Saudi Channel for Ramazan Season

LBN has replaced Channel News Asia with the "Saudi Channel" on a temporary basis for this Ramazan season. In addition they have replaced WIN TV with Kalaignar TV on both their digital service and Analog Service. It is also reported that LBN have removed God TV from their Analog service, this channel will continue to be available on their Digital service.

It looks like LBN will start removing channels from their Analog service over a period of time. Any LBN subscribers who have not moved to the digital service should do so as soon as possible. LBN is expected to launch more channels in due course.

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LBN to launch more channels this month

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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