Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation

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Type
State Owned Enterprise
Industry
Media

The Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation is a media institution. Its operations are divided into several services. The Sinhala National Service is the flagship national service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. The Education Service conducts seminars targeting students sitting the G.C.E. (Advanced Level), G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) and Grade 5 scholarship examinations. The Commercial Service of the SLBC airs a slew of current affairs and aesthetic programmes, while City FM Service of the SLBC presents a view on local and global current affairs. Other divisions include the Tamil National Service, the Thendral Service, the Muslim Service, English Service, Rajarata Service, Wayamba Handa, and the Music Division. Founded in 1967 by Edward Harper, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation is headquartered in Colombo.

ROA
1.3
Governance
20.8
Profits/Losses
LKR -28,000

Governance Indicators

A systematic measure of how well this SOE is managed.

2018

Year of the most recent Annual Report available online

1

Have Annual Reports for the last five years been tabled in Parliament?

1

Does the Annual Report include the mandatory provisions set out in the PED guidelines?

2

Is the Audit Clean / Qualified / Disclaimer?

0

Is the information pertaining to the RTI officer available on the website?

0

Does the SOE respond to an RTI within the timeframe specified in the Act?

1

Does the SOE have a website?

0

Does the SOE website contain sufficient organtisational details?

0

Does the SOE website contain tender and procurement details?

Annual Report
Auditing Standards
Rights to Information
Accessibility of Information

Interpretation of the indicators

Good
2
Average
1
Bad
0

Financials

Available Financial data for the last few years.

Year Turnover (LKR) Total Assets Profit/Loss Total Debt Total Liabilities Total Equity Operational Profits ROA
2020
508,000
Data Not Available -28,000 Data Not Available Data Not Available Data Not Available Data Not Available
Data Not Available
2019
660,000
Data Not Available -105,000 Data Not Available Data Not Available Data Not Available Data Not Available
Data Not Available
2018
658,781
2,875,185
-39,480
2,191,072
2,650,777
224,408
-378,188
-1.3
2017
694,202
3,080,731
71,383
2,366,791
2,774,987
305,744
-270,181
2.3
2016
524,037
3,062,559
57,411
2,394,237
2,815,434
247,125
-308,484
1.8
2015
493,081
3,234,216
71,050
2,670,083
3,086,521
147,695
-281,512
2.2

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