Television broadcasting in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. The government is committed to provide digital television to every Malaysian's household by end-2015 under DTTV (Digital Terrestrial Television) Project which is a part of national agenda by Ministry of Communications and Digital and managed by

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Abbreviation: MCMC; ms, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia) is a regulatory body whose key role is the regulation of the communications and multimedia industry based on the po ...

(MCMC). The analogue transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using

DVB-T2 DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial"; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial telev ...

technology. The switchover was done in stages by territory which begun in all peninsular states starting from the central and southern on 30 September 2019, north and east on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019. The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stood at 99.9% coverage rate. The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by government-owned

Radio Televisyen Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia ( en, Radio Television of Malaysia, abbreviated as RTM, stylised as rtm), also known as the Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia ( ms, Jabatan Penyiaran Malaysia) is the national public broadcaster of Malaysia. Establi ...

(RTM). Some local TV channels already are broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008.

Free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over

OTT platform An over-the-top (OTT) media service is a Media (communications), media service offered Direct-to-consumer, directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses Cable television, cable, broadcast television, broadcast, and satellite television platf ...

. Currently there is only two

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

digital terrestrial platform with high definition digital television channels in Malaysia, named as myFreeview and

NJOI NJOI is a Malaysian free-to-view satellite television service launched on 18 February 2012 in collaboration with the government of Malaysia and Astro. It was officially announced by former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak Dato' ...

Government-owned television free-to-air broadcast channels

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

Over-the-top (OTT)

RTM Klik

Private television free-to-air broadcast channels

Media Prima Berhad Media Prima Berhad, doing business as Media Prima and stylised as media prima, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment conglomerate with business interests in television, pri ...

Awesome Media Network Sdn Bhd

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

Semi government television free-to-air broadcast channels

Alhijrah Media Corporation

Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

Unit Komunikasi Awam Sarawak (UKAS)

Media Selangor Sdn. Bhd.

Terengganu Incorporated Sdn. Bhd.

Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

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* Sirius TV

Digital terrestrial television

* myFreeview *

(''available for several free-to-air digital television channels'')

IPTV

Unifi TV Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018) is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and ...

Over-the-top (OTT)

Astro GO

SookaTonton Cinema
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Eros Now

SonyLIVCrunchyroll

ZEE5

Disney+ HotstarMy WayangEDUWEBTVFilm WalletiflixSelangor TV

Other television stations

* Asia Media *

Vision Four Vision Four is a supplier of advertising-supported cable TV to hotels in Malaysia and Singapore. It was established in 1982 Programmes are in English and include movies, dramas, lifestyle programmes and documentaries A documentary film or ...

Former or defunct channels and networks

Former
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channels (by timeline)

*1998 ** Asia Business News and the original incarnation of

CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...

was merged to form CNBC Asia Business News on 1 February 1998 until

is now the 2nd Anniversary day from 4 months time. ** CNBC Asia Business News rebranded to

on 1 July 1998. ** NBC Asia rebranded to

National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television television network, network and flagship (broadcasting), flagship channel owned by the National Geograp ...

on 20 July 1998. **

MGM Gold Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...

and Star Mandarin Movies was rebranded to

Cinemax Cinemax is an American pay television, cable, and satellite television network owned by the Home Box Office, Inc. subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Developed as a companion "maxi-pay" service complementing the offerings shown on parent net ...

on 24 August 1998. *2000 **

Star Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...

rebranded to

Star World Star World (formerly known as Star Plus) is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 as Star Entertainment () by STAR TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus. On 30 March 1996, the ...

on 1 July 2000. *2006 **

TechTV TechTV is a defunct 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming. ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2006. **

NHK World TV NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese state-controlled public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-ser ...

was replaced with

NHK World Premium NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by NHK World-Japan, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The service is aimed towards overseas Japanese and the overseas market, similar to worldwid ...

on 1 May 2006. *2008 **

BBC World BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...

was rebranded to

BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...

on 21 April 2008. **

Discovery Real Time Discovery Real Time was a British television channel owned by Discovery Networks UK focused on educational and learning content. History It was originally launched on 9 March 1992 as The Learning Channel, United Kingdom's version of the Ameri ...

was replaced with

Discovery Turbo Discovery Turbo (previously known as Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia) is a pay television channel devoted to programming about transport. It is similar to Discovery Velocity and Motor Trend (TV network), Motor Trend. It was also briefly availab ...

due to its rebranding in October 2008. *2009 **

Astro News Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), a ...

