The new Tamil television channel of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation commenced its telecast today (20) under the auspices of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The channel has been named the ‘Reconciliation Channel’.
SLRC which commenced operations in 1982, first launched a Tamil channel named ‘Channel Eye’ in 1998 which used one frequency to telecast sports, English and Tamil programs.
The new channel has been launched with the aim to encourage reconciliation in the post-war era. President Sirisena is said to have awarded five frequencies to SLRC for the new channels telecast purposes.
According to SLRC sources transmitters are to installed in Colombo, Hanthana, Kokuvil, Jaffna and the Southeast.
The channel is set to cater the 25 per cent tamil speaking population of the country and will air full time. The event was also graced by Minister of Finance & Mass Media, Mangala Samaraweera.
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