Sri Lanka T20 Provincial League. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Founder Of Channel Eye Is Mr Piyadasa Ratnasinghe !". ජාතික රූපවාහිනිය - Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation on Facebook.
  2. ↑ "Local Terrestrial TV Broadcast Rights to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation | Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Retrieved 2017-07-10.


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