Launched 14 December 1992 Slogan Res Wihidena Jeewithe Language English and Sinhalese | Owned by MTV Channel Country Sri Lanka Broadcast area Sri Lanka | |
TV 1 is a Sri Lankan general entertainment television channel which provides English and 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. Its sister channel MTV was renamed Sirasa TV in June 1998 and MTV Newsvision was renamed MTV. MTV was later re-branded Channel One MTV. On 26 January 2012 the channel was re-launched as MTV Sports. MTV Sports was re-branded MTV in July 2015. The channel was renamed TV 1 on the 21 January 2016.
The channel is available on UHF channel 58/59 in the Colombo area and on UHF channel 51 in the Kandy area. It is also available on SLT Visioncom. TV 1 is owned by MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, part of the Capital Maharaja conglomerate.