(carries program from

DW-TV Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

and

Australia Network ABC Australia, formerly Australia Television International (or just Australia Television), ABC Asia Pacific, Australia Network and Australia Plus, is an Australian pay television channel, launched in 1993 and operated by the Australian Broadca ...

) ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 March 2009. Replaced with

Astro Ria Astro Ria is a 24-hour Southeast Asia Bahasa Malaysia television channel exclusive to the Astro satellite television provider. It was one of the first 22 channels to be launched on Astro in 1996. Astro Ria offers a variety of shows including n ...

from

Mio TV Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television, pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (orig ...

on 23 March 2009 while

programmes was carried by

Bernama TV The Malaysian National News Agency ( ms, Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia), is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia. Bernama (usually stylized in all caps ...

. **Astro @play ceased service on 1 May 2009 due to Mustika Pack launched and the insignificant number of subscribers. **

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ceased broadcasting and transmission on 18 May 2009. Replaced by

Astro Citra Astro Citra is a 24-hour Malay language version of HBO Asia, showing the local and Asian movies. The channel began broadcasting on 1 June 2009, replacing Astro Kirana (Channel 122) which ceased its broadcasting on 18 May 2009 due to low viewer ...

on 1 June 2009. **

BBC Entertainment BBC Entertainment is an international television channel broadcasting comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses. The channel broadcasts regi ...

was replaced with BIO Channel on 1 December 2009. *2010 ** Eastern Television Asia was replaced with

CTI TV Chung T'ien Television (CTi TV; ), is a nationwide cable TV network based in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Paci ...

on 1 January 2010. **

Astro Aruna Astro Aruna was a 24-hour Indonesian language television network that was available on the Astro satellite television service. Indonesian dramas and soaps were popular on this network, and they were broadcast round-the-clock. All of the Indon ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2010 due to low viewership. Replaced by Bintang and

Pelangi Pelangi (means Rainbow in English) was 24-hour Indonesian language channel which broadcasts Indonesian films and dramas (as of 2011). This channel was only available on Astro in the Indo Pek package. Most of the programmes are available in M ...

on 11 July 2011. **

CCTV-9 CCTV-9 is a television channel operated by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), broadcasting documentaries in Mandarin Chinese. It shared the name with CCTV's English language English is a West Germanic language of ...

rebranded to

CCTV News CGTN (formerly known as CCTV-9 and CCTV News) is a state-run English-language news channel based in Beijing, China. It is one of six channels provided by China Global Television Network, owned by the Chinese state broadcaster China Central T ...

on 26 April 2010 at 7:00pm. ** Channel ceased transmission and broadcasting on 16 June 2010. Replaced by

FOX Asia Fox was a pan-Asian pay television channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The network operated six subnetworks, all solely branded as Fox; one pan-Asian feed meant for ...

. **

Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies and ...

was replaced by

Diva Universal Diva, formerly Diva Universal, is a woman-based entertainment channel owned by Universal Networks International. The list of Diva channels includes: * Diva (Asia TV channel) ''defunct'' *Diva Universal (Philippines) ''defunct'' * Diva (Finland) ' ...

on 19 September 2010. **

Granada TV ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...

rebranded to

ITV Granada ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...

on 1 November 2010. *2011 **

Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney was a brand of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit (now Disney Branded Television) of The Walt Disney Company's Disney–ABC Televis ...

rebranded to

Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven yea ...

on 11 July 2011. *2012 **

Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian pay television network originally owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd., Fox Networks Group Middle East and Disney Star. In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired Star TV for $71 billion with ...

rebranded to

Fox Movies Premium Fox Movies (formerly Star Movies; and Fox Movies Premium) was a Southeast Asian movie network owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, subsidiaries of Disney International Operations that was originally from the Walt Disney Company. It has firs ...

on New Year's Day (1 January) 2012 at midnight. ** WaTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2012. Replaced by Celestial Movies HD and KIX HD while programs broadcast by the channel is now carried by

Astro AEC Astro AEC (abbreviation for Asian Entertainment Channel) is a 24-hour in house Mandarin-generic television channel in Malaysia, owned by Astro. The channel broadcasts local productions in addition to productions from Singapore, Taiwan and mainla ...

