The following email was sent to Maharaja Broadcasting Corporation's News First Division today regarding the inconviences done to CBNsat & LBN, its employees and the subscribers.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We have for the first time in Sri Lanka formed a blog that gives information on the TV & Radio Industry in Sri Lanka. The aim is to inform the people and request the government for the introduction of digital tv and radio in sri lanka. As you may know several countries in the world are introducing digital tv and radio and have set deadlines for this purpose. In Sri Lanka there is no such plan.
Anyway we expanded our reach from the general purpose and had specialised blogs for the cable tv companies in sri lanka.
Please find the addresses of the blogs given below
TV & Radio Sri Lanka - http://tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.com/
CBNSat Forum - http://cbnsat.blogspot.com/
Comet Cable Forum - http://cometcable.blogspot.com/
LBN Cable TV Forum - http://lbncable.blogspot.com/
At the moment the blogs assigned to the individual companies such as CBNsat and LBN are concentrating on pressurising the authorities to restore services of these companies. These are independant blogs and not affliated to the companies in any way.
CBNsat has over 20,000 subscribers and LBN has over 10,000 subscribers and the viewship exceeds over 100,000.
These two companies were shutdown by the authorities and upto now they are not giving any consideration to the people who bought the connections from these companies.
People have spent their hard earned money to purchase these connections to watch educational programmes, sports programmes, etc which are not provided by the local tv channels.
News First is one of the most popular news bulletins in Sri Lanka, if not the most popular and Channel One MTV is the only private channel to carry out an English News bulletin.
Why has News First not given proper coverage of the court cases involving CBNsat and LBN. The News First motto is "We Report, You Decide". There has been no "We Report" on the matter regarding CBNsat and LBN. Where is Action TV which highlights the inconviences of the people in this country. Surely LBN and CBNsat customers are also being inconvienced and they are also citizens of Sri Lanka.
CBNsat and LBN are also media companies and it is very sad to note that News First is ignoring it and also the subscribers of these services.
This email that we are sending you will to be published on the LBN and CBNsat blogs.
We request News First to give due coverage and highlight the injustices done to the company, its employees and specially its subscribers in all three languages.
However at the moment it is regrettable that News First is not giving any information regarding the CBNsat and LBN case but we sincerely hope that this will change and News First will highlight the injustices done towards all parties involved in this case.
Thanking you for your time. Awaiting a favourable reply.
Regards
Admin
Dear Sir/Madam,
We have for the first time in Sri Lanka formed a blog that gives information on the TV & Radio Industry in Sri Lanka. The aim is to inform the people and request the government for the introduction of digital tv and radio in sri lanka. As you may know several countries in the world are introducing digital tv and radio and have set deadlines for this purpose. In Sri Lanka there is no such plan.
Anyway we expanded our reach from the general purpose and had specialised blogs for the cable tv companies in sri lanka.
Please find the addresses of the blogs given below
TV & Radio Sri Lanka - http://tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.com/
CBNSat Forum - http://cbnsat.blogspot.com/
Comet Cable Forum - http://cometcable.blogspot.com/
LBN Cable TV Forum - http://lbncable.blogspot.com/
At the moment the blogs assigned to the individual companies such as CBNsat and LBN are concentrating on pressurising the authorities to restore services of these companies. These are independant blogs and not affliated to the companies in any way.
CBNsat has over 20,000 subscribers and LBN has over 10,000 subscribers and the viewship exceeds over 100,000.
These two companies were shutdown by the authorities and upto now they are not giving any consideration to the people who bought the connections from these companies.
People have spent their hard earned money to purchase these connections to watch educational programmes, sports programmes, etc which are not provided by the local tv channels.
News First is one of the most popular news bulletins in Sri Lanka, if not the most popular and Channel One MTV is the only private channel to carry out an English News bulletin.
