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{{Short description|Sri Lankan television station}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = TV-1 Sri Lanka
| logo = [[File:TV-1 LOGO.png|TV-1 LOGO]]
| logo_size =
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| image =
| established =
| airdate =
| launch_date = 14 December 1992
| closed_date =
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]
| network =
| owner = [[MTV Channel]]/Capital Maharaja
| key_people =
| motto =
| country = [[Sri Lanka]]
| language = English and [[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]
| area = Sri Lanka
| affiliates =
| headquarters = [[Colombo]]
| former_names = MTV Newsvision, MTV, Channel One MTV, MTV Sports, MTV
| replaced =
| replaced_by =
| sister_channels = {{Ubl|[[Shakthi TV]]|[[Sirasa TV]]}}
| timeshift_service =
| website = {{url|www.tv1.lk}}
| online_serv_1 =
| online_chan_1 = {{url|http://www.tv1.lk/live|Watch live}}
}}
'''TV 1''' is a [[Sri Lanka]]n general entertainment television channel which provides [[English Language|English]] and [[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]] content aimed at the youth market. Founded in 1992 as MTV Newsvision, it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels.<ref name=PR>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Sri-Lanka.html|publisher=Press Reference}}</ref> Its sister channel MTV was renamed [[Sirasa TV]] in June 1998 and MTV Newsvision was renamed MTV.<ref name=PR/><ref>{{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}}</ref> MTV was later re-branded Channel One MTV. On 26 January 2012 the channel was re-launched as MTV Sports.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> MTV Sports was re-branded MTV in July 2015.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=blogs aren't reliable sources|date=January 2016}} The channel was renamed TV 1 on the 21 January 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hannan|first1=Rishan|title=TCMOL launches brand new channel: TV 1|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2016/01/tcmol-launches-brand-new-channel-tv-1/125402|work=[[News First]]|date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TV1 launches Jan 21st|url=http://tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/tv1-launches-jan-21st.html|publisher=TV & Radio Sri Lanka Community Forum|date=19 January 2016}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=blogs aren't reliable sources|date=January 2016}}

The channel is available on UHF channel 58/59 in the Colombo area and on UHF channel 51 in the Kandy area.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It is also available on PEO TV.<ref>{{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}}</ref> TV 1 is owned by [[MTV Channel|MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd]], part of the Capital Maharaja conglomerate.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Teledramas==
* [[Balika Vadhu]] as Punchi Manali - පුංචි මනාලි <ref>{{Citation|last=Punchi Manali TV1 Teledrama Theme Song - Dilki Weliwatta ft Chamath Sangeeth |title= Punchi Manali TV1 Teledrama Theme Song - Dilki Weliwatta ft Chamath Sangeeth|url=https://jayasrilanka.net/songs/130502/Punchi-Manali-TV1-Teledrama-Theme-Song-Dilki-Weliwatta-mp3.php|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref>
* Kindurangana
* Selfie
* [[Secret Garden (South Korean TV series)]] as ''Me Adambarakari''

==References==
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{{Media of Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:1992 establishments in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:MTV Channel]]
[[Category:Sinhala-language television stations]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:Mass media in Colombo]]

TV One (Sri Lankan TV channel) - Revision history

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