Monday, February 12, 2007

Commercial or Test Transmissions

We are receiving conflicting reports regarding the status of LBN broadcasts. Some say that the LBN representatives are telling that commercial operations commenced on Feb 1st however others are pointing out the fact that the channels are having the test transmission scroll still displayed on the channel as well as on the web site.

With this we can only come to the conclusion that commercial operations have not started. Only LBN can answer that question since not much of information is coming out from there. Well at least they are now fully operational and they did a good job of bringing their entire network back into full strength after 6 months of being shutdown.

In addition several subscribers are requesting LBN to add Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Discovery Travel & Living to their lineup including SET Max which is scheduled to carry the ICC World Cup Live.

It is quite baffling to note why LBN have not added the Discovery Channels to their lineup since they are standard pay television channels.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

HOW ABOUT TEN SPORTS...The Only Licensed Channel to telecast Sri-Lanka's Home Cricket matches..

PLUS this country has a massive wrestling (WWE) fan base..The Local Max Television's Telecast of Wrestling is inconsistent...

Ten Sports is next to espn-star sports and should be a WELCOME addition

Anonymous said...

SETMAX IS OUT OF THE EQUATION,CBNSAT HAS SECURED A EXCLUSIVE DEAL FOR THE CHANNEL IN SRI LANKA.

Anonymous said...

then get connect a cbn. this year world cup will be a diaster. according to the informations. in our local time matches start in the night. for lbn users any way feed will be available in one of the local chanels.

Anonymous said...

I don't know what all this fuss about the ICC Cricket World cup is. Most matches will be played during the night (Sri Lankan time) and if you have jobs to go the next day, watching these matches will not be possible. One also could assume that Channel Eye will not get the expected advertising revenue due to this and the situation will further worsen if Sri Lanka gets knocked out in the first round.

Anonymous said...

Umbanang Niyama"Koheda yanne malle pol porak" Cricket fansala hande gahuwath lankawe match balnawa huththo,Rei dawal kiyala ney,Matanam penne umba jeewitheta cricket match ekak balala nethi,Cricket kiyanne football wage game ekak kiyala hithana,thuthikudiyaka inna porak/

Anonymous said...

ANON 2.55 PM,WHATS YOUR POINT?YOU THINK THE SRI LANKANS WILL NOT WATCH THE MATCHES BECAUSE ITS PLAYED IN THE NIGHT?YOU ARE WRONG MISTER THE NUMBER WILL INCREASE TO UNPRCEDENTED LEVELS BECAUSE ALL THE GUYS WILL BE AT HOME AND WORKING THE NEXT DAY WILL BE A MINOR MATTER FOR THIS CRICKET CRAZY COUNTRY.YOU SEEM TO TALK UTTER BULLSHIT WITHOUT KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORLD CUP OR WHAT CRICKET CRAZE IS ALL ABOUT.

YOU MUST BE A FASHION TV FAN

Anonymous said...

Ado couldnt agree with you more machang aru nang athatama ammata hukana wesi ge puthek...yako me rate hamoma balang inne world cup ekata...umba nang maha ponna pakayek.... hukang kariya... puka deepang thoge rupavahini yata...!!!!!

Anonymous said...

The fuss about the ICC world cup is,Its the biggest world event for us,The Sri Lankans,And we have a realistic chance of winning it for the second time.The channel eye broadcast is going to be shit,beacuse we are going to miss the first and the sixth balls of the over due to excess advertisment(As you doesnt seem to know there are six balls per and over)

The time is no issue for us and we have no problem of going to work the next day or for that matter every day but we are not going to miss the world cup.

The issue is Dialog TV has secured sole rights for the event through set max and we have to watch the poor coverage by channel.

Anonymous said...

yeah just cause dialog TV has secured rights to ICC cup does not mean cricket is shit. annon 2.55PM, you must have been out of the country cause you seem to know nothing about cricket and its following in SL.

we as Sri Lankans have a realistic chance of winning this cup and am going to watch it whether on dialog TV or a local channel irrespective of time and work.

Anonymous said...

Mona jangiyekda may "what is the issue with the icc world cup kiyala ahanne" Ponnayo nikan jangi hodan nethuwa indin,Umbata onenang gahapan chess.Api umbage gedara awilla hari match eka gahanawa.

Anonymous said...

It seems that SET MAX channel advertisements of CBN are published here :( Lot of CBN bloggers are here....

Note: machan seriously ahanney. 3rd transponder eka awithda? mey dawas wala dena advertisement paarath ekka SET MAX awoth ela kiri...naththan ithin wadak naha...

I too agree that Sri Lanka has a very good chance to bring the trophy again and cricket fans will not have issues about the time. Watching matches through local channels is a shit.

CBN Fans: How do you watch the Ind Vs SL series these days?

Anonymous said...

Dear Kalu,

Can you avoid using filthy language here...everybody knows your language...so no need to prove it any more.

Rather,can you you expalin the real value of Value 1400 package

Anonymous said...

Diplomatic porak ewilla,Mangala ge sagayek wenna ethi HE elawala dapu,
Machang,India series eka matches 4 ne,Eka machang LBN thiyana yaluwek ekka beluwa,U enawa world cup kaleta SETMAX balanna,Api machang sahayogayen weda karana porawal.

PS. Habai machang India matches wala MTV feed eka hondatama hondai,eka ad ekak yanne ney,Umbala dannawane channel eye eke ewun,Ung ara whats the big issue kiyala ahapu P wage hithanne overeta bola 3 -4 thiyanne kiyala.

Anonymous said...

Tamil
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Shackthi TV
EYE CHENNEL
Sun TV
VIJAY TV
JAYA TV
POTHIHI
WIN TV - New
(EXPECTING RAJ TV, KTV, SUN MUSIC*)

Sports
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Espn
Star
Neo
Neo +
Dooratharshan (scrampled)

Entertinment
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AXN
Star World
Zee Cafe

Music
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MTV
V
r
ZTrendz

Movie
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Cinemax
HBO
HBO signature
Star Movies
Zee studio(not working now)

Children
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4 chennel

News
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CNN
chennel Asia
bloomberg
NDTV
Aljasira

Other
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Star plus
Star Gold
Zee tv
Zee Cinema
national geographics
H
God
EWTN

please update Sun Music as soon as early...

Thanx LBN...

Thanx a lot....

Karan - Wellawatte.

Anonymous said...

There was a message in NEO sports yesterday that LBN has commenced commercial operations and to pay the monthly rentals upt0 15th June 2006 (If areas)