List of television stations in Malaysia

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.

Government owned free-to-air television broadcasters

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), Indian (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), Korean, Filipino and Turkish
OKEY 110HD 21 March 2018 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
Sukan RTM 111HD 1 April 2021 Malay and English
Berita RTM 123HD 25 June 2020 Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Indian (Tamil), Iban (Bumiputera Sarawak), Kadazandusun (Bumiputera Sabah) and Bajau
TV6 113HD 1 March 2021 06:00 - 02:00 Malay

Over-the-top (OTT)

Private television broadcasters

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV3 103HD 1 June 1984 24 hours Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) Indian (Hindi), Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese, Filipino, Thai and Korean Nationwide
DidikTV KPM 107HD 17 February 2021 Malay
8TV 108HD 8 January 2004 Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien)
TV9 109HD 22 April 2006 Malay, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Indian (Hindi), Filipino, and Thai

Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Awesome TV[4] 112 3 August 2020 24 hours Malay Nationwide

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
SUKE TV[5] 116 28 March 2022 24 hours Malay Nationwide

Enjoy TV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Enjoy TV5 105 10 May 2025 24 hours Chinese, English, and Malay Nationwide

MY Hankuk TV Sdn Bhd

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Hankuk TV 104HD 16 February 2026 08:00 - 10:00, 14:00 - 16:00, 20:00 - 22:00 (test broadcasts) English, Korean, and Malay Nationwide

Other free-to-air television broadcasters

AlHijrah Media Corporation

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TV AlHijrah[6] 114HD 7 December 2010 24 hours Malay, English and Arabic Nationwide
DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
Bernama TV[7] 121HD 28 February 2008 24 hours Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Indian (Tamil) Nationwide

State owned free-to-air television broadcasters

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

DVB name LCN Launch date Broadcast hours (UTC+08:00) Programming language(s) Availability
TVS[8] 122HD 10 October 2020 24 hours Malay, English, Iban, Chinese (Mandarin), Filipino, Thai, and Indonesian Nationwide

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

Former / discontinued television channels and networks

Former Astro channels (by timeline)

