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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.
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. [7] However, following reports of Media Prima might quit free-to-air transmission due to unviable fees, [16] MYTV may introduce bandwidth based charging, which is already in consideration.
The streaming service of Astro was launched in 2012 called Astro On-The-Go (AOTG). [99] The launch of the app enabled customers to access to Astro's TV channels, live events, Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Catch Up TV on mobile devices. The app was also made for international users in March 2013. [100]
The DTV era in Malaysia began with the introduction of direct broadcast pay television service, Astro, in 1996 as part of commercialisation of space.Astro now transmits about 130 local and international TV channels in the MPEG-2 video format through the K u band utilising the MEASAT satellite system's transponders, according to the DVB-S standard.
On 6 September 2007, TV3 along with its sister channels, ntv7, 8TV and TV9 made available for online viewing via Media Prima's newly-launched streaming service, Catch-Up TV, which later rebranded as Tonton. [100] [101] [102] In 2008, TV3 through programs produced by it, dominates the list of 20 programs with higher viewership. [103]
TVS (an initialism of its former name, TV Sarawak) is a Malaysian free-to-air digital television channel that provides news updates, variety shows, sports, and all programming from the region of Sarawak to the all states in Malaysia and other countries in Southeast Asia.
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The channel delivers 700 hours of live, local sports a year, with an additional 2000 hours of replays greatly expanding the amount of local sports available in the country. It also provides coverage of up to 56 hours a week of Malaysians competing at international levels or the best in world sports of a particular interest to the Malaysian ...