History
Television service in Myanmar was first introduced in June 1979 as a test trial in Yangon [1] following an agreement between Japan's Matsushita Electric and Burma's Heavy Industries Corp. for the production of television sets. [2] MRTV (at the time Burma Television) was first launched on 3 June 1980, [3] from Yangon on VHF channel 6, using a 10 KW transmitter broadcasting to a 70km radius, [4] with broadcasts in colour (some sources erroneously say that MRTV started as a monochrome service [5] ) beginning on 1 November. [6] Regular television service was formally launched in 1981 [7] using the NTSC standard. [8] The station was built with assistance from the Japanese government and had plans to extend its signal nationwide by the end of the decade. [9] The service was also available in Mandalay from the beginning. [10]
Burma Television started accepting commercial advertising in 1988. [11] That same year, it reached 53,95% of the national population, rising to 82,45% after 1990. [12] : 20 Until the founding of Myawaddy Television by the Ministry of Defense in 1995, it was the only television channel in the country. [13]
In 2005, MRTV had 195 television relay stations throughout the country. [14]
In October 2013, MRTV started broadcasting on digital terrestrial with DVB-T2 System, same as most ASEAN Countries. 18 TV channels and 5 Myanmar Radio channels are on MRTV multiplex system. MRTV plans the news interface, to the modern style of starting sequences and will have well-decorated news room. The broadcasting hours also increased to 18 hours (previously 10 hours).
On February 15, 2015, MRTV adding 5 new TV channels to their Multplex Play Out system, such as MRTV-4, Channel 7, 5 Plus, MNTV and Channel 9.
On March 24, 2018, MRTV added 5 new TV channels to their Multiplex Play out System, such as Mizzima TV, DVB TV, Channel K, YTV and Fortune TV.
On January 16, 2024, MRTV updated its in-house channels and free-to-air channels into High Definition (HD) and added 5 new TV channel to their MRTV DTH System, such as Mahar HD, Mahar Esports HD, New Image Channel HD, Readers Channel and Maharbawdi Channel. [15]
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