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=== Transmitters and frequencies ===
=== Transmitters and frequencies ===
According to MYTV, there are 13 test phase sites which will be operate on the first stage, which it currently covers around 80% of population. MYTV will eventually develop 60 main transmitters and 40 gap fillers which it will cover 98% of population.<ref name="testphase"/> All first phase sites had been allocated frequencies for digital multiplex by Malaysian regulator, [[Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission|MCMC]]. Table below shows the frequency which has already been allocated and confirmed by MCMC. At this test phase, only MUX1 is available for receive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skmm.gov.my/Legal/Registers/Register-Of-Apparatus-Assignments-Search.aspx?src=MYTV&fld=Holder&type=AABroadcast|title=MCMC Register of Apparatus Assignment search|publisher=SKMM|accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> As on 3 March 2017, 3 more transmitter sites has been activated. There are now 23 transmitter sites operating in the whole country, which 19 is located in Peninsular and remaining 4 located on East Malaysia. SFN mode will be used in selected transmitters and selected regions in the country. (eg. Gunung Ulu Kali/Menara KL/Bukit Sungai Besi). Most populated areas are already covered by MYTV transmission. (except for some parts of Northern Perak, Eastern Johor, Perlis, various parts of Negeri Sembilan, some rural areas in Sabah and most of Sarawak except Kuching and surrounding areas)
According to MYTV, there are 13 test phase sites which will be operate on the first stage, which it currently covers around 80% of population. MYTV will eventually develop 60 main transmitters and 40 gap fillers which it will cover 98% of population.<ref name="testphase"/> All first phase sites had been allocated frequencies for digital multiplex by Malaysian regulator, [[Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission|MCMC]]. Table below shows the frequency which has already been allocated and confirmed by MCMC. At this test phase, only MUX1 is available for receive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skmm.gov.my/Legal/Registers/Register-Of-Apparatus-Assignments-Search.aspx?src=MYTV&fld=Holder&type=AABroadcast|title=MCMC Register of Apparatus Assignment search|publisher=SKMM|accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> As on 3 March 2017, 3 more transmitter sites has been activated. There are now 24 transmitter sites operating in the whole country, which 20 is located in Peninsular and remaining 4 located on East Malaysia. SFN mode will be used in selected transmitters and selected regions in the country. (eg. Gunung Ulu Kali/Menara KL/Bukit Sungai Besi). Most populated areas are already covered by MYTV transmission. (except for some parts of Northern Perak, Eastern Johor, Perlis, various parts of Negeri Sembilan, some rural areas in Sabah and most of Sarawak except Kuching and surrounding areas)




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MYTV Broadcasting
Company typePrivate
IndustryBroadcasting, digital terrestrial television provider
Founded19 November 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-19) in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Headquarters
Cyberjaya
,
Malaysia
Areas served
Nationwide
Key people
Haniza Ros Nasaruddin (CCO)
Michael Chan (CEO)
ProductsTelevision broadcasting
OwnerAltel Holdings/Altel Communications Bhd
MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd
Websitewww.mytvbroadcasting.my

MYTV Broadcasting or MYTV is the first Malaysian television broadcasting company broadcasting free DTTV-channels in the country without monthly payment.[1] The DTT service is officially branded as myFreeview since August 2015, however the legal name of the company did not change.[2] Around MYR1 billion deal have been signed with Telekom Malaysia to distribute the services.[3] MYTV is owned by Altel Holdings/Altel Communications and was planned to start broadcasting by mid-2015.[4] The set top box has been available for sale as of February 2017, after long delays of building infrastructure and other issues.[5][6][7][8] MyFreeview service is officially lanuched at 6 June 2017. [9] Its main competitor would be free to view satellite based service Astro NJOI, which it has far more channels to view. Coverage for this service (for transmitters already in operation) is currently roughly 87% of population, which it will expanded to 98% in the future, which will exceed current analouge coverage of between 55-95%.[5]

History

Developments

Allion Labs, Inc. (Taiwan) has been awarded accreditation from the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) to become the first lab facility for digital television in Malaysia.[10] Around 30 channels have been set to broadcast in the first stage.[11] HbbTV services are also integrated into MYTV service with the usage of Sofia Digital's HbbTV technology.[12][13]

First phase

East Coast Peninsular Malaysia has been chosen as the first site for testing followed by East Malaysia, and northern and southern Peninsular Malaysia before reaching Klang Valley.[14] In Sabah, around 1,500 households have been selected for the test.[15]

Transmission fee

According to MYTV, the initial annual rental fee for a 24-hour FTA TV channel was RM 12 million for a SDTV channel and RM 25 million for a HDTV channel for a continuous 24 hour slot.[8] However, following reports of Media Prima might quit FTA transmission due to unviable fees,[16] MYTV may introduce bandwidth based charging, which is already in consideration.[citation needed]

Distributions

According to Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek, the MYTV Basic decoder would be distributed to around two million select Malaysian households while other recipients would be determined later.[14] All 2 million households had now been determined and it would be sent to recipients house via PosLaju.[17]