  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2007
    • TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2007.
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
    • Astro Stocklink, a former stock exchange channel on Astro Interactive, ceased service on 1 January 2013.
    • ESPN, ESPNews and ESPN HD rebranded to FOX Sports, FOX Sports News and FOX Sports Plus HD on 28 January 2013.
    • Radio Mosaic ceased service on 9 February 2013 due to the same broadcast of radio channels.
    • BIO Channel ceased broadcasting on 14 June 2013.
    • beTV HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 August 2013.
    • CNBC ceased broadcasting and transmission on 7 October 2013 because it was unable to fulfill these objects, but was relaunched back in the same month.
  • 2014
  • 2015
    • iView ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 January 2015. Replaced by the NJOI version on 20 January 2015.
    • Golf Channel in SD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 February 2015.
  • 2016
    • Astro Hitz ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 May 2016 at 12:01am due to low viewership and declining popularity.
    • Channel M HD was rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
    • Sundance Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2016 at midnight due to low popularity. The first International Movies channel to be ceased on Astro.
    • Zee Variasi ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 1 October 2016 at midnight. Replaced by Tara HD on 19 October 2016.
    • CCTV News rebranded to CGTN on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2016 at 12:00pm.
  • 2017
  • 2018
    • ZooMoo ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2018 to mitigate further losses by the company. ZooMoo shows moved to Astro Xiao Tai Yang.
    • Astro Mustika HD rebranded to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018 at midnight.
    • Astro Bella ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2018 at midnight due to low viewership. Replaced by Naura HD.
    • EVE was discontinued and terminated on 1 November 2018.
    • Lifetime HD and FYI ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 December 2018 due to the low popularity of Lifetime HD, but relaunched on 15 September 2021.
  • 2019
    • Astro Maya HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 January 2019 at midnight. The programs were later carried by Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Prima HD and Astro Oasis HD channels which are HD and it's available to all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while making the SD version available on different channel numbers.
    • The SD version of Disney XD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2019. The HD version of this channel remained until 1 January 2021 due to a review of Disney's business in the region and was replaced by TA-DAA HD on 15 March 2021.
    • Zee Tamil HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2019 due to the low popularity of Zee Tamil HD, but relaunched on 1 June 2020.
    • Channel NewsAsia HD rebranded to CNA HD on 29 March 2019 as the channel celebrated its 20th anniversary.
    • Astro Xi Yue HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2019 at midnight because the Overseas event channel would be aired on Channel 338. Replaced by iQIYI HD 17 days later on the same channel number. It is the first Chinese HD channel to be ceased on Astro.
    • A-List HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 August 2019 at midnight due to low viewership, but its Astro OD service continued.
    • Tara HD was discontinued and terminated on 1 October 2019. Replaced by Colors Hindi HD 6 hours later.
  • 2020
    • Diva and E! (along with their HD feeds) ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2020. They are the first historic channels to cease on Astro. Their shows were moved to Hello HD .
    • Setanta Sports HD was rebranded to RugbyPass TV HD on 29 January 2020.
    • The SD version of Astro Wah Lai Toi ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2020, hence merged with TVB Jade HD. On 1 May 2020, Astro Wah Lai Toi HD was transitioned to its VOD service.
    • TVB Classic Movies and Asian Action Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission on 5 April 2020.
    • Jaya TV, Raj TV and Kalaignar TV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2020. Replaced by Zee Tamil HD at 12:05am.
    • Astro Vaanavil was upgraded from SD to HD on 1 June 2020, and made available for all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while retaining the SD version which is assigned to a different channel number.
    • The SD version of Astro First ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2020.
    • The SD version of Astro Best ceased broadcasting and transmission on 29 July 2020, while the HD version of the channel remained.
    • The SD versions of the Fox Sports channels and Eurosport ceased broadcasting on 16 November 2020, while the HD versions of the channels remained.
    • The SD versions of the Astro SuperSport channels ceased broadcasting on 30 November 2020, while the HD versions of the channels remained.
  • 2021
    • Disney Junior HD, Disney Channel HD and Disney Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2021 due to the television provider's refreshed Kids Pack on 14 December 2020 and the launch of Disney+ Hotstar on 1 June 2021 and were replaced by Nick Jr. and Boomerang launched on the same date. Disney XD HD also ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight due to the review of Disney's business in this region and was replaced by TA-DAA! on 15 March 2021. These are the second Kids channels and the first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro.
    • Comedy Central HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021. It was replaced by BBC Lifestyle on the same channel number on 15 September of the same year.
    • Almost all SD channels ceased broadcasting and transmission because most channels were fully switched to all HD channels on 1 March 2021.
    • Astro Awani launches the HD version of their channel on 29 March 2021. While the upgrade from SD to HD is made available for all Astro customers, NJOI customers will still continue to enjoy the channel in SD version on different channel number and HD version are made optional by purchasing the HD pack.
    • Aniplus HD on Astro Go ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2021 due to low viewership while its VOD service remained operational until 11 April 2021.
    • When Astro launched their new NJOI HD subscription-based package for NJOI customers on 28 April 2021, the HD version of Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Vaanavil, Astro Xiao Tai Yang, Astro AEC, CCTV-4, Astro Awani, Hello HD, eGG Network HD and Astro Arena can be only be enabled via HD Pack while retaining their SD version of these channels which are reassigned at different channel number.
