MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd (MYTV) is a Malaysian television broadcasting company based in Cyberjaya, Selangor. It provides free digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the country, considered first of its kind. The DTT service is officially branded as myFreeview since August 2015, though the legal name of the company remained unchanged. A billion MYR deal has been signed with Telekom Malaysia to distribute the services.
History Taiwanese company Allion Labs, Inc. has been awarded accreditation from the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) to become the first lab facility for digital television in Malaysia. Around 30 channels have been set to broadcast in the first stage. HbbTV services are also integrated into MYTV service with the usage of Sofia Digital's HbbTV technology. East Coast Peninsular Malaysia has been chosen as the first site for testing, followed by East Malaysia, and northern and southern Peninsular Malaysia before reaching Klang Valley. According to MYTV, the initial annual rental fee for a 24-hour free-to-air TV channel was RM12 million for an SDTV channel and RM25 million for an HDTV channel. However, following reports of Media Prima might quit free-to-air transmission due to unviable fees, MYTV may introduce bandwidth based charging, which is already in consideration. On a statement given by MYTV CEO, Michael Chan announced that transmission fees will be waived until June 2018, when Malaysia completes DTT migration by terminating analogue transmission. Rebates will be also given on a case-by-case basis for six months up to the end of 2018. He is also looking to bring the transmission fee down to between RM8 million and RM18 million, since the Malaysian TV market do not accept fees of RM12 million or RM25 million per channel.
Distribution
According to former Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek, the MYTV Basic decoder was initially distributed to around two million Malaysian households. All 2 million households had now been determined and it would be sent to recipients house via PosLaju. MYTV has signed an agreement with Pensonic to distribute MYTV Advance set top box exclusively on 29 November 2016. Digital televisions with "DTTV Malaysia" certification can also be used to receive transmission. While households that are not listed as recipients of government aid can purchased the certified DVB-T2 decoders or Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) from local distributor. It can also be found from online e-commerce platform such as Lazada and Shopee. Based on the information provided by myFreeview, 34 transmission sites are utilized to cover around 95% of Malaysian population via outdoor antenna. there are 13 test phase sites
Channel list There are currently 16 television channels and 11 radio channels listed on MYTV, as approved by Ministry of Communications and Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM).
Television channels Channel No.Channel NameChannel OwnerMYTV Mana Mana 101HD TV1 Radio Televisyen Malaysia 102HD TV2 103HD TV3 Media Prima 104HD Hankuk TV My Hankuk TV Sdn Bhd 107 DidikTV KPM Media PrimaMinistry of Education Malaysia 108 8TVMedia Prima 109 TV9 110HD TV Okey Radio Televisyen Malaysia 111HD Sukan+ 114HD TV Alhijrah Alhijrah Media Corporation 121HD Bernama TV Bernama 122HD TVS Sarawak Media Group (SMG) 123HD Berita RTM Radio Televisyen Malaysia 200HD SIARA TV MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd 225HD Selangor TV Media Selangor Sdn Bhd 227HD Borneo.TV IB Media Consultant Sdn Bhd
Radio channels Channel No.Channel NameChannel OwnerMYTV Mana Mana701Nasional FMRadio Televisyen Malaysia 702TraXX FM 703Minnal FM 704Ai FM 705Radio Klasik 706Asyik FM 707Sabah FM 708Sabah V FM 709Sarawak FM 710Wai FM 711Bernama Radio Bernama
MYTV Mana Mana Television Channel nameChannel ownerMYTV Mana-Mana TV IKIM Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia Arirang TV Korea International Broadcasting Foundation Selangor TV Media Selangor Sdn Bhd CNAMediacorp RT (Russia Today) ANO "TV-Novosti" Al Jazeera ArabicAl Jazeera Media Network Al Jazeera English DW English Deutsche Welle TaiwanPlus Public Television Service Borneo.TV IB Media Consultant Sdn Bhd KCM KC Global Media Asia Rock EntertainmentRock Entertainment Holdings Rock Action ZooMoo Global Trekker SPOTV NOW Eclat Media Group NHK World-Japan NHK Aniplus Plus Media Networks Asia Euronews Euronews SA Drama Channel Media Nusantara Citra The Indonesia Channel PT Melia Media International
Radio Channel NameChannel OwnerMYTV Mana-Mana 988 FM Star Media Group Berhad Suria FM Best FM Suara Johor Sdn Bhd Rakita Radio Kita Sdn Bhd Hot FM Media Prima Berhad Fly FM Molek FM Eight FM Kool FM Manis FM Husa Network Sdn Bhd
Former channels TV TVRI Nasional (only in MYTV Mana Mana) MotoRRacing TV (only in MYTV Mana Mana) Astro Go Shop Wow Shop (Malay) Wow Shop (Chinese) Horizon Sports (only in MYTV Mana Mana) My Cinema Europe (only in MYTV Mana Mana) British Muslim TV (only in MYTV Mana Mana) Channel W Hao Xiang Shopping Channel Drama Sangat TVRI World (only in MYTV Mana Mana) SEA Today (only in MYTV Mana Mana) Awesome TV SUKE TV TV6 ONE (only in MYTV Mana Mana) Enjoy TV5
See also List of television stations in Malaysia List of radio stations in Malaysia
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