LBN launches services in Wattala

LBN has acquired an existing pay television operator functioning in Wattala which has resulted in the expansion of LBN services to the Wattala area. The Wattala operator was operating in conjunction with Ruhuna 2001 Multivision prior to the takeover.

LBN is presently carrying out a low key advertising campaign in the form of street banners in order to publicize their takeover. At present only the analog service is available but according to information gathered by us the digital service is expected towards the end of this year. At present approximately 50 channels are available on the Wattala service.

It seems that part of LBN's expansion plan is to acquire established low key pay television operators in different areas in addition to building the infrastructure where none exists.

The Wattala office of LBN is located at Pearl Park close to the Gemunu cinema. LBN Wattala can be contacted on (011) 5333912.

Star Cricket launched on LBN

LBN has successfully launched Star Cricket by last night becoming the first pay television operator in Sri Lanka to do so. Star Cricket is part of the ESPN Star Sports package and is a totally cricket oriented channel. This is the second cricket oriented channel in this region, the first being Neo Sports.

The channel is supposed to be available on the LBN Digital Service. We are not able to confirm whether the channel is available on the LBN Analog service. We wish to state that subscribers of the LBN Analog service should upgrade to their digital service in order to be able to receive the new channels that are to be introduced since they may not be available in the analog service.

Star Cricket... Soon on LBN

Just hours after we posted below about LBN's expansion plans. LBN has announced that they will launch Star Cricket soon. We sincerely hope that this "soon" will not be as long as they took to introduce HBO Hits, Family and the Discovery Communication channels.

This is indeed a big boost to subscribers of LBN since most of the ESPN Star Cricket content has been moved to this channel and by introducing this channel they have made sure that they will be providing the best sports content to their subscribers.

LBN unveils plans

According to a report in The Sunday Leader dated July 15th, LBN has unveiled some of its future plans. Accordingly LBN is planning to expand their coverage to areas including Wattala and a few other areas. In addition to coverage expansion LBN is said to be testing HDTV and they hope to introduce internet services via their cable service soon. With regard to internet services we wish to state that LBN has spoken of this internet service several years ago but nothing happened so far, we hope that this time at least the service will be introduced.

In addition to all this LBN also plans to expand their channel offerings by adding channels such as Animax and a few other rumored channels are BBC World will be reintroduced, FTV (India), Raj TV, Star Cricket. There is however no indication on whether Ten Sports will be introduced and we hope that they add the channel, in addition BBC Entertainment and its kids channel should be introduced soon.

Please us updated on the latest information regarding LBN as the days progress.

Updated : This post was updated with a scanned copy of an article on LBN that appeared in The Sunday Island of July 15th. The same article appeared in The Sunday Leader. We like to thank our fellow bloggers for providing us with the article.

Tamil Cartoon Channel "Chutti TV" on LBN

Chutti TV the 24 hour Tamil cartoon channel which is part of the Sun TV network has been launched on LBN. This comes hot on the heels of the launch of Discovery Communication Channels by LBN.

LBN is indeed catering to the entertainment needs of the Tamil speaking public by adding several Tamil language channels to their lineup unlike other Sri Lankan pay television providers. We hope other pay television companies in Sri Lanka follow the example set by LBN and provide more entertainment options specially to the Tamil speaking public.

Please keep us updated on the latest on LBN as the days progress.

Chutti TV - http://www.sunnetwork.in/chuttitv/

LBN must expand coverage

There are people living in certain areas who are very close to areas covered by LBN but are unable to apply for a connection since they they are not covered by LBN. We hope LBN identifies these areas and improves their coverage and expands fast.

Many of these people have been waiting for a couple of years for LBN to expand. While it is important to add new channels, priority should be given for expansion of coverage too. LBN is undoubtedly Sri Lanka's number one fixed line pay television provider.

We hope LBN adds Ten Sports and Star Cricket to their lineup of sports channels and adds Hallmark Channel, Australia Network also to their lineup.

Please keep us updated on the latest on LBN as the days progress. We hope that LBN subscribers will make use of this blog to discuss issues and for sharing information among themselves.