Channel W

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Channel W
Country Malaysia
Broadcast area Malaysia
Singapore
Brunei
Thailand (Southern Thailand)
Indonesia (Kalimantan) and (Riau) via DVB-T2
Headquarters Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor [1]
Programming
Picture format 16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerOnline Dynamics (M) Sdn. Bhd. [2] [3]
History
Launched29 March 2012;13 years ago (2012-03-29)
Closed1 April 2019;6 years ago (2019-04-01)
Former namesCapital TV
Links
Website channelw.my

Channel W was a Malaysian television channel broadcasting news, business matters, entertainment, and interviews, owned by Online Dynamics (M) Sdn Bhd, a Bumiputra-owned media company. [2] The W in the channel name stands for Warta (gazette in English), referring to the newspaper Warta, also owned by Online Dynamics. [4]

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As Capital TV, the channel primarily broadcast in English, but over time, the channel began to gradually add more Malay-language programmes. Capital TV changed its name to Channel W on 3 January 2018. Channel W ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2019. It was replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.

History

The channel began as Capital TV, broadcasting exclusively on Hypp TV [3] [2] in high definition on Channel 127. [2] Touted as "Malaysia's first local business channel", the channel began broadcasting on 1 December 2011 [3] and launched on 29 March 2012. [2] Its first editor-in-chief was Pravin Kumar, who formerly worked with the national news agency Bernama. [3]

In May 2014, Capital TV signed an agreement with Aylezo Sdn Bhd to produce motorsport-related content, specifically for "Team FXPrimus Aylezo’s participation in the 2014 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Season", which would only air in 2015. [5]

In September 2014, Capital TV aired the reality TV programme Bake & Sell, dubbed as "the first local cookery and entrepreneurship show" inspired by similar programmes such as The Great British Bake Off and The Apprentice. [6]

In August 2015, Capital TV produced and aired Jejak Jeneral, a 13-episode documentary series on the members of the Malaysian Armed Forces. [7]

In 2016, Capital TV in collaboration with Radio Televisyen Malaysia and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) produced the 15-episode talk show Persoalannya, where two panelists from UPM and two other panelists discuss on various current issues. [8]

On 3 January 2018, Capital TV became Channel W, ditching its initial business format for news and current issues presented casually. [4] As part of its name change, the Capital TV channel stopped updating and redirected to the Channel W website. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Lynn (14 September 2014). "Contact Us – Channel W". Channelw.my. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Capital TV- new business channel on UniFi's HyppTV". Malaysian Wireless. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "TM Net subscribers get exclusive business channel". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union . 1 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Channel W Wajah Baharu Capital TV dan Akhbar Warta" (in Malay). 13 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Fernandez, Daniel Sherman (9 May 2014). "Team FXPrimus Aylezo Partners With CapitalTV". Drive Save & Fast. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Taste of commerce". New Straits Times . 10 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dokumentari Jejak Jeneral Dengan Kerjasama ATM". Markas Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (in Malay). 3 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Laporan Tahunan 2016" (pdf) (in Malay). University of Putra Malaysia. pp. 188–189.
  9. ↑ "CAPITAL TV IS NOW CALLED CHANNEL W". Capital TV. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.
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