List of television stations in Malaysia

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Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. Analogue television transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology.[1] The switchover was done in stages by region, which began with from the Central and Southern on 30 September 2019, North and East on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019.[2] The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stands at a 99.9% coverage rate.[3]

The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by government-owned Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels have been broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008. Free-to-air and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over OTT platform.

Currently there are only two free-to-air digital terrestrial platforms with high-definition digital television channels in Malaysia, myFreeview and NJOI.

Government-owned television free-to-air broadcast channels

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV1 101HD 28 December 1963 24 hours Malay and English Nationwide
TV2 102HD 17 November 1969 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indian (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), Korean and Turkish
OKEY 110HD 21 March 2018 Malay, English, Indonesian, Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
Sukan RTM 111HD 1 April 2021 Malay and English
Berita RTM 123HD 25 June 2020 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
TV6 113HD 1 March 2021 06:00 - 02:00 Malay

Over-the-top (OTT)

Private television free-to-air broadcast channels

Media Prima Berhad

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV3 103HD 1 June 1984 24 hours Malay, English, Indian (Hindi), Turkish, Indonesian and Korean Nationwide
NTV7 107 7 April 1998 English and Malay
8TV 108HD 8 January 2004 Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien) and Korean
TV9 109 22 April 2006 Malay, Chinese (Mandarin) and Indian (Hindi)

Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Awesome TV[4] 112HD 3 August 2020 24 hours Malay Nationwide

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
SUKE TV[5] 116HD 28 March 2022 24 hours Malay Nationwide

Semi government television free-to-air broadcast channels

AlHijrah Media Corporation

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV AlHijrah[6] 114HD 7 December 2010 24 hours Malay, English and Arabic Nationwide

Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Bernama TV[7] 121HD 28 February 2008 24 hours Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Indian (Tamil) Nationwide

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TVS[8] 122HD 10 October 2020 24 hours Malay, English, Iban, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Thai, Indonesian, and Turkish Nationwide

Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2)

IPTV

Over-the-top (OTT)

Local OTTs

International OTTs

Other television stations

Former or defunct channels and networks

Former Astro channels (by timeline)

Former Unifi TV channels

Former Tonton Live TV channels

Former HBO GO live TV channels

Former MYTV Mana Mana live TV channels

Other pay television providers

Former Malaysian Channels From Other Countries

TV channels

References

  1. ^ DTVE Reporter (19 December 2019). "Malaysia completes DTT switchover, launches myFreeview". Digital TV Europe.
  2. ^ Sofia Digital (17 December 2019). "Malaysia completes switch-over to digital TV powered by Sofia Digital's DVB head-end technology". sofiadigital.com.
  3. ^ KKMM (12 August 2020). "Bernama : 12 Aug 2020 : Parliament: MYTV monitors quality of digital TV broadcast". kkmm.gov.my.
  4. ^ Awesome TV official website
  5. ^ "Suke TV Official website".
  6. ^ TV Alhijrah official website
  7. ^ Bernama TV Page
  8. ^ TVS Official website
  9. ^ Mohsin Abdullah (19 October 2012). "WBC employees seek HR ministry's help". Fz.com.
  10. ^ enjoytvmy. "enjoytvmy". Facebook.com.
  11. ^ Zam Yusa (21 March 2018). "Najib launches new TV channel for Sabah and Sarawak". Free Malaysia Today.

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