Types of decoders used by MYTV Broadcasting

There would have 3 types of set top boxes used by MYTV (which these are the only types in Malaysia have certification with "DTTV Malaysia"), The first one is the trial test decoder, which it was distributed to selected households for test transmission (which itself need to return to MYTV and replaced by MYTV Basic STB) There are two standard set-top boxes issued, one of them is known as "MYTV Basic", which is given to 2 million selected households nationwide for free, while another one is the standard decoder known as "MYTV Advance", which is sold for RM299 excluding GST at Pos Malaysia branches and selected electrical stores. CI slots comes as a standard for both set top boxes, which it may be used for pay TV in the future.[18] The major differences for these set-top boxes is the latter one (MYTV Advance) comes with support for HbbTV while MYTV Basic did not come with such support. MYTV has sign an agreement with Pensonic to distribute MYTV Advance set top box exclusively on 29 November 2016.[19] Digital televisions with "DTTV Malaysia" certification can also be used to receive transmission.[6][17][5]

Requirements to receive a free MYTV test decoder (known as MYTV Basic)

  • Did not subscribe to paid broadcasts.
  • Came from low-income group.
  • Included in the category of recipients of government aid.

While households that are not listed as recipients of government aid could get the free decoders from branches which would be set up in every state after the launch in 2017. The temporary decoder would be replaced with a new decoder (known as MYTV Basic) in the final DTT test broadcasts at the end of 2016 with remote areas being distributed by Pos Malaysia.[20]

Services

List of channels and services on MyFreeview

The following channels and services are carried or planned to be carried on MyFreeview platform:[7][12][17][21][13]

TV channels Radio channels OTT/Interactive services
  • RTM Superteks (text service)
  • RTM MyKlik (video service)
  • Media Prima OTT service

Note : Over-spill digital TV signals from Brunei/Singapore/Thailand can be received alongside the standard MyFreeview offering in certain regions in Malaysia, provided that if the signal is strong enough.

Transmitters and frequencies

According to MYTV, there are 13 test phase sites which will be operate on the first stage, which it currently covers around 80% of population. MYTV will eventually develop 60 main transmitters and 40 gap fillers which it will cover 98% of population.[5] All first phase sites had been allocated frequencies for digital multiplex by Malaysian regulator, MCMC. Table below shows the frequency which has already been allocated and confirmed by MCMC. At this test phase, only MUX1 is available for receive.[22] As on 3 March 2017, 3 more transmitter sites has been activated. There are now 24 transmitter sites operating in the whole country, which 20 is located in Peninsular and remaining 4 located on East Malaysia. SFN mode will be used in selected transmitters and selected regions in the country. (eg. Gunung Ulu Kali/Menara KL/Bukit Sungai Besi). Most populated areas are already covered by MYTV transmission. (except for some parts of Northern Perak, Eastern Johor, Perlis, various parts of Negeri Sembilan, some rural areas in Sabah and most of Sarawak except Kuching and surrounding areas)


See also

References

  1. ^ "Malaysia to pioneer digital terrestrial television broadcasting services". Bernama. The Rakyat Post. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ "myFreeview home page". Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ Daniel Khoo (19 November 2014). "RM1bil deal to provide digital terrestrial television in Malaysia". The Star. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ "MyTV to offer services a year earlier than planned". The Edge Financial Daily. The Malaysian Insider. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Liputan Siaran (Broadcast Coverage)" (in Malay). MYTV Broadcasting. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b "HOW TO RECEIVE MYFREEVIEW DIGITAL BROADCAST". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b "MYTV statement on Facebook" (in Malay). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b "TV digitization in full swing" (PDF). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Event for 6 June 2017". The EDGE Markets. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. ^ Allion Labs, Inc. (9 April 2015). "Allion Becomes World's First Laboratory to Provide Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast Receiver Testing for the Malaysian Market". Allion Labs, Inc. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  11. ^ Zamzurina Ahmad (5 July 2015). "30 saluran percuma TV" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Sofia Digital's HbbTV technology delivered to Malaysian RTM". 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  13. ^ a b "New TV services – Case example". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  14. ^ a b Ong Han Sean (10 July 2015). "East coast cities to receive trial MYTV service in digital format". The Star. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  15. ^ "New Sabah digital TV experience". Daily Express. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Media Prima may exit FTA space due to unviable DTT fee". 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  17. ^ a b c "MYTV FAQ" (in Malay). MYTV Broadcasting. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  18. ^ "MYTV Installation Guide" (in Malay). MYTV Broadcasting. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  19. ^ Tan Sin Chow (29 November 2016). "Pensonic to distribute MYTV Advance decoder sets". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  20. ^ "1,500 Sabah households for digital broadcast tests". Daily Express. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  21. ^ "MYTV Broadcasting DTT Trial + Singapore DTT (Updated 2 June 2017)".
  22. ^ "MCMC Register of Apparatus Assignment search". SKMM. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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