Television in Malaysia
Digital terrestrial television: Bypass redirect, update.
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Despite a success of RTM's pilot trials, the digital terrestrial television transition faced many problems. These problems stemmed from the lesser enthusiasm of content providers toward the digitisation, with the exception of [[Les' Copaque Production]], and the need to improve the nation's Internet broadband infrastructure. With the resignation of then Prime Minister [[Abdullah Badawi]] and the succession of [[Najib Tun Razak]], the project by RTM was deferred indefinitely. |
Despite a success of RTM's pilot trials, the digital terrestrial television transition faced many problems. These problems stemmed from the lesser enthusiasm of content providers toward the digitisation, with the exception of [[Les' Copaque Production]], and the need to improve the nation's Internet broadband infrastructure. With the resignation of then Prime Minister [[Abdullah Badawi]] and the succession of [[Najib Tun Razak]], the project by RTM was deferred indefinitely. |
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The advent of digital television has facilitiated Malaysia's constituent regions to launch their own public broadcasters: [[Sarawak]]'s state government officially launched [[TVS (Malaysian TV channel)|TVS]] in October 2020 after a 6-year trial period since 2014,{{Cite web|last=Syafik Shukri Jalil|date=2 October 2020|title=TV Sarawak dilancar 11 Oktober 2020|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/tv-sarawak-dilancar-11-oktober-2020-261903|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2020|website=[[Astro Awani]]}} [[Sabah]] followed suit launching the TV Sabah mobile streaming service in April 2023 with plans to establish its own station{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Anthea |title=TV Sabah launched, proper station to follow |url=https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/211644/tv-sabah-launched-proper-station-to-follow/ |work=[[Daily Express (Malaysia)|Daily Express]] |date=22 April 2023}}{{page needed|date=June 2024}} more than 40 years after the dissolving of its previous incarnation under RTM's [[ |
The advent of digital television has facilitiated Malaysia's constituent regions to launch their own public broadcasters: [[Sarawak]]'s state government officially launched [[TVS (Malaysian TV channel)|TVS]] in October 2020 after a 6-year trial period since 2014,{{Cite web|last=Syafik Shukri Jalil|date=2 October 2020|title=TV Sarawak dilancar 11 Oktober 2020|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/tv-sarawak-dilancar-11-oktober-2020-261903|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2020|website=[[Astro Awani]]}} [[Sabah]] followed suit launching the TV Sabah mobile streaming service in April 2023 with plans to establish its own station{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Anthea |title=TV Sabah launched, proper station to follow |url=https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/211644/tv-sabah-launched-proper-station-to-follow/ |work=[[Daily Express (Malaysia)|Daily Express]] |date=22 April 2023}}{{page needed|date=June 2024}} more than 40 years after the dissolving of its previous incarnation under RTM's [[Rangkaian Ketiga|Third Network]] in 1985.{{cite journal |last1=Barlocco |first1=Fausto |title=An Inconvienient Birth: The formation of a modern Kadazan culture and its marginalisation within the making of the Malaysian nation (1953–2007) |journal=Indonesia and the Malay World |date=March 2013 |volume=41 |issue=119 |pages=132 |doi=10.1080/13639811.2013.766010}} |
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== Satellite television == |
== Satellite television == |
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