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]

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The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by a government-owned television broadcaster 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 free-to-air television broadcasters

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
TV1 101HD28 December 196324 hours Malay and English Nationwide
TV2 102HD17 November 1969 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indian (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), Korean and Turkish
OKEY 110HD21 March 2018 Malay, English, Indonesian, Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
Sukan RTM 111HD1 April 2021 Malay and English
Berita RTM 123HD25 June 2020Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
TV6113HD1 March 202106:00 - 02:00 Malay

Over-the-top (OTT)

Private television broadcasters

Media Prima Berhad

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
TV3 103HD1 June 198424 hours Malay, English, Indian (Hindi), Turkish, Indonesian and Korean Nationwide
NTV7 1077 April 1998 English and Malay
8TV 108HD8 January 2004 Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien) and Korean
TV9 10922 April 2006 Malay, Chinese (Mandarin) and Indian (Hindi)

Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
Awesome TV [4] 112HD3 August 202024 hours Malay Nationwide

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
SUKE TV [5] 116HD28 March 202224 hours Malay Nationwide

Regional / state free-to-air television broadcasters

AlHijrah Media Corporation

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
TV AlHijrah [6] 114HD7 December 201024 hours Malay, English and Arabic Nationwide

Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
Bernama TV [7] 121HD28 February 200824 hours Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Indian (Tamil) Nationwide

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

DVB name LCN Launch dateBroadcast hours (UTC+08:00)Programming language(s)Availability
TVS [8] 122HD10 October 202024 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 / discontinued television 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

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References

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