Satellite Television
Malaysia's sole satellite television operator, MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems (a subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks) launched the Astro service in launch of the MEASAT-1 satellite as part of Malaysia's commercialisation of space, Astro commenced broadcasting on 1 June 1996 with an initial offering of 8-radio stations and 22-television channels (14 international satellite television channels, 5 national satellite television channels of the branded by Astro and 3 national terrestrial television channels).
| Channel | Name | Language | Owner | Group | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TV1 | Malay | RTM | Free-to-air | Terrestrial |
| 2 | TV2 | ||||
| 3 | TV3 | STMB | |||
| 4 | Astro Ria | Astro | Astro channels | Satellite | |
| 5 | Astro SuperSport | English | |||
| 6 | Astro Asian Entertainment Channel | Chinese | |||
| 7 | Astro Wah Lai Toi | Cantonese | |||
| 8 | Astro Vaanavil | Tamil | |||
| 9 | CNN International News | English | CNN | News | |
| 10 | Discovery Channel | English (Malay subtitle) | Discovery Communications | Education | |
| 11 | NBC Asia | National Geographic Society | |||
| 12 | ESPN International Sports | English | ESPN | Sports | |
| 13 | STAR Sports | STAR TV | |||
| 14 | HBO International Movies | English (Malay subtitle) | HBO | Movies | |
| 15 | STAR Movies | STAR TV | |||
| 16 | MGM Gold | Metro Goldwyn Mayer | |||
| 17 | Cartoon Network & Turner Classic Movies | Cartoon Network | Animated | ||
| 18 | STAR World | STAR TV | Entertainment | ||
| 19 | Channel International | ||||
| 20 | MTV | MTV Networks | |||
| 21 | Phoenix Chinese Channel | Chinese | Phoenix Satellite Television | Jade | |
| 22 | STAR Movies | Cantonese (Malay subtitle) | STAR TV |
It currently holds exclusive rights from the Malaysian government to offer satellite television broadcasting services in the country through the year 2017. The rights was extended to 2022 recently. Now, big ugly dishes are still found in Malaysia.
There are also laws preventing too many advertisements from being aired on both radio and television, similar to the United Kingdom.
On December 2011, prime minister Najib Tun Razak announced that free satellite television, NJOI will be available to customer starting February 2012.
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