Danthika Gunasinghe

A subsidiary of Capital Maharaja Group, MTV/MBC Channels is Sri Lanka’s leading news and entertainment provider. This electronic media giant owns and operates three TV channels and five FM Radio Stations, broadcasting in all three languages with island wide coverage. The network is recognized as the most influential and innovative trail blazer in the electronic media field in Sri Lanka, as well as being Sri Lanka’s foremost media and communication strategist. MTV Channel (Pvt) Limited is the premier private television network in Sri Lanka. Equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual receiving and transmitting equipment, MTV’s signals are beamed free-to-air across the country. The channels reach over 80% of the country’s geographical area, and to over 85% of the TV households in Sri Lanka. MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd owns and operates five FM radio broadcasting channels in three languages. It has revolutionized Sri Lanka’s broadcasting industry, catering to a large listener base and to a variety of tastes comprising contemporary music, oldies, drama, sports, current affairs and unbiased news reports and programs. MTV/MBC Channels also developed the highly acclaimed “News1st” brand, providing the latest, unbiased, balanced and fearless reporting, in all three languages, as well as “Gammadda”, Sri Lanka’s largest ongoing humanitarian initiative.