The future of tele-viewing is here
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The Chief Guest, Minister of Mass Media and Information Anura
Priyadarshana Yapa launches the SLT IPTV website. Chairperson,
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC Mrs. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena and Chief
Executive Officer, SLT VisionCom (Pvt) Ltd. Thusha Weerasooriya
look on.
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SLT VisionCom (Pvt) Limited revolutionised the way Sri Lankans
experience the future of tele-viewing with the launch of Internet
Protocol Television (IPTV) at the Cinnamon Grand. Stakeholders from the
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, the Board of
Investment and Sri Lanka Telecom were present.
The event marked the latest step in the realm of technology
convergence.
With IPTV being the newest entertainment experience, Sri Lankan
viewers will have a whole new world of personalised entertainment
options. CEO, SLT VisionCom (Pvt) Limited Thusha Weerasooriya said
"We are very proud to be the first business entity to introduce
interactive television, based on Internet Protocol Technology to Sri
Lanka.
One of the latest entertainment mediums in the world, SLT IPTV offers
new real time data and multimedia applications throughout the areas of
business, education and entertainment.
The IPTV will offer new possibilities to the viewer, with an
interactive platform, which focuses on greater choice, greater control
and greater convenience in watching any program.
This gives a greater degree of flexibility to the user, with amazing
high quality images and audio coming right into your living room. It is
also set to be the next frontier in television, with the transformation
from a standard one way system to an out of the box Personalised
Entertainment Option, which will be a simple and seamless experience for
the user," he said.
An IPTV showcase was held at the BMICH from June 15-17, where the
public was given the opportunity to have a first hand look into the
ground-breaking technology, with an IPTV theatre where the amazing
functions and special features that the future of entertainment offers
were showcased.
The features of the product include Video on Demand, allowing access
to a large library of movies and songs, which you can search to watch or
listen to at your own leisure. The Trick Play functionality consists of
the features pause, slow-motion, rewind and fast forward of live
television.
Time Shift TV allows you to watch your favourite television shows
that you have missed, giving a greater degree of flexibility to the
user, with high definition images and high quality audio.
Programming will cater to all genres, such as entertainment for
adults and children, business, education, sports in addition to the
free-to-air local television station. |
