LBN the leading fixed line pay television provider in the country is planning to launch more channels during this month according to unconfirmed sources. The channels in queue are BBC World (English), Raj TV (Tamil), Hallmark (English), Fashion TV (English) and Animax (English). There are a few more channels that may be launched in addition to the above, either this month or in the next few months. LBN which is gearing for increased competition that will come in the form of Comet Digital and SLT IPTV have also expanded their analog services to Wattala, Nuwara Eliya and Beruwala.
LBN has also planned to launch Broadband Services and offer High Definition Television channels by next year.
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LBN has also planned to launch Broadband Services and offer High Definition Television channels by next year.
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check out the updated channel guide
here: http://www.sharinfo.net/lbn/cguide/
If you count digital channels on comet cable, they have 64 channels + 10 local channels (without 3 MTV channels. Altogether 74 channels.
LBN also have 74 channels in their digital.
Following channels are available on COMET but not available on LBN.
1) Hallmark
2) BBC
3) SS Music
4) RAJ TV
5) RAJ DIGITAL PLUS
6) Tamil Box Office
7) ZOOM
Following channels are available on LBN but not available on COMET.
1) ZEE Sports
2) DD Sports
3) One Tv
4) B4U Music
5) ZEE Music
6) PTV
7) STAR CHINA
Hope, LBN will add more channels intheir line up.
@vista 2006
The above website is not working. Pls give it again.
@qwerty
it's working for me,try this http://www.sharinfo.net/lbn/cguide/index.html or this http://www.sharinfo.net/lbn
tell me if it works
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NDTV'S LIFESTYLE CHANNEL
NDTV Network has launched its English language lifestyle channel, on September 7.
Smeeta Chakrabarty, the CEO for NDTV's lifestyle channel, "It's a channel which answers all your questions from food to travel, leisure to gadgets, marriages to parenthood and wellness to parties," she said.
Atleast initially, both - the Lifestyle and city channels will be free-to-air.
NDTV's Hindi general entertainment channel is expected to be launched in January 2008.
SUN TV DTH DELAYED ?
Unconfirmed reports are that Sun Network is likely to postpone the launch of its own DTH platform, Sun Direct, from Divali to December this year.
Sun Direct has already been allocated 6 Ku band transponders on an INSAT bird.
The other new DTH entrant - Reliance's Blue Magic is likely to be allotted transponders on the INSAT 4CR satellite. ISRO's earlier attempt had to be aborted, and the INSAT 4C was satellite was lost. If launched successfully, this will be a huge milestone for ISRO.
RAJ TV - NEWS & YOUTH CHANNELS
Raj Television Network (RTN) has declared plans to launch separate Tamil language News & Youth Channels. The announcement comes at a time when political parties in Tamil Nadu are rolling out party affiliated channels, to influence viewers with party oriented content.
"We are targeting August-end or early September for the launch" said RTN founder-promoter Rajendran. Raj TVs news venture comes close on the heels of the government's approval on 23 July to start uplinking its channels from within the country. This allows the company to now telecast live content and news which was earlier not possible after its uplinking facilities in Chennai were terminated in 2005.
Raj TV's news channel will be uplinked from the VSNL facility, says Rajendran.
Raj Television is also planning a Youth channel, to address youth in the state.
The Youth targetted channel is actually named "Raj Music" but only 40% of the content will be dedicated to music !
"Raj Music" will initially be launched as a free to air (FTA) channel.
3 NEW CHANNELS IN TAMIL NADU
With three new satellite TV ventures ready to go on air the channel war in Tamil Nadu is set to intensify.
The three channels are Kalaignar TV owned by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's family, Mega TV of senior Congress leader and former Union minister K V Thangabalu and Congress MLA Vasanthakumar's Vasanth TV.
Mega TV and Kalaignar TV are set to be launched on August 20 and September 15 respectively. With this, all major political parties in Tamil Nadu will have a satellite TV channel.
Vasanthakumar, who is also Managing Director of Vasanth & Co, one of the largest retail chains in the state, said: "Vasanth TV will be launched with the blessings of Congress President Sonia Gandhi."
Comet web site is updated with the channel list they are going to broadcast. This will be great welcome news for the comet subscribers.
Great news for muslim wivers, saudi channel is been aird from today on basic pakage for the ramzam season on Channel news asia frequency.
kaligner TV (tamil) its avilable on basic, replacing win tv.
Kalaignar TV now on LBN Digital
check out the updated site: http://www.sharinfo.net/lbn
I have a problem with my digital receiver,
it gets stuck at least once daily,
does any one else have the same problem.
i have informed LBN so many times and each time they give me different answers.
One technician who came said that This type of Decorder has a fault and they will replace it when they get the new model,but when another technician came he said there is nothing like that and there is nothing wrong with it.
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