TV 1 (Sri Lankan TV channel)

{{Short description|Sri Lankan television station}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = TV 1

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| logo_caption = TV 1 (Sri Lankan TV channel)

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| launch_date = {{Start date|1992|12|14|df=y}}

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| picture_format = 1080i HDTV

| network =

| owner = MTV Channel/Capital Maharaja

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| country = Sri Lanka

| language = English and Sinhalese

| area = Sri Lanka

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| headquarters = Colombo

| former_names = MTV Newsvision (1992), MTV (1998), Channel One MTV, MTV Sports (2012), MTV (2015)

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| sister_channels = {{Ubl|Shakthi TV|Sirasa TV}}

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| website = {{url|www.tv1.lk}}

| online_serv_1 =

| online_chan_1 = {{url|http://www.tv1.lk/live|Watch live}}

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TV 1 is a Sri Lankan general entertainment television channel that provides content in both English and Sinhalese, aimed at the youth market. It was founded in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, making it one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels.{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Sri-Lanka.html|publisher=Press Reference}} Its sister channel, MTV, was renamed Sirasa TV in June 1998, and MTV Newsvision was renamed MTV.{{cite news|last=Weerasuriya|first=Sanath|title=See and hear Sirasa TV|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/980607/news2.html|newspaper=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=7 June 1998}} MTV was later rebranded as Channel One MTV. On 26 January 2012, the channel was relaunched as MTV Sports.{{cite news|title=Channel One out, MTV Sports in|url=http://www.ft.lk/2012/01/26/channel-one-out-mtv-sports-in/|newspaper=Daily FT|date=26 January 2012}}{{cite news|title=A sports channel with a difference|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/01/art20.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=1 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218220922/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/01/art20.asp|archive-date=18 February 2013}} MTV Sports was rebranded as MTV in July 2015.{{cite web|title=The Curious Case of MTV Sports|url=http://tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/the-curious-case-of-mtv-sports.html|publisher=TV & Radio Sri Lanka Community Forum|date=3 July 2015}}{{Better source needed|reason=blogs aren't reliable sources|date=January 2016}} The channel was renamed TV 1 on 21 January 2016.{{Cite web |title=CMG |url=https://www.cmg.lk/media |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=www.cmg.lk |language=en |quote=MTV Channels launched in 1991 with MTV, an English music channel (now TV 1)}}

The channel is available on UHF channel 58/59 in the Colombo area and on UHF channel 51 in the Kandy area.{{cite web|url=http://www.asiawaves.net/sri-lanka-tv.htm|title=Television Stations in Sri Lanka|publisher=Asiawaves: Radio and TV Broadcasting in South and South-East Asia}} It is also available on PEO TV.{{cite news|title=Enjoy watching MTV Channels now on SLT PEO TV|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/110904/Fh/fh08.html|newspaper=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=4 September 2011}} TV 1 is owned by MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, part of the Capital Maharaja conglomerate.{{cite web|title=MTV Channel|url=http://www.capitalmaharaja.com/index.php/our-companies/mtv-channel.html|publisher=Capital Maharaja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630081149/http://www.capitalmaharaja.com/index.php/our-companies/mtv-channel.html|archive-date=2012-06-30}}