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List of television stations in Malaysia

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Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. Analogue TV transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full MYTV Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology.[1] The switchover was done in stages by region, which began with from the Central and Southern on 30 September 2019, North and East on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019.[2] The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stands at a 99.9% coverage rate.[3]

The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by a government-owned television broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels have been 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.

Currently there are only two free-to-air digital terrestrial platforms with high-definition digital television channels in Malaysia, MYTV and NJOI.

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Government owned free-to-air television broadcasters

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

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Over-the-top (OTT)

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Private television broadcasters

Media Prima Berhad

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Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

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DNF Group Sdn Bhd

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Enjoy TV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

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Other free-to-air television broadcasters

AlHijrah Media Corporation

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Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

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State owned free-to-air television broadcasters

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

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Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2)

  • MYTV
  • NJOI (available for several free-to-air digital television channels)

IPTV

Over-the-top (OTT)

Local OTTs

International OTTs

Other television stations

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Former / discontinued television channels and networks

Former Astro channels (by timeline)

Former Unifi TV channels

  • 2012
    • tvN HD rebranded as Channel M HD on 23 November 2012 and rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
    • Red FM and Capital FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2016.
    • Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 January 2016.
    • Fashion TV HD, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2016.
    • Channel M HD rebranded to tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
    • Hikmah, replaced by Salam HD on 5 June 2016.
    • Now Hairun, Rebranded As Now Chinese Drama on 14 June 2016.
    • All Astro Channels ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016.
    • SCM and Star Chinese Channel were upgraded to HD on 1 September 2016.
    • The 2016 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 September 2016. Replaced by Hypp Sports HD.
    • Dushh FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 5 November 2016.
    • TV Direct SHOWCASE ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 December 2016.
  • 2017
  • 2018
    • RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD were rebranded to Blue Ant Entertainment HD and Blue Ant Extreme HD on 1 January 2018.
    • Capital TV HD, replaced by Channel W on 3 January 2018.
    • HyppSports Plus - unifi Malaysia Super League HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2018. Replaced by unifi Sports 4 on 28 February 2020.
    • Channel [V] International HD, Channel [V] Taiwan and FOX Crime HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2018 due to low rating. The first Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV, However, FOX Crime HD shows aired on FOX HD. It was replaced by CJ WOW SHOP HD and Dunia Sinema HD.
    • 1News ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 July 2018 due to low popularity.
    • HyppSports HD and HyppSports 2 HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 August 2018 as ASN HD program suppliers ceased operations in Malaysia and Singapore, replaced by Sports Illustrated TV HD until its ceased broadcasts on 1 May 2019.
    • TVB8 HD and Stingray iConcerts HD were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 September 2018. Second Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV.
  • 2019
  • 2020
    • Now Baogu Movies HD transited to its VOD service on 1 March 2020.
    • UTV Movies and Animax HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, on 1 July 2020 due to the low popularity of Animax HD, but relaunched on 1 October 2021. Replaced by YuppThirai HD.
  • 2021
    • Comedy Central HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 but Comedy Central HD On Demand is still available. Replaced by GEM HD starting 1 October 2021.
    • NTV7 rebranded to DidikTV KPM on 17 February 2021.
    • The 2021 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 8 August 2021. Replaced by Unifi Sports HD.
    • Blue Ant Entertainment HD and Blue Ant Extreme HD were rebranded to ROCK Entertainment HD and ROCK Extreme HD on 1 September 2021.
    • SCM Legend HD, SCM HD, Star Chinese Channel HD, FOX Movies HD, FOX Action Movies HD, FOX Family Movies HD, FOX HD, FX HD, FOXlife HD, National Geographic HD, National Geographic Wild HD, Nat Geo People HD, BabyTV HD, Sky News HD, FOX Sports HD, FOX Sports 2 HD and FOX Sports 3 HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in October 2021. The shows from these terminated channels are now carried by Disney+ Hotstar.
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
    • CinemaWorld HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2024. Replaced by HITS NOW HD.
    • Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024.
    • GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
    • The 2024 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 August 2024. Replaced by Unifi Sports HD.
  • 2025

Former Tonton Live TV channels

  • 2021
  • 2024
    • GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
  • 2025
    • tvN HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2025.
    • Animax HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2025.

Former Max live TV channels

  • 2021
    • RED by HBO HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2021 due to lack of advertisements.

Former MYTV Mana Mana live TV channels

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.
    • Fine TV
  • 2022
    • Sirius TV

Former Malaysian Channels From Other Countries

TV channels

  • 1985
    • Network Three ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 1985. Replaced by RTM2 on 1 August 1985.
  • 1999
    • MetroVision ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 November 1999 but relaunched as 8TV on 8 January 2004.
  • 2005
    • Channel 9 was for a hiatus on 1 February 2005. Replaced by TV9 on 22 April 2006.
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2011
    • Muzik Aktif was replaced with TVi due to its relaunch on 11 April 2011.
  • 2012
    • tvN, changed its name with Channel M on 23 November 2012, on 1 June 2016, the channel reverted into current name.
    • WBC, closed down since October 2012 due to financial problems.[9]
  • 2018
    • TVi was replaced with TV OKEY due to its relaunch on 21 March 2018.[10]
  • 2019
    • CJ Wow Shop ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2019. Later, CJ Wow Shop broadcasts again from 15 April 2019 (excluding Unifi TV).
    • Channel W was discontinued on 1 April 2019, replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.
  • 2022
    • Astro GO Shop (Malay) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 19 June 2022.
    • Wow Shop (Chinese) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 2 November 2022.
  • 2023
    • Wow Shop (Malay) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 8 November 2023.
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