Television in Malaysia - Analogue Terrestrial Television

Analogue Terrestrial Television

This is currently the traditional way of receiving television in Malaysia, however it has now largely been supplanted by digital providers. There are 11 channels; three of them are government public-owned by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) the 2 television channels terrestrial free-to-air TV1 and TV2 while TV Alhijrah are public government-owner by Al Hijrah Media Corporation which TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9 are private commercial-owned by Media Prima, Worldview Broadcasting Channel are private commercial-owned by Worldview Broadcasting Channel (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad are private commercial-owned by Media Citra Bherhad. Analogue terrestrial transmissions were scheduled to be switched off in phases as part of the digital switchover, expected to be completed in 2020 as a recommendation from Southeast Asia, however, it does not come to effect. The frequency has been moved to avoid signal jamming with television in Thailand.

Name Network Owner Launch date Channel (KL) Broadcasting area Transmitted area Broadcasting hours (UTC+08:00) Runtime Formerly known as Group Type
TV1 Radio Televisyen Malaysia Government 31 December 1963 5 UHF Klang Valley Kuala Lumpur 24/7 (as of August 21, 2012) Televisyen Malaysia

Rangkaian Pertama

Malaysia 1

Free-to-air Terrestrial
TV2 17 November 1969 8 UHF 24/7 24-hours Rangkaian Kedua

Malaysia 2

TV3 Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad Media Prima Berhad 1 June 1984 12 UHF
NTV7 Natseven Televisyen Sendirian Berhad 7 April 1998 7 UHF 07:00-02:30 MST. 20-hours 30-minutes (20,5-hours)
8TV Metropolitan Televisyen Sendirian Berhad 8 January 2004 27 UHF 07:00-03:00 MST. 21-hours MetroVision Channel 8

TV9 Channel 9 Sendirian Berhad 22 April 2006 33 UHF 06:30-01:30 MST. 17-hours Channel 9

TV AlHijrah AlHijrah Media Corporation Government 7 December 2010 55 UHF 06:00-00:00 MST. 18-hours
Worldview Broadcasting Channel Worldview Broadcasting Channel (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad Malaysia News Television 1 April 2012 39 UHF 18:00-00:00 MST. 6-hours

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