The primary regulator of telecommunications in Malaysia is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It issues licenses under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the Postal Services Act 2012 and the Digital Signature Act 1997.
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is Singapore's media and entertainment group that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television in the country. As a mass media conglomerate, it holds interests in radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and digital content creation.
The Malaysian National News Agency, abbreviated BERNAMA, is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body placed under the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia. Bernama is an abbreviation of Berita Nasional Malaysia. Bernama also means named or titled in the Malay language. It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 20 May 1968. Being the Malaysian government's official news agency, Bernama's content and views are decidedly right-leaning and pro-government of the day.
Television in Singapore began on 15 February 1963. The public broadcaster, MediaCorp TV, has a monopoly on terrestrial television channels and is fully owned by government holding company Temasek Holdings. Local pay TV operators are StarHub TV and Singtel TV. The private ownership of satellite dishes is banned.
8TV is a Malaysian Chinese-language free-to-air television network focused on the Chinese community of Malaysia. Its programming consists of mostly dramas, sitcoms, and reality shows made in Chinese, either produced in Malaysia or imported from other countries, such as Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Singapore and occasionally Thai and Korean drama for Malay viewers.
TV3 is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel owned by Media Prima conglomerate. It was launched on 1 June 1984 as the country's first and oldest private television channel. In 2013, TV3 remained the most-watched television station in Malaysia, despite the declining viewership of free-to-air television.
ntv7 is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel that focused on the Urban area audience. It is Malaysia's second-oldest private television channel still on air, having established on 7 April 1998. Together with TV3, 8TV and TV9, it was owned by Media Prima conglomerate.
TV Pendidikan is a Malaysian educational television network owned, produced and operated by the Educational Technology Division of Malaysia's Ministry of Education. The network aired educational programmes for various school subjects.
Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), also known as Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia is a Malaysian public broadcaster based in Kuala Lumpur. Established on 1 April 1946 as Radio Malaya, it is the first and the oldest broadcaster in the country. When Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963, Radio Malaya was renamed Radio Malaysia while Televisyen Malaysia was established on 28 December the same year. In 1969, Radio Malaysia and Televisyen Malaysia merged to form the present day broadcast department.
ITV Nightscreen is a scheduled programme on the ITV television network, consisting of a sequence of animated pages of information about ITV's upcoming programmes, features and special events, with an easy listening music soundtrack. The programme is used to fill the station's overnight downtime, where a closedown would have once been used at the end of programmes. The programme is generally shown 7 days a week with the typical weekday show airing from 3:50 am – 5:05 am daily.
Media Prima Berhad is a Malaysian media and entertainment group based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment company with businesses in television, print, radio, out-of-home advertising, content creation and digital media. The Group has four television channels — TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9 and four radio stations – Fly FM, Hot FM, One FM and Kool FM. Media Prima is also the owner of New Straits Times Press, Malaysia's largest newspaper publisher with three national news brands – New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.
The mass media in Malaysia includes television, radio, newspapers, and web-based media such as bloggers. Many media outlets are either owned directly by the government of Malaysia or owned by component parties of the Barisan Nasional coalition which formed the government until May 2018. Opposition parties PAS and PKR, now the main parties of the ruling "Pakatan Harapan" coalition, publish their own newspapers, Harakah and Suara Keadilan, respectively, which are openly sold alongside regular publications.
Boomerang is a pan-Asian cable and satellite television channel owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia under its International division. Like the original US version, this localization first began as a programming block on Cartoon Network, before becoming its own channel.
Sony Movies is a British free-to-air television channel showing films and related content. As of 2018 the channel is transmitted on all the major broadcast platforms in the UK - terrestrial, satellite and cable. The channel is only broadcast in standard-definition.
All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, doing business as Astro, is a Malaysian satellite television provider. It operates in Malaysia and Brunei the Philippine Astro cable Philippines has operations at the All Asia Broadcast Centre located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, and MEASAT in Cyberjaya. It was granted an exclusive license as a sole pay-television provider by the Malaysian federal government until 2017. It competes with Unifi TV, an IPTV service owned by Telekom Malaysia (TM). As of September 2014, Astro has four million subscribers.
Nickelodeon is a Malaysian television channel launched in 1999.
I Can See Your Voice Malaysia is a television mystery music game show broadcast by TV3. It is a Malaysian adaptation of the South Korean programme of the same name, which is in Malay language.
Berita RTM, also known as Saluran Berita RTM is a free-to-air Malaysian television network owned and operated by Radio Television Malaysia (RTM). With 'Yang Sahih di Berita RTM' as its corporate slogan, the network is headquartered at the Wisma Berita RTM in Angkasapuri and was launched on 25 June 2020 alongside its television channel at 7.45 pm (MST) and broadcast via myFreeview channel 123. It broadcasts specialised news covering of current affairs and talk shows in high definition (HD). Berita RTM channel broadcast 24 hours a day covering a wide range of languages, mainly in Malay, English, Mandarin and Tamil.