. ** B4U was replaced by

Astro Bella Astro Bella was a South American television channel by the Malaysian satellite provider Astro on channel 133. When it began broadcasting on 5 March 2012, the channel broadcast telenovelas, the first channel of its kind in Malaysia. The channel ...

on 5 March 2012. ** Astro @15 ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 May 2012 at midnight. Replaced by Astro Mustika HD on 21 May 2012 to while programs broadcast by the channel were carried by other Astro's Malay channels. **Astro Lifestyle HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2012 at midnight. At 6am,

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...

was Channel 727 (now Channel 708) and Life Inspired (now TLC HD) was Channel 728 (now Channel 707). Both channels are 24-hour dedicated channels. *2013 **Astro Stocklink ceased service on New Year's Day (1 January) 2013 at midnight. **

ESPN Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Sta ...

ESPNews ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News", stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational digital cable and satellite television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company (which owns ...

and

ESPN HD ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The co ...

rebranded to

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...

, 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 and transmission on 14 June 2013 at midnight. Replaced by Lifetime. ** BeTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 August 2013 at midnight. It was the first HD channel to be ceased on Astro. Replaced by HITS TV on 16 November 2014 at the same channel number (Channel 720) then moved to Channel 706 on 1 April 2020. **

CNBC CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...

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 **

FOX Family Movies Fox Family Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel was initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indov ...

had ceased transmission on 1 February 2014, but the HD version was relaunched on 16 November 2014 until it officially ceased broadcasting and transmission again on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm. ** Jia Yu ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2014 at midnight. A temporary channel was broadcast for a month before being relaunched on 1 May 2014 at 6:00am. **

DIVA Universal Diva, formerly Diva Universal, is a woman-based entertainment channel owned by Universal Networks International. The list of Diva channels includes: * Diva (Asia TV channel) ''defunct'' *Diva Universal (Philippines) ''defunct'' * Diva (Finland) ' ...

was replaced with

DIVA Diva (; ) is the Latin word for a goddess. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of ''diva'' is clo ...

on 16 June 2014. **

was replaced by DMAX on 7 July 2014. ** Discovery Home & Health Asia changed its name to

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on 1 August 2014. **

Star Sports Star Sports refers to several current or former Asian sports networks owned by The Walt Disney Company: * Star Sports (East Asian TV channel) * Star Sports (Indian TV network) * Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network) Fox Sports (formerly ESPN ...

and Fox Sports Plus HD rebranded to

Fox Sports 2 Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American List of sports television channels, sports-oriented pay television television channel, channel owned by the Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based a ...

and

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in which Fox Sports News was replaced by

on 15 August 2014. Fox Sports News remained its broadcast on Astro Go. **

Astro Zhi Zun HD Astro Zhi Zun HD (Astro至尊HD in Simplified Chinese) began broadcasting on 16 June 2010 as Astro's first Chinese-language channel and non-English language HD channel. This channel will mirror 80% of the content on Astro Wah Lai Toi, including dr ...

rebranded to Astro Wah Lai Toi HD (Channel 310) on 6 October 2014. **The SD version of

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(Channel 710) officially ceased transmission and broadcasting on 16 November 2014. Officially upgraded to

FOX HD The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations an ...

(Channel 724) until FOX HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and was replaced by

Disney+ Hotstar The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

that officially launched on 1 June 2021. *2015 **

Astro On Demand Astro On Demand (Simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel. The channel was officiall ...

Drama Preview was ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 January 2015. Replaced by iView on the

version on 20 January 2015. **

Golf Channel Golf Channel (also verbally referred to as simply Golf) is an American sports television television network, network owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, it is currently ...

in SD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 February 2015. *2016 ** Astro Hitz ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 May 2016 at midnight due to low viewership and declining popularity. **

Sundance Channel Sundance Channel can refer to: * Sundance TV, formerly known as Sundance Channel (United States). * Sundance Channel (Canada) * Sundance Channel (Netherlands) * Sundance Channel (Europe) Sundance Channel can refer to: * Sundance TV, formerly kno ...

