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Memories of Sri Lanka’s First Television Channel ( ITN ) Celebrating its 45th Anniversary – By Dr Gamini Kariyawasam Image Source : media.gov.lk Image Source : dailynews On June 5, 2024, Sri Lanka’s Independent Television Service (ITN), the country’s first television channel, celebrated its 45th anniversary. Reflecting on its beginnings, this article honors the dedicated staff who, despite minimal facilities and great hardships, laid the foundation for the channel. The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation was the home of the Independent Television Service. In 1979, I was working as a sound controller ( OA ) on the staff of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting  Corporation when independent television was about to emerge. The true, unknown information that I heard and saw in that era was very helpful in preparing this article. Mr.Shan Wickramasingha Image Source : alchetron A few years after the beginning of television in developing countries around the world, at a time when ...