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| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| Headquarters | 451, Kandy Road,Kelaniya |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | IWS Holdings (Private) Limited |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 December 1995 |
| Former names | Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation |
| Links | |
| Website | iwsholdings |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| UHF (Colombo) | Channel 28[1] |
Art Television Broadcasting Co. is a 24-hour analogue terrestrial (free to air) television channel inSri Lanka. A privately owned channel that broadcasts English content has its headquarters located inColombo. Its coverage is viewed on FrequenciesUHF – CH28 in Colombo andUHF – CH52 in Kandy.[2] ART Television is owned by the Sri Lankan business conglomerate IWS Holdings (Private) Limited founded by Indulakshin Wickramasinghe Senanayake.[3]
Affiliated withCNN since 1995, the Channel offers 15 hours of CNN daily.[4] It partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009, and relays a daily hour ofCartoon Network on its children's belt ART Toons,[5] in addition to varied entertainment content sourced from leading international suppliers. The station partnered with Cartoon Network in 2009 to launch an eco-awareness campaign inKandy, which was the first localCSR campaign supported by an international children's channel.[6]
The Channel's daily news bulletin the State of Business is a key business current affairs program in Sri Lanka and conducts prominent business forums.[7] The company has also ventured into local reality series platform partnering with The Model Network, Sri Lanka and Ford Models, New York for the Ford Supermodel of Sri Lanka search.[8] It has collaborated with the British Council in Colombo for the entrepreneurial reality show Ideators in 2010.[9]
Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka's firststereo broadcast station.[10] The company was repositioned as Art Television Broadcasting Company in July 2003.[11]
Uoosoof Mohideen, who was theCNN representative for Sri Lanka, was the first CEO/Managing Director for Dynavision. Uoosoof Mohideen was also a founding member/partner ofETV (Sri Lanka).