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 Zee Variasi TV was a Hindi entertainment channel that starts its broadcast on 31 August 2006, originally through channel 74. The channel moved to channel 21 in late 2006, and channel 108 when the channel renumbering takes effect on 1 October 200 ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 1 October 2016 at midnight. Replaced by a new Hindi HD channel called Tara HD on 19 October 2016. **

rebranded to

CGTN China Global Television Network (CGTN) is the international division of state media outlet China Central Television (CCTV), headquartered in Beijing, China. CGTN broadcasts six news and general interest channels in five languages. CGTN is reg ...

on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2016 at 12:00pm. *2017 **

ITV Choice ITV Choice (formerly Granada UKTV, Granada TV and ITV Granada) was an international cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by ITV plc. History The channel was launched in 1997 by Granada Media under the name Granada UKTV, ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 16 January 2017 at 12:15am due to low viewership. **

rebranded to

Fox Movies Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

on 10 June 2017. **Go ASEAN ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 June 2017 at 2:00am. Go ASEAN remains its programmes on Tonton and DimSum. ** Fox Sports News' broadcast on Astro Go ceased transmission and broadcasting on 29 April 2017. **

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ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2017 at midnight due to low viewership. **

rebranded to

Fox Life Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece. The ...

on 1 October 2017 at 9:00am. ** Life Inspired (except

Food Network Asia Food Network is a Southeast Asian pay television channel that airs both one-time and recurring (episodic) programs about food and cooking from the Food Network's library as well as commissioned programming developed regionally. It was launched o ...

) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission due to financial losses by the company on 7 October 2017 at midnight stroke. *2018 **

ZooMoo ZooMoo is an international multilanguage pay television channel owned by Rock Entertainment Holdings that was first launched in Brazil in September 2013 in high definition (HD). On 4 April 2014, ZooMoo was launched in Singapore via Starhub. The ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2018 to mitigate further losses by the company.

shows moved to

Astro Xiao Tai Yang Astro Xiao Tai Yang is a 24-hour channel targeting Mandarin-speaking children aged 4–12 years old, providing educational and entertaining programmes. The channel line up consists of preschool learning, animation, music, science and arts. Ast ...

. ** Astro Mustika HD rebranded to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018 at midnight. **

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2018 at midnight due to low viewership. Replaced by Naura HD on the same package with completely different content. **

was discontinued and terminated on 1 November 2018. ** Lifetime Asia and

FYI "FYI" is a common abbreviation of "for your information" (or "for your interest"). "FYI" is commonly used in email, instant messaging and other messages to indicate an informational message, with an intent to communicate to the receiver that they ...

were discontinued and terminated on 14 December 2018 (But Lifetime Channel Programming Block's revival on

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officially ceased on 30 September 2021), until Lifetime Asia was officially relaunched back on 15 September 2021 along with

BBC Earth BBC Earth is a brand used by BBC Studios since 2009 to market and distribute the BBC's natural history content to countries other than the United Kingdom. BBC Studios is the commercial arm of the public service broadcaster. BBC Earth commercia ...

Paramount Network Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles. The channel was or ...

BBC Lifestyle BBC Lifestyle is an international television channel wholly owned by BBC Studios. The channel provides six programming strands: Food, Home & Design, Fashion & Style, Health, Parenting, and Personal Development. On 1 August 2019, BBC Lifestyle a ...

, Showcase Movies,

HBO Hits HBO Hits is a multiplex channel of HBO in Asia featuring Hollywood blockbuster movies of all genres. Programming HBO Hits Asia has licensing deals with two major Hollywood conglomerates film studios: Warner Bros. Discovery (Warner Bros. Pict ...

and

HBO Family Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...

