Channel Eye

The channel began broadcasting in April 1999 as Rupavahini 2. In August 2000, it became Channel Eye, with Eye coming from the three pillars of the channel: Education, Youth and Entertainment. The founder of Channel Eye is Mr. Piyadasa Ratnasinghe.[1]

The channel airs a wide range of original productions and sporting events. In the first years of Channel Eye, it telecasted documentaries of Discovery Channel. Until 2008, Tamil programming aired under the Channel Eye brand, which eventually gave way to Nethra TV.

In 2010 channel Eye relaunched with a new vision to focus Sport and English language programs. After this re-launch channel eye starts to focusing the English audience with in-house productions. for that director miss, Sunanda Hettiarachchi gave guidance to bring new and young producers for productions. In the beginning new look, Channel Eye Started with the following Producers, Sanjeewa Batuwaththa, Dulanka Tennakoon, Achala Solomons, Subashana Gamage, Dilani Ampemohatti.

the newly gathered crew started "Rise and Shine" [2] live morning Show as the first indoor production for the local English audience in the history of the Channel eye. after that Dulanka Tennakoon Started the first Sri Lankan Live television music band show for the local English audience, it named "Sunday Spice" (i) Channel eye got many successful feedbacks after this programs launched, because of that Channel eye crew started "Caffe Classic" (i) and "Eye Shuffle"(i) Music Chart shows in the year 2011.

In the Meantimes Niroshi Abesinghe, Arosh Balalala, Thushan Jayasuriya and Dulanjali Ananda joined the mission by starting New programs. "Bussines Today" (i) "Law & Order"

Channel Eye programming: News and Current Affairs

• Rupavahini News (English edition)
• Crosscurrent
• Press review (English and Tamil)

Entertainment

• Rise and Shine

Music

• Café Classics
• Battle of the Bands Sri Lanka
• Eye Shuffle

The channel also airs documentaries from various sources, usually old documentaries from the BBC or the Discovery Channel or from Canal France Internationale, of which the SLRC is a member.

Channel Eye is telecasting sport programs of both international and local, mainly the cricket and local motor car racing. The channel also became the official TV broadcaster of Cricket World Cup tournaments in [ 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. Channel also broadcast 2007, 2009, 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments.

Beside cricket, channel has broadcast all Rugby World Cup tournaments. It was the official broadcast of FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2014 and 2018 for Sri Lanka.

Channel Eye is the official broadcaster of Sri Lanka T20 Provincial League.[3]

Achala Solomons; Dulanka Tennakoon; Subhashana Gamage; Niroshi Abeysinghe.

Ms.Sunanda Hettiarachchi

• Channel Eye