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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

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The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (; ), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television) or simply as Rupavahini, is the national television network of Sri Lanka. Rupavahini literally means "purveyor of images" in the Sinhala language.

Established by Parliament under Act No. 6 of 1982 for provision of national television service, it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages. Distinguished civil servant M.J Perera was the founder and chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

SLRC is the largest television broadcaster in Sri Lanka and has an island-wide reception of its channels. SLRC broadcasts its channels in both VHF and UHF frequencies in Sri Lanka. The network's services are only available by analog transmission, with plans to upgrade to digital broadcasting. From 2011, Kokavil began to broadcast in DVB-T2 for the Northern area in Sri Lanka. There were plans to transmit DVB-T2 digital television all over the country in 2015. By 2021, however, the government had switched to a plan to use ISDB-T after receiving aid from the Japanese foreign ministry. Provided by Wikipedia