. The replaced channels moved their channel numbers until 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm. *2019 **

Astro Maya HD Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), a ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 January 2019 at midnight. The programs were later carried by the upgraded

Astro Prima Astro Prima is a Malaysian pay television channel owned by Astro, launched on 29 September 2003. It broadcasts Malay dramas, documentaries and classic movies. Primawara Slot * ''Jihad Iskandar'' * ''Perempuan Dalam Pusungan'' * ''Mira Sofea ...

and

Astro Oasis Astro Oasis is a Malaysian television station owned and operated by Astro. The channel broadcasts Islamic-related programmes. Its highest rated program is the reality TV series, '' Imam Muda''. Astro Oasis is currently available for free-to-vi ...

channels which are both 24-hour dedicated channels and its available to all Astro customers. For NJOI customers who have the HD decoders, they can still enjoy these channels if they are purchasing the unit before 28 April 2021, but new customers buying the new decoder after 28 April 2021 will have to purchase the new NJOI subscription-based pack in order to access these said channels. **The SD version of

Disney XD Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years ...

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 on 15 March 2021. **

Channel NewsAsia CNA (stylised as cna), which is an acronym derived from its previous name, Channel NewsAsia, is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by the country's national public broadcaster Mediacorp. It broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Sin ...

rebranded to CNA on 29 March 2019 as Channel NewsAsia celebrated its 20th anniversary. **

Astro Xi Yue HD Astro Xi Yue HD ( ms, Astro Xi Yue) was a free TV channel for NJOI and Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae ban ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2019 at midnight because the Overseas event channel would be aired on Channel 338. It is the first Chinese HD channel to be ceased on Astro. Replaced by iQIYI HD starting 17 July 2019 on the same channel number (Channel 300). **A-List ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 August 2019 at midnight due to low viewership, but its Astro OD (

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) service continued. ** Tara HD was discontinued and terminated on 1 October 2019. Replaced by Colors Hindi HD at 6.00am. *2020 **

and

E! Entertainment E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which primarily focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUnive ...

officially ceased transmission and broadcasting on New Year's Day (1 January) 2020 at midnight stroke as it ceased broadcasts across Asia while programmes on its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved. Replaced by Comedy Central Asia on the same date at 6:00 am until it ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 because it officially ceased broadcasts across Asia while its VOD service continued reserved. They are the first historic channels to cease on Astro.

and

shows were moved to

(Channel 702, previously Channel 110) but it was ceased on 1 October 2021 and transferred the shows to

PRIMEtime Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...

. **

Setanta Sports Setanta Sports is a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland broadcasting throughout select Eurasian. The company was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to international audiences. The company previo ...

was rebranded to RugbyPass TV on 29 January 2020. **The SD version of

Astro Wah Lai Toi Astro Wah Lai Toi () is a Cantonese Video on demand (Formerly from Cantonese TV Channel) owned and operated by Astro in partnership with Hong Kong's TVB. The channel offers mainly TVB programming, alongside some local content. To satisfy a gr ...

officially ceased transmission and 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 both ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 5 April 2020 at 00:15 and 00:30 hours respectively under Jade pack. **

Kompas TV Kompas TV is a national terrestrial private news television network in Indonesia. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group and is named after its flagship property, the ''Kompas'' daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in ar ...

and

NET Net or net may refer to: Mathematics and physics * Net (mathematics), a filter-like topological generalization of a sequence * Net, a linear system of divisors of dimension 2 * Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up ...

ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission as Bintang and

(offered under Indo Pek) on 1 June 2020 at midnight. In substitution, Astro introduced two new HD channels under Indo Pek offerings, SCTV and

Indosiar PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television network. It broadcasts nationwide on UHF and can be received throughout the Indonesian archipelago on analog PAL television sets, established on ...

are launched as Astro Rania HD and Astro Aura HD on 23 May 2020 and are also available in On-Demand and the Astro Go app. **

Jaya TV Jaya TV HD is a Tamil language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV HD is also broadcast to the expatriate Tamil community via various media partnerships. Hemant Sahai of HSA had Jaya TV HD as his first client. Jaya TV ...

