Country | Myanmar |
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Broadcast area | Myanmar |
Headquarters | 139/171/A, Lower Pazundaung Road, Botataung Township, Yangon |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Burmese |
Picture format | 480i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Shwe Thanlwin |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 2012 (Skynet DTH only) 15 May 2014 (Free-to-air via DVB-T2 and NTSC-M (closed on 1 September 2021)) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
MRTV (Myanmar) | Channel 13 (SD) RF Channel 31 554 MHz |
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