Chennai : Dialog Television, Sri Lankan digital pay television, will now offer business news channel CNBC. The channel is available on Dialog Television’s channel 41.
The Rundown, Squawk Box Asia, Street Signs, Capital Connection, Squawk Box Europe, Worldwide Exchange, Squawk Box US and Squawk on the Street are some of the key programs that will be telecast in the country.
“Sri Lanka fast emerging as a commercial hub in the South Asian region, there is growing demand for live and accurate global business content,” said Azwan Khan, Chief Operations Officer at Dialog Axiata Group.
Dialog Television is operated by Dialog Axiata PLC. Dialog group posted a net profit of LKR243 million for the financial year 2014. The company’s revenue for FY2014 stood at LKR4.7 billion, with a y-o-y growth rate of 30 %.
Dialog TV offers both post and pre-paid DTH services. As of December, 2014, its subscriber base was at 452,000; with a year on year growth rate of 36%. Of the total user base, 86,000 were prepaid while the rest were post-paid subscribers.