Raj TV Raj TV is a Tamil language Indian general entertainment channel based in Chennai, India, which was launched on 14 October 1994. Rajtv became as the second most popular channel in Tamil. It is available through digital and mobile entertainment ...

and

Kalaignar TV Kalaignar is an Indian general entertainment satellite television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The channel was launched on 15 September 2007 as Kalaignar in respect of former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. Malaysia ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2020. Replaced by Zee Tamil HD at 00:05 hours. **

Astro Vaanavil Astro Vaanavil is a Malaysian pay television channel that broadcasts programming in Tamil, targeting the Indian community in Malaysia. It was launched on 1 June 1996. It was created by Astro. Starting 1 June 2020, Astro Vaanavil has been offic ...

was upgraded from SD to HD on 1 June 2020, and made available for all Astro customers. For NJOI customers who have the HD decoders, they can still enjoy the channel if they are purchasing the unit before 28 April 2021, but new customers buying the new HD decoder starting 28 April 2021 will have to purchase the new NJOI HD pack in order to access the said channel. **The SD version of Astro First ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2020. **

Astro Vellithirai ''Astro Vellithirai HD'' is a 24-hour Tanglish movie channel and also known as the Tamil version of the Asian HBO, showing the local and Kollywood movies. The channel began its broadcast on 16 April 2007 on channel 74, and moved to channel 202 o ...

and

Astro Vinmeen HD Astro Vinmeen HD is a Malaysia Tamil language high-definition free-to-view commercial satellite entertainment television channel network that is co-owned by Southeast Asia's second richest man, Ananda Krishnan and Astro Malaysia Holdings. It is ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission from

Singtel TV Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (originally develope ...

on 1 July 2020. Replaced by KTV HD and

Sun Music Sun Music ( ta, சன் மியூசிக்) is India's first 24-hour music channel led by the well-known Sun TV Network of India. The channel features Tamil music from Kollywood. Most of the shows in Sun Music requires call-in audience p ...

. **The SD version of Astro Best ceased broadcasting and transmission on 29 July 2020 while still retaining the HD version of the channel. **The SD versions of Fox Sports channels and

Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 November 2020 while still retaining the HD versions of the channels until the HD versions of Fox Sports channels ceased its broadcast on 1 October 2021. **The SD versions of Astro SuperSport channels ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 November 2020 while still retaining the HD versions of the channels. *2021 **

and

Disney Channel Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...

officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight stroke due to the television provider's refreshed Kids Pack on 14 December 2020 and the officially grand launching and launching ceremony of

in Malaysia on 1 June 2021 and were replaced by Nick Jr. HD and Boomerang HD which launched on the same date.

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 first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro. **Comedy Central Asia (717) ceased broadcasting on 1 February 2021, surviving for barely 13 months after launch because it ceased broadcast in Asia, but its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved (except for

). It was replaced by

on same channel number on 15 September of the same year. **All SD channels in Astro officially ceased broadcasting and transmission due to all fully officially switched to all HD channels on 28 February 2021 at 11:59:59pm. **

Astro Awani Astro AWANI is a Malaysian news organisation that broadcasts its news via Channel 501 on Astro. Since 2018, Astro AWANI has been consecutively recognised as Malaysia's most trusted news source by the Reuter's Digital News Report published by Re ...

was officially upgraded from SD to HD on 29 March 2021 and made available for all Astro customers. For NJOI customers who have the HD decoders they can still enjoy the channel if they are purchasing the unit before 28 April 2021 but new customers buying the new HD decoder starting 28 April 2021 will have to purchase the new NJOI HD subscription-based pack in order to access the said channel. **

ANIPLUS ANIPLUS is an Asian multinational television channel and anime distributor based in Singapore and South Korea. Launched on 7 December 2009, the channel is currently available on SK Broadband, LG Uplus IPTV service, and KT SkyLife. The company als ...

on Astro Go ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2021 due to low viewership but its VOD service continued reserved until 11 April 2021. ** When Astro launched their new NJOI HD subscription-based package for NJOI customers on 28 April 2021, these 10 HD channels,

, CCTV4,

, Hello,

eGG An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

and Astro Arena are no longer included as standard for new customers with NJOI HD decoders and thus requires them to purchase the said subscription package in order to view these channels. However, these said channels are still available for existing customers who purchased the HD decoders before 28 April 2021. ** Astro TVIQ was officially upgraded from SD to HD on 25 May 2021 and made available for all Astro customers. ** Astro Box Office Tayangan Hebat ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2021, but its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved. **

