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About Us
About Vanguard Management Services (PVT) Ltd.

Vanguard Management Services (Pvt) Limited – (VMS), re-launched ETV in May 1998. Vanguard manages ETV, the premier English language channel & since then ETV has earned an undisputed leadership in the local English language FTA TV industry. We are also the premier media management company in Sri Lanka and have pioneered many changes in the local media landscape.

We are the leading business news/features producer & publisher in Sri Lanka, in multiple languages with products like LBO, LBR & Vimasuma, Lanka Viyaparika Puvath in Signhala.

Today we are considered as a leading services provider in media management & marketing services due to expanding the portfolio into areas such as Televisoon production, Experiential marketing services, Public Relations & Integrated Marketing Solutions, Digital Marketing, Retail Marketing Services, Business Media on TV & Internet.

About LBO


The pioneer in online business news in Sri Lanka, LBO brings you a more comprehensive online news experience, integrating a host of interactive tools to keep you better informed. During the past 10 years, LBO has created the most credible source of business news out of Sri Lanka, with a fast growing global readership.

LBO is an omni present brand with multiple access points giving the attentive user a plethora of ways to consume the value enhancing content.


Other formats of consuming LBO;
  • Internet (www.lbo.lk) – The core product on web enjoys over 2.5Million page views Monthly from a highly educated upwardly mobile TG locally & off shore.
  • LBO TV – A snappy short format TV capsule, strategically scheduled with high frequency (5 airings per week day) between the best prime time belts exclusively on Etv.
  • LBO video online - With web based viewership of content now rapidly increasing, anybody could stream LBO TV/video on either our www.lbo.lk web site or on our Vanguard Business Media youtube channel. Video on demand (VOD) on mobile handsets with multi carriers & on IPTV platform in discussion to be added.
  • LBOmobile – A made for mobile html site for any mobile browser. www.lbo.lk/mobile is a very popular & highly patronized mobile real estate among the top business community always on-the-go.
  • LBO SMS & 077 live service – A mobile push service of LBO content multiple times a business day on mobile handsets. SMS alerts are available currently only to Dialog subscribers based on a flat Monthly fee of 30/- where one could receive updates on local & international market updates, forex, top breaking business news etc.
  • LBO on ground – Corporate Executive forums we conduct bi-Monthly on various aspects under CEO, CIO, CFO, CMO & HR forums are "invitee only" community forming engagement opportunities.
  • eLBO (LBO email) – is a week-daily, email circulated to a subscribed database of approximately 35,000 senior corporate citizens in Sri Lanka offering up-to-date business & market information.