Swarnavahini

{{short description|Sri Lankan Sinhala-language television channel}}

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Swarnavahini ({{langx|si|ස්වර්ණවාහිනී}}; literally Golden Channel) is a Sinhala language general entertainment and news television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of EAP Holdings. Launched in 1994 as ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision), it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Its sister channel ETV 2 was launched in 1995 when ETV was re-branded ETV 1. The channel's owner Extra Terrestrial Vision (Private) Limited, who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992, changed its name to EAP Network (Private) Limited on 30 April 1996 following the acquisition by EAP.{{cite web|title=EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015|url=https://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|publisher=Colombo Stock Exchange|page=4|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615212109/http://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|url-status=live}} At that time ETV 1 was re-broadcasting BBC.{{cite web|title=EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015|url=https://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|publisher=Colombo Stock Exchange|page=39|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615212109/http://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|url-status=live}} ETV 1 was re-launched as Swarnavahini, a mass market Sinhala language channel, on 16 March 1997.{{cite web|title=EAP Broadcasting Company Limited: Debenture Issue 2015|url=https://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|publisher=Colombo Stock Exchange|page=38|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615212109/http://www.cse.lk/pdf/EAP_Pros1.pdf|url-status=live}} EAP Network (Private) Limited changed its name to EAP Broadcasting Company (Private) Limited on 16 May 2012, EAP Network (Private) Limited on 31 October 2012, EAP Network Limited on 28 August 2013 and EAP Broadcasting Company Limited on 11 September 2013.

It is available via satellite on Dialog TV (channel 7) and Dish TV (channel 2516).{{cite web|title=Channels|url=https://www.dialog.lk/browse/tvChannels.jsp?categoryId=onlinecat3440064|publisher=Dialog TV|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2016-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329054732/http://www.dialog.lk/browse/tvChannels.jsp?categoryId=onlinecat3440064|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=List of Channels on Dialog TV|url=http://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Channels_on_Dialog_TV|publisher=TV Channels List|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2016-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111142137/http://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Channels_on_Dialog_TV|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Packs: Ntertainment|url=http://www.dishtv.lk/ntertainment.html|publisher=Dish TV (Sri Lanka)|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2016-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202093255/http://www.dishtv.lk/ntertainment.html|url-status=live}} It is also available on Lanka Broadband Networks cable TV and PEO TV IPTV (channel 6).{{cite web|title=List of Channels|url=http://www.lbn.lk/channels.html|publisher=Lanka Broadband Networks|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320230611/http://www.lbn.lk/channels.html|archivedate=20 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Channel Lineup|url=http://www.peotv.com/?p=channel_lineup|publisher=PEO TV|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407204247/http://www.peotv.com/?p=channel_lineup|url-status=live}}