TVB News Channel TVB News Channel (previously TVB iNews) is a 24-hour non-stop Cantonese news and information channel based in Hong Kong and Asia, utilizing the resources of TVB News TVB News (), formally known as the News and Information Division (), is the ...

was officially discontinued and terminated on 1 July 2021, barely one year after launch due to copyright problems. TVB News programs on

TVB Jade TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Bro ...

continued to be reserved at 7:00am, 6:30pm and 11:00pm until Astro has launched TVB Anywhere+ application on 13 September 2021. **All

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited, (formerly Satellite Television Asian Region Limited (from 2001 trading as Star TV, stylised as STAR TV, and then as Star until 2009), subsequently Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited and Fo ...

channels (except Star Chinese Channel,

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). T ...

and

BabyTV BabyTV (stylised as Baby''tv'') is a multilingual international television channel for babies, toddlers and preschoolers aged 3 or lower, owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney International Content and Operations division of T ...

) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and were replaced by Astro SuperSport 5, Astro Arena 2 (Channel 802) and

SPOTV SPOTV is a South Korean pay television network, which features sports programming and some sports-related talk shows. Founded in 2010, the network is the fourth non-'free-to-air' broadcaster in South Korea alongside KBS N Sports, MBC Sports+ a ...

due to the officially grand launching and launching ceremony of

in Malaysia on 1 June 2021. The Fox Sports channels are the first Sports channels to officially cease broadcasting and transmission on Astro. ** Hello channel officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and was replaced by Lifetime and

which were officially opened and launched on 15 September 2021 and

Discovery Science Discovery science (also known as discovery-based science) is a scientific methodology which aims to find new patterns, correlations, and form hypotheses through the analysis of large-scale experimental data. The term “discovery science” enco ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission at the same date due to review of the channel performance and replaced by Astro's new Nature Channel,

. They were first Learning channels to be ceased on

. At the same date, ART Variety was officially replaced with

ART Movies Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what ...

before officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2022. ** RugbyPass TV was officially rebranded to

Premier Sports Viaplay Sports and Premier Sports are a group of pay television sports channels owned by Viaplay Group. Viaplay Sports holds exclusive live UK and Republic of Ireland TV rights to La Liga, Scottish League Cup, Elite Ice Hockey League, NHL and ...

on 9 December 2021. **

Animax , stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese animation satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed other cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, it is headq ...

officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2021 at 11:59:59pm because due to low popularity but its VOD service continued reserved. *2022 ** Astro TVIQ officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm when

TA-DAA! TA-DAA! is a Malaysian English language children's television channel owned by satellite television operator Astro, alongside its sister channel PRIMEtime, Showcase Movies, BOO, and EGG Network. The channel started broadcasting on 15 March 2021 ...

launched on 15 March 2021 at 8:00am with the shows from the now-defunct channel are carried by

Astro Ceria Astro Ceria is a 24-hour Malay-language television channel that is broadcast on the Astro satellite television service. This channel is dedicated to toddlers and children. It was launched on 31 August 2006, making it Malaysia's first-ever te ...

and

. **

officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm because due to all shows and content officially relocated and moved to

and officially replaced by Moonbug Kids. ** 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 officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on the Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm because due to all shows and content officially relocated and moved to

and officially replaced by

Phoenix Chinese Channel Phoenix Television is a majority state-owned television network that offers Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other markets with substantial Chinese-language viewers. It is operated by ...

and

Phoenix InfoNews Channel Phoenix InfoNews Channel is a Hong Kong pay television news channel owned by Phoenix Television. It is the first channel to report news across the Greater China region, which includes mainland China, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The channel firs ...

in Malaysia. **Astro Tutor TV PT3 and Astro Tutor TV SPM will be merging into single channel named Astro Tutor TV SMK HD on channel 603 starting 1 April 2022. On the same day,

TVBS News TVBS News or (TVBS-N) is a Taiwanese pay television channel. Launched in 1995, it is the first 24-hour nationwide news channel in the country. Newscasts Current news sections are named as follows. (All time HKT) * Morning News (Weekdays: 09:00 ...

