Today teledrama has become the main mode of entertainment for the majority of Sri Lankans and knowingly or unknowingly it plays a vital role in society setting role models, values and customs.

Most private channels depend heavily on Tamil and Hindi films and TV serials, many of which are dubbed, reports PK Balachandran. Private TV channels in Sri Lanka fear that they will be hit hard by the ...

A war of words erupted at a meeting called by the Treasury on Tuesday between film industry personalities and TV industry officials over a controversial tax on foreign tele-dramas and English movies, ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s private TV channels are worried over the government’s proposal to increase the levy on imported and dubbed TV programs and films from LKR 90,000 (US$ 610) to LKR 300,000 (US$ ...