RTB Sukmaindera

RTB Sukmaindera (Jawi: سوكمايندرا RTB ‬) (formerly known as RTB4 and RTB International, stylised as RTB SUKMAINDERA)^[1] is a 24-hour free-to-air television channel in Brunei owned by Radio Television Brunei (RTB), the country’s state broadcaster. The channel officially began broadcasting on 9 July 2003, a pilot service had existed since 1994.

RTB Sukmaindera

Country	Brunei
Broadcast area	National; also available in Malaysia (northern part of state of Sarawak and the island territory of Labuan)
Headquarters	Secretariat Building, Jalan Elizabeth II, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei BS8610
Programming
Language(s)	Malay English
Picture format	1080i (16:9/HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Radio Television Brunei
Sister channels	RTB Perdana RTB Aneka
History
Launched	9 July 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-09)
Former names	RTB4 and RTB International
Links
Website	www.rtb.gov.bn
Availability
Terrestrial
myFreeview	Channel 857 (HD)
Streaming media
RTBGo	Watch live

The channel shows Malay and English dramas, animated programmes, documentaries, movies and various other programmes, both local and international and simulcast news slots from sister channel RTB Perdana.^{[citation needed]}

History

RTB announced the beginning of a one-hour satellite slot using the Indonesian Palapa B2P satellite on 24 December 1993. The service, named RTB International, was set to start on 1 January 1994. The primary target audience was Bruneians in the Malay archipelago, delivering news, current affairs programmes and documentaries produced by RTB.^[2]

The channel's satellite signal was discontinued on 28 February 2017.^[3]

On 11 April 2017, RTB4 was renamed as RTB Sukmaindera as part of RTB’s rebranding project as well as broadcaster’s shift from analogue into digital broadcasting.^[1]