Astro AOD Astro On Demand (Simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel. The channel was officially ...

353,

355 and

Makkal TV Makkal TV is a Tamil language TV channel. It was launched on 6 September 2006 and is promoted by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Ramadoss is the founder of TV and T.Bhuvaneswari is the Vice President and Administrat ...

has ceased transmission and Astro Tutor TV SK and

OKEY ''Okey'' () is a tile-based game. The aim of the game is to score points against the opposing players by collecting certain groups of tiles. Okey is usually played with four players, but can also be played with only two or three players. It bea ...

will be upgraded to HD on channels 601 and 146. **

on Astro Go will cease transmission on 14 April 2022 at 1:00am while this channel upgraded to HD at the same day. ** Oh!K officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 May 2022 at 11:59:59pm, along with

. **Kix officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2022 at 12:59:15am. **

Chutti TV Chutti TV is a 24-hour Tamil cartoon television channel from the Sun TV Network in India. The target audience are children aged between 3 and 17. It was launched on 29 April 2007, making it Sun TV Network's first ever television channel for kids ...

officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 13 October 2022 and were replaced by Sun News, KTV HD and Sun Life.

Former
Unifi TV Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018) is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and ...
channels

*2013 ** SS TV, replaced with Polimer Channel on 1 January 2013. **

Nat Geo Music Nat Geo Music is a television music channel operated as a part of National Geographic Global Networks, which is a business unit of National Geographic Partners (a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society) ...

, replaced by Channel Music on 1 September 2013. *2014 **

KidsCo KidsCo was an international children's television channel founded and owned by a joint-venture between Corus Entertainment, DIC Entertainment, and Universal Networks International, Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007. By the end of 2007, Spar ...

, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 10 February 2014. ** Hypp Sensasi VOD has transitioned to Hypp Sensasi HD on 4 August 2014. ** UTV Stars and TRACE Sports ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2014. *2015 **All the Media Prima Radio Networks Stations ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2015. **

was ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015. **

FOX Football Channel Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Sta ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015, replaced by

FOX Sports 2 Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American List of sports television channels, sports-oriented pay television television channel, channel owned by the Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based a ...

on 26 August 2016. *2016 ** Red FM and Capital FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2016. ** Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 January 2016. ** FashionTV, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2016. **

Hikmah ''Hikmah'' (also ''Hikmat'', ar, حكمة, ', literally wisdom, philosophy; rationale, underlying reason, from Semitic root ) is a concept in Islamic philosophy and law. Mulla Sadra defined ''hikmah'' as "coming to know the essence of beings a ...

, replaced by Hypp Salam on 5 June 2016. **

Astro SuperSport Astro SuperSport is an English language in-house subscription satellite television network in Malaysia dedicated to broadcasting sports-related content 24 hours a day. It is available on the Astro via Channels 810 & 831 (HD) to subscribers of ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by

on 26 August 2016. ** Astro SuperSport 2 ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by Fox Sports News on 26 August 2016. **

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by

Zee Tamil Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, T ...

on 1 April 2017. Later,

was replaced by

Colors Tamil Colors Tamil is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Viacom 18 on 19 February 2018. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The network's programming consists of Tamil Series, Comedies, y ...

on 1 April 2019 respectively in HD only. **

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016. Replaced by

Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...

on 1 April 2017. Later,

was replaced by

Colors Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...

on 1 April 2019. **

and

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016. ** Dushh FM ceased broadcasting and transmission at 5 November 2016. ** TV Direct Showcase ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 December 2016. *2017 **

MNC Channel MNC Channel was an Indonesian international television channel owned by MNC Media. The channel aired news and entertainment programs from Indonesia for Indonesian communities worldwide. It was launched as "MNC The Indonesian Channel" in August ...

, replaced by Pesona HD on 1 April 2017. ** Two

UTV Bindass Bindass is an Indian pay television Hindi-language Music channel owned by Disney Star, targeted at young people. It was launched on 24 September 2007. History UTV Software Communications launched Bindass as a youth-oriented entertainment chan ...

Television channels,

Bindass Bindass is an Indian pay television Hindi-language Music channel owