Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
Source Passport
LK-M-00010-4
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Type
- Television
- Founded
- 1982
- Editor-in-chief
- Gihan De Silva (Chairman)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- State-owned
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Rupavahini
- Channel Eye
- Nethra TV
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type Government of Sri Lanka 100% Direct State or public body - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group Pending check
- Ministry of Mass Media (Sri Lanka)
2 sources
- Ministry of Mass Media, Sri Lanka, 'SLBC celebrates 100 years of pioneering radio', 16 December 2025, read 2026-10-19 (SLBC listed among the Ministry's institutions; Radio Ceylon 1 October 1949; Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation from 5 January 1967 with Neville D. Jayaweera as first Chairman and Director General; domestic, foreign and regional services; Ministry institutions also listed: Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation, Independent Television Network, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd, Lankapuvath Ltd)
- State Media Monitor, 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC)', 1 August 2026, updated 4 August 2026, read 2026-10-19 (secondary: Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of 1982; commissioned 15 February 1982; state-owned public corporation under the Ministry of Mass Media; Chairman Gihan De Silva since 26 December 2024, listed August 2026; acting Director General Manoja Nadeeshana Amarasingha; 2024 sales LKR 1.218bn, other operating income LKR 324.4m, no operating subsidy recorded, loss LKR 266.3m; Cabinet approved LKR 600m from the Clean Sri Lanka programme for 2026-2028 (May 2026); Rupavahini, Channel Eye, Nethra TV)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders Pending check
Funder Type Note Government of Sri Lanka Government or public body LKR 600 million over 2026-2028 from the Clean Sri Lanka programme for a media project (Cabinet, May 2026)
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
1 source
- Input master list Q041-WORLD-media-LB-LK-MA-MG.csv (MPMONITOR master, updated 2026-08-14; domain as listed in input)
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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