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COUNTRY REPORT SRI LANKAAnuruddha Dissanayake
Presented by
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Sri Lanka at glanceTelevision/ICT IndustryQ & A
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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. 2
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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. 3
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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Korea and Sri Lanka Relationship
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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.5
Sri Lankan TV HistoryIn 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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SRI LANKA RUPAVAHINI (TV) CORPORATION
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Coverage Map
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Statistics
Number of Television Receivers: 4.1 million
Computer owned Households : 4.0 million
Computer Literacy Rate : 25.1 %
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Internet usage statistics in Sri Lanka
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6,087,164Internet Users in Sri Lanka (2016*)Share of Sri Lanka
Population:29.3 %(penetration)Total Population :20,810,816Share 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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Thank You..
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