List of television stations in Malaysia

Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. The government is committed to provide digital television to every Malaysian's household by end-2015 under DTTV (Digital Terrestrial Television) Project which is a part of national agenda by Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) and managed by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).[1] The analogue transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology.[2] The switchover was done in stages by territory which begun in all peninsular states starting from the central and southern on 30 September 2019, north and east on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019.[3] The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stood at 99.9% coverage rate.[4]

The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by government-owned Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels already are broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008. Free-to-air and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over OTT platform.

Fully government-owned television Free-to-air broadcast channels

Radio Televisyen Malaysia
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV1 101HD 28 December 1963 24 hours Malay and English Nationwide
TV2 102HD 17 November 1969 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Indian (Tamil and Hindi), Korean and Turkish
OKEY 110HD 21 March 2018 Malay, English, Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak) and Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah), Bajau
RTM Sports 111HD 13 June 2018 Malay and English
Berita RTM 123HD 25 June 2020 Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil

Private television Free-to-air broadcast channels

Media Prima
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV3 103HD 1 June 1984 24 hours Malay, English, Indian (Hindi), Indonesian, Korean, Tagalog and Thai Nationwide
NTV7 107 7 April 1998 07:00 - 00:00 Malay, English and Korean
8TV 108 8 January 2004 07:00 - 01:30 Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien), Korean and Thai
TV9 109 22 April 2006 24 hours Malay and Korean
wowshop 104(Malay) 1 April 2016 Malay and Chinese
106(Chinese)
Drama Sangat 105 27 October 2017 Malay and Chinese

Astro Malaysia Holdings
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Go Shop 120HD 1 September 2019 24 hours Malay Nationwide

Awesome Media Network Berhad
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Awesome TV 112HD 3 August 2020 24 hours Malay, English, Indian (Hindi), Indonesian, Korean and Thai Nationwide

Semi-government television Free-to-air broadcast channels

Alhijrah Media Corporation
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV Alhijrah 114HD 7 December 2010 24 hours Malay, Arabic and English Nationwide

Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Bernama TV 121 28 February 2008 24 hours Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil Nationwide

Sarawak Media Group
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV Sarawak 122HD 10 October 2020 24 hours Malay, English, Iban and Chinese (Mandarin) Nationwide

Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

IPTV

Internet Video Streaming / OTT Platform

Other television stations

Former or defunct channels and networks

Former Astro channels (by timeline)
  • 1998
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
    • Star Movies was rebranded to Fox Movies Premium on New Year's Day (1 January) 2012 at midnight stroke.
    • WaTV was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 March 2012. Replaced by Celestial Movies HD and KIX HD while programs broadcast by the channel is now carried by Astro AEC.
    • B4U was replaced by Astro Bella on 5 March 2012.
    • Astro @15 was ceased transmission and ceased broadcasting on 1 May 2012 at midnight stroke. Replaced by Astro Mustika HD on 21 May 2012 to while programs broadcast by the channel carried by other Astro's Malay channels.
  • 2013
    • Astro Stocklink was ceased transmission and ceased broadcasting on New Year's Day (1 January) 2013 at midnight stroke.
    • ESPN Asia, ESPNews and ESPN HD was rebranded to Fox Sports, Fox Sports News and Fox Sports Plus HD on 28 January 2013.
    • Radio Mosaic was ceased transmission and ceased broadcasting on 9 February 2013 because due to same broadcast of radio channels.
    • Bio. Channel was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 14 June 2013 at midnight stroke. Replaced by Lifetime.
    • BeTV HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 26 August 2013 at midnight stroke. Replaced by HITS TV on 16 November 2014 at the same channel number (Channel 720) then moved to Channel 706 on 1 April 2020.
  • 2014
  • 2016
    • Astro Hitz was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 16 May 2016 at midnight stroke because due to low viewership and declining its popularity.
    • Sundance Channel HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 July 2016 at midnight stroke due to low popularity. Replaced by BOO on 31 October 2016.
    • Zee Variasi was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on Astro on 1 October 2016 at midnight strike. Replaced by a new Hindi HD channel called Tara HD on 19 October 2016.
    • CCTV News was rebranded to CGTN on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2016 at 12:00pm.
  • 2017
    • ITV Choice was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on Astro on 16 January 2017 at 12:15am due to low viewership.
    • TVi was replaced with TV5 on 1 April 2017 (rebranded back with TVi on 8 April 2017) due to its rebranding.
    • Fox Movies Premium was rebranded to Fox Movies on 10 June 2017.
    • Go ASEAN was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 12 June 2017 at 2:00am. Go ASEAN remains its programmes on Tonton and DimSum.
  • 2017
    • Fox Sports News broadcast on Astro Go was ceased transmission and ceased broadcasting on 29 April 2017.
    • Kah Lai Toi was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 October 2017 at midnight stroke because due to low viewership.
    • Star World was rebranded to Fox Life on 1 October 2017 at 9:00am.
    • Life Inspired was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission because due to low viewership on 7 October 2017 at midnight stroke.
  • 2018
    • TVi was replaced with TV Okey because due to its launched on 21 March 2018.
    • ZooMoo was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 April 2018 because due to migrating further losses by the company. The first Kids channels to ceased on Astro.
    • Astro Mustika HD was rebranding to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018 at midnight stroke.
    • Astro Bella was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 October 2018 at midnight stroke because due to low viewership. Replaced by Naura HD on the same package with completely different content.
    • Eve was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 November 2018.
    • Lifetime and FYI was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 14 December 2018 (But Lifetime Channel Programming Block reviral on Hello Channel 702).
  • 2019
    • Astro Maya HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 14 January 2019 at midnight stroke. Replaced by Astro Prima HD and Astro Oasis HD.
    • The SD version of Disney XD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 March 2019.
    • Zee Tamil HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on Channel 232 on 1 March 2019 in Samrat pack because this channel is launching on Astro without Unifi TV permission on 19 September 2018. The Chakravathy pack offerings was relaunched on 1 June 2020 on Channel 235.
    • Channel NewsAsia was rebranded to CNA on 29 March 2019 because due to Channel NewsAsia celebrated its 20th anniversary.
    • Astro Xi Yue HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 July 2019 at midnight stroke. The first Chinese HD channels to be ceased on Astro. Replaced by iQIYI HD starting 17 July 2019 on the same channel number (Channel 300).
    • A-List HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 2 August 2019 at midnight stroke because due to low viewership, but Astro OD (On Demand) service continued reserved.
    • Tara HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 October 2019. Replaced by Colors TV.
  • 2020
  • 2021
    • Three Disney channels: Disney Channel HD, Disney Junior HD and Disney XD HD was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight stroke because due to arrival of Disney+ in Malaysia. The first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro. Replaced by Nick Jr. HD and Boomerang HD which launched on 15 December 2020 on the same package (Kids Pack). The first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro.
    • Comedy Central Asia was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on Astro and Unifi TV, barely 13 month after launch on Astro because due to officially ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission in Asia on 1 February 2021 at midnight stroke, but VOD service continued reserved. Astro launched Awesome TV (123) on 18 January 2021.
    • The SD version of TVB Xing He was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 February 2021 while still retaining the HD version of the channel.
    • All HD/SD simulcast channels was ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 April 2021 at midnight stroke while still retaining the all HD channel is fully.