    • Astro TVIQ was officially upgraded to HD on 25 May 2021 and made available for all Astro customers.
    • Astro Box Office Movies Tayangan Hebat HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2021.
    • TVB News Channel HD was discontinued and terminated on 1 July 2021, barely one year after launch, due to copyright problems.
    • FOX HD, Fox Movies HD, Fox Family Movies HD, Fox Action Movies HD, Fox Life HD, Nat Geo People HD, FX HD and the Fox Sports channels HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2021 due to the launch of Disney+ Hotstar.
    • Hello HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2021 and was replaced by Lifetime HD and PRIMEtime were launched on 15 September 2021 and Discovery Science HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at the same date due to review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth HD. They were the first Learning channels to be ceased on Astro. On the same date, ART Variety was replaced with ART Movies before ceasing transmission on 1 June 2022.
    • RugbyPass TV HD was officially rebranded to Premier Sports HD on 9 December 2021.
    • Animax HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2021 due to low popularity but its VOD service continued until 31 March 2022.
  • 2022
    • Astro TVIQ HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year's Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm when TA-DAA! launched on 15 March 2021 at 8:00am with the shows from the now-defunct channel carried by Astro Ceria HD and TA-DAA!.
    • BabyTV HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year's Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm, with shows from the channel officially moved to Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia. In turn, the channel slot was officially replaced by Moonbug Kids HD.
    • Naura HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 January 2022 at 11:59:59pm because due to Naura content on its Astro GO app and its VOD service continued reserved.
    • Star Chinese Channel HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on the Chinese New Year's Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm. While the shows from that channel will be carried through Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia, it also was officially replaced by Phoenix Chinese Channel HD and Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD in Malaysia.
    • Astro Tutor TV PT3 and Astro Tutor TV SPM will merge into a single channel named Astro Tutor TV SMK HD on channel 603 starting 1 April 2022. Astro Tutor TV PT3 cease transmission and Astro Tutor TV SPM rebranded as Astro Tutor TV SMK HD On the same day, TVBS News HD, Astro AOD 353, Astro AOD 355 and Makkal TV ceased transmission and Astro Tutor TV SK and OKEY will be upgraded to HD on channels 601 and 146.
    • Astro Vellithirai on Astro GO ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 April 2022 at 1:00am, with the channel upgraded to HD on the same day.
    • Oh!K HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 May 2022 when K-Plus became available on Astro channel 396.
    • Kix HD was replaced by Oppa-Mania on 1 July 2022.
    • Chutti TV officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 13 October 2022 and was replaced by Sun News, KTV HD and Sun Life.
  • 2023
  • 2024
    • Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024 and replaced by HITS Now HD. As part of TVB's restructuring, Astro AOD 352 and 354, TVB Magic HD ceased broadcasting and transmission and the TVBAnywhere+ application was removed on the same date as well.
    • All Astro SuperSport HD channels were replaced by Astro Sports UHD, Astro Grandstand HD, Astro Premier League HD, Astro Premier League 2 HD, Astro Football HD, Astro Badminton HD and Astro Sports Plus HD on 17 October 2024.
    • Astro Premier HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 20 November 2024. Programming will be carried by Astro Citra HD.
    • Astro Warna HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 3 December 2024. Programming will be carried by Astro Prima HD.
  • 2025
  • 2026
    • SPOTV and SPOTV2 ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2026.
    • Malaysian Feed of Golf Channel HD has rebranding to Astro Golf HD starting 1 January 2026.
    • Portal Astro First and Astro Self Service ceased service on 30 January 2026, it had migrated to My Astro App.
    • HBO HD, Cinemax HD, HBO Family and HBO Hits ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2026, while the HBO Max app continue to be available to Astro customers as a standalone à la carte subscription. Replaced by Astro Showtime HD, Rock Action HD and Rock X Stream HD. Additionally, starting 1 April 2026, Astro FAM Time HD launched and will be available to customers.
    • Astro Cricket ceased broadcasting and transmission on 9 March 2026. Replaced by Cricbuzz TV.
    • BBC Lifestyle & CBeebies ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2026, together with BBC First and BBC Brit (VOD) and BBC Player app. However, BBC News and BBC Earth stills remain available.

Former Unifi TV channels

  • 2011
    • Universal Channel and Syfy Universal ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 September 2011, barely 11 months after the channel launched.
  • 2012
    • DW-TV Asia+ was rebranded as DW on 6 February 2012.
    • Syfy Universal HD was rebranded as Syfy HD on 7 February 2012.
    • Fashion TV, replaced by UTV Stars HD on 1 May 2012.
    • STAR Chinese Movies 2 was rebranded to SCM Legend on 1 October 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
    • Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 January 2016.
    • Fashion TV HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2016.
    • Hikmah rebranded to Salam HD on 5 June 2016.
    • Now Hairun rebranded to 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 HD 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 and Australia Plus will merged into a single channel named ABC Australia on 1 July 2018.
    • 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 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, 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.
    • 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.

2026

    • tvN Movies HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2026.

Former HBO 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

Former Malaysian Channels From Other Countries

TV channels

  • 1985
    • Rangkaian Ketiga ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 1985. Replaced by RTM2 on same date.
  • 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
    • TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2008. Replaced by EduWebTV on March 1 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.
  • 2024
    • Awesome TV ceased broadcasting in Astro on 1 August 2024 as part of the company strategic plan to become a "fully virtual platform".

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