Why has News First not given proper coverage of the court cases involving CBNsat and LBN. The News First motto is "We Report, You Decide". There has been no "We Report" on the matter regarding CBNsat and LBN. Where is Action TV which highlights the inconviences of the people in this country. Surely LBN and CBNsat customers are also being inconvienced and they are also citizens of Sri Lanka.
CBNsat and LBN are also media companies and it is very sad to note that News First is ignoring it and also the subscribers of these services.
This email that we are sending you will to be published on the LBN and CBNsat blogs.
We request News First to give due coverage and highlight the injustices done to the company, its employees and specially its subscribers in all three languages.
However at the moment it is regrettable that News First is not giving any information regarding the CBNsat and LBN case but we sincerely hope that this will change and News First will highlight the injustices done towards all parties involved in this case.
Thanking you for your time. Awaiting a favourable reply.
Regards
Admin
6 comments:
What about the Business programmes like LBO, Business report etc. They are suppose to highlight business operations. Are'nt they!!
The CBNSat appeal to the president is on todays divaina too. Unfortunately I think the president is out of the country. Hope he'll do something once he return.
Now the issue is totally in his hands. He only can decide whether to let CBN operate without discriminating the subscribers any further or putting emloyees into trouble or to send the prospective investors away from this country.
People who read this blog is not only subscribers or sri lankans but the whole internet community of the world.
The interested investors also look at this issue how the government is handling it. So far it's been so negative from the governments side. For their inefficiency in providing security to the citizens the technology should not be stopped.
Very recently the TRC gave 3G licences to major cellular operators. According to the government argument this is also a risk to national security as a large video could be simlpy streamed using a hand held small mobile instantly. How does that sound !!
So when technology moves forward the defence technology also should move forward.
Otherwise we'll end up being like the state of Taliban or Somalia !!!
I think News First can do something here. Everyone knows its the No1 news provider in srilanka.
But the problem is do Sirasa & MTV like CBNSat to come alive again? SirasaTv & MTV didnt come to CBNsat because there are broadcasting AXN programs like Alies, 24 ,etc
But I think they will do their work right.
News First we are counting one you...
Here is what I wrote to NewsFirst. Please continue to email them and ask them report on the CBNSat on MTV and Sirasa.
Dear Sir/Madam
I am a regular viewer of MTV and Sirasa TV programs. I commend you for your honest and straightforward reporting and have enjoyed your stations and programs very much.
I am also a subscriber of CBNSat and I am sure as a frontline news company you are very much aware of what is going on with the whole CBNSat fiasco.
At the end, it is the poor subscribers like us and the employees of CBNSat that are the real losers in this blatant injustice done to by the governmental authorities to a section of its citizens, who are non-violent, peace-loving citizens who just wants to stay in their homes and watch some quality TV, with their own money. CBNSat itself may have insurance or some other sort of protection. But we the subscribers (over 20,000) are the real losers.
I along with many others that watch your channels on a regular basis, has been very disappointed by the lack of coverage of this injustice to the CBNSat subscribers and its employees on your channels. Whatever your reasons may be, I believe this situation is absolutely worthy of being reported and broadcast through your media.
I humbly ask you to do the needful as a responsible media company regarding the CBNSat injustice and tell the country the real truth. All we ask you is to "Report" and let the people "Decide" as your very popular slogan says.
You have a responsibility towards the citizens of Sri Lanka as a top notch media company. That also includes injustices and inconveniences caused to its citizens. The CBNSat case is a case study of the above.
Please! Please!! Please!!! Do us all a favor and report the CBNSat case on a regular basis.
This request is from a big fan of your media.
Thanks
shall we write to Consumer Affairs Athority also to investigate the griviences of the subscribers. The address is;
Director General,
Consumer Affairs Authority,
PO Box. 1581
Colombo
FAX NO. (011) 2399148
EMAIL caa.office@sltnet.lk
Doe anyone know what CBNSat is doing these days to get the service back.
Any inside news?? Would like to know their effort in this matter??
Pls update the subscribers!!
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