Former Unifi TV channels
  • 2013
  • 2014
    • KidsCo, ceased broadcasting on 10 February 2014. The first HyppTV channel to be ceased transmission.
    • EMAS ceased broadcasting on 1 August 2014. The second HyppTV channel to be ceased transmission. replaced by Hypp Sensasi HD on 4 August 2014.
    • UTV Stars and TRACE Sports ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 30 September 2014.
  • 2015
  • 2016
    • Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 16 January 2016.
    • FashionTV HD, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 May 2016.
    • Hikmah, replaced by Hypp Salam on 5 June 2016.
    • Astro SuperSport HD ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by Fox Sports 3 on 26 August 2016.
    • Astro SuperSport 2 HD ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 August 2016. replaced by Fox Sports News on 26 August 2016.
    • Astro Vaanavil ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by Zee Tamil on 1 April 2017. Later, Zee Tamil, replaced by Colors Tamil on 1 April 2019 respectively in HD only.
    • Makkal TV ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by Zee TV on 1 April 2017. Later, Zee TV, replaced by Colors on 1 April 2019.
    • Astro Oasis and Astro Awani ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 August 2016.
    • Dushh FM ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at 5 November 2016.
    • TV Direct Showcase ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 December 2016.
  • 2017
  • 2018
    • Capital TV, replaced by Channel W on 3 January 2018.
    • V HD International, Channel [V] Taiwan and FOX Crime HD ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 June 2018 due to low rating. The first Chinese Channel to be ceased on Unifi TV and replaced by CJ WOW SHOP and Dunia Sinema.
    • 1News Channel ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 July 2018 due to the low popularity.
    • HyppSports HD and HyppSports 2 HD ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 August 2018 that ASN program suppliers were ceases operations in Malaysia and Singapore and replaced by Sports Illustrated TV until ceased its broadcast on 1 May 2019.
    • TVB8 and Stingray iConcerts HD was discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 September 2018. The second Chinese Channel to be ceased on Unifi TV.
  • 2019
    • Channel W HD, HyppSports 3 HD and Outdoor Channel ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 January 2019 due to low popularity of Outdoor Channel.
    • Now Chinese Drama International Version ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 March 2019.
    • Sony Channel HD and MUTV HD, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 June 2019 due to low popularity of MUTV HD.
    • Bloomberg Television and PlayBox channel were discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 September 2019.
    • RED by HBO & BabyFirst was discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 October 2019.
    • Now International HD was disabled and terminated at midnight, 15 November 2019.
  • 2020
    • now Baogu HD transition to VOD service on 1 March 2020.
    • UTV Movies, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission at midnight, 1 July 2020. Replaced by YuppThirai on 8 July 2020
    • When Animax HD was ceased on 1 July 2020 due to low popularity.
  • 2021
    • Comedy Central Asia ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 February 2021.

Other pay television providers
  • 2001
    • Mega TV ceased transmission on 1 October 2001.
  • 2016
    • eTV ceased transmission on 29 February 2016.
    • ABNXcess ceased transmission in 2016.

TV channels
  • 1999
    • MetroVision, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 November 1999. Replaced with 8TV on 8 January 2004.
  • 2005
    • Channel 9, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission 1 February 2005. Replaced by TV9 on 22 April 2006.
  • 2006-2008
  • 2012
    • tvN, changing its name with Channel M on 23 November 2012, on 1 June 2016, The channel rebrands into Current name.
    • WBC, closed down since October 2012 due to financial problems. [5]
  • 2017
    • TV5, originally launched in April 2017 to replace TVi. However, the channel suddenly ceased its operation in less than a month. TVi returned to its broadcast in the same month.
    • Hao Xiang Shopping Channel ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 July 2017 with a rebranding of this channel.[6]
  • 2018
    • TVi ceased its broadcast and replaced by a new channel called TV Okey on 21 March 2018.[7]
  • 2019
    • CJ WOWSHOP, ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission on 1 January 2019, later, CJ WOWSHOP rebroadcast again at 15 April 2019 (excluding Unifi TV).
    • Channel W was discontinued on 1 April 2019. Replaced with TV Sarawak in myFreeview on 6 February 2021.

References
  1. MCMC (8 November 2012). "MCMC Shortlists Three Companies for Round 2 in Bid for Digital TV Infrastructure Tender" (PDF). mcmc.gov.my.
  2. DTVE Reporter (19 December 2019). "Malaysia completes DTT switchover, launches myFreeview". Digital TV Europe.
  3. Sofia Digital. "Malaysia completes switch-over to digital TV powered by Sofia Digital's DVB head-end technology". sofiadigital.com.
  4. KKMM (12 August 2020). "Bernama : 12 Aug 2020 : Parliament: MYTV monitors quality of digital TV broadcast". kkmm.gov.my.
  5. Mohsin Abdullah (19 October 2012). "WBC employees seek HR ministry's help". Fz.com.
  6. enjoytvmy. "enjoytvmy". Facebook.com.
  7. Zam Yusa (21 March 2018). "Najib launches new TV channel for Sabah and Sarawak". Free Malaysia Today.

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