This presentation provides an overview of Sri Lanka and its television and ICT industries. Sri Lanka has a population of 21 million people and its capital is Sri Jayawardenapura, though Colombo serves as the commercial capital. Sri Lanka has 16 television broadcasters that provide 23 free-to-air channels to over 4 million television receivers in homes. Internet usage has been growing, with over 6 million users in Sri Lanka currently, representing 29.3% of the population. The presentation concludes with a question and answer section.
4. Population: 21 million (2015 census)
Area: 65,610 Square Km
Capital (Administrative): Sri Jayawardenapura
(Commercial) Colombo
Languages : Sinhala, Tamil, English
Religion : Buddhism (70.2%)
Hinduism (12.6%)
Islam (9.7%)
Christianity (7.4%)
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5. Korea and Sri Lanka Relationship
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6. Sri Lankan TV History
In 1979 the First Television network started,.
ITN- Independent Television Network
In 1982 Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation SLRC - was
commissioned.
In 1992 Private Television networks established.
There are 16 broadcasters are in operation,
providing 23 Channels.
All these channels are Free To Air. ( F T A )
TV standard PAL B/G
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10. Statistics
Number of Television Receivers: 4.1 million
Computer owned Households : 4.0 million
Computer Literacy Rate : 25.1 %
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12. 6,087,164
Internet Users in Sri Lanka (2016*)
Share of Sri Lanka Population: 29.3
% (penetration)
Total Population : 20,810,816
Share of World Internet Users: 0.2 %
Internet Users in the World: 3,424,971,237
Internet usage statistics in Sri Lanka
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#3: Sri Lanka is an island nation located off the southern coast of India in South Asia. It is situated to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal. Countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives are some of the neighbors.
#4: Sri Lanka is an island nation located off the southern coast of India in South Asia. It is situated to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal. Countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives are some of the neighbors.
#6: The relationship between Sri Lanka and Korea has been long, cordial and productive, and over the past many years, the two countries have benefitted by the economic cooperation between businesses in our respective countries.