TV Okey

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RTM TV Okey
Okey RTM.png
Country Malaysia
Broadcast area
Headquarters Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (headquarters)
Bangunan Kompleks KKMM Sabah, Jalan Lintas, Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Bangunan RTM Sarawak, Jalan P. Ramlee, Taman Budaya, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
(secondary cum regional productions)
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Sister channels
History
Launched1 February 2000;24 years ago (2000-02-01) (trial broadcast RTMi)
11 April 2006;18 years ago (2006-04-11) (official broadcast RTMi)
16 March 2009;15 years ago (2009-03-16) (Muzik Aktif)
11 April 2011;13 years ago (2011-04-11) (TVi)
21 March 2018;6 years ago (2018-03-21) (TV Okey)
1 April 2019;5 years ago (2019-04-01) (myFreeview) (HD)
Closed15 March 2009;15 years ago (2009-03-15) (RTMi)
10 April 2011;13 years ago (2011-04-10) (Muzik Aktif)
20 March 2018;6 years ago (2018-03-20) (TVi)
31 March 2019;5 years ago (2019-03-31) (myFreeview) (SD)
Former namesRTMi
(01.02.2000 - 15.03.2009)
Muzik Aktif
(16.03.2009 - 10.04.2011)
TVi
(11.04.2011 - 20.03.2018)
Availability
Terrestrial
Flag of Malaysia.svg myFreeview Channel 110 (HD)
Streaming media
Flag of Malaysia.svg RTMKlik Watch live

RTM TV Okey (stylised as OKEY) is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia dedicated to East Malaysians and urban youths. [1] [2] It was launched on 21 March 2018 and airs programmes in English, Malay, and East Malaysian languages such as Bajau, Dusun, Kadazan (Sabah) and Iban (Sarawak). [3]

Contents

The channel's name is an acronym for “opportunity”, “knowledge”, “experience” and “yours”. It also broadcast selected sport events.

History

Previously, Radio Televisyen Malaysia had operated Televisyen Malaysia Rangkaian Ketiga ("Television Malaysia's Third Network") which subsumed operations of Sabah TV from Sabah's state government that ran from 1970 to 1975 and had spread its airwaves to Sarawak later in the merger, Rangkaian Ketiga was later dissolved in 1984. [4]

Between 2006 to 2018, three test channels were launched by RTM as part of its Digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting trial on selected households and pay television network Astro channel 180 [5] [6] RTMi, RTM Muzik Aktif (Active Music) and TVi (TV Interaktif/TV Interactive). [7] RTMi was a channel that broadcast RTM1 and RTM2 programme previews for 5 hours daily from 7:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m., [8] [9] RTM Muzik Aktif was a music channel that airs mainstream and independent Malaysian music as well as music-oriented programmes [10] [11] [12] while TVi was a channel that promoted East Malaysian culture. [13] [14] [15] There were plans in the early 2010s to launch separate focused television channels for Sabah and Sarawak by RTM, but eventually they were not realised. In Sarawak, however, the state television plan was later undertaken by Sarawak Media Group, which launched TVS on 11 October 2020. [16] [17]

TV Okey was launched on 21 March 2018 in the evening at Hilton Hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and officiated by the then-Prime Minister, Najib Razak. [18] [19] [20] [21] On 1 April 2019, TV Okey has started its HDTV broadcasting in conjunction with RTM's 73rd anniversary, and available exclusively through myFreeview DTT service on Channel 110. [22] Beginning 6 April 2020, TV Pendidikan air on the channel daily under the Kelas@Rumah (Class@Home) programming, marking its return to RTM after 20 years. [23] [24] [25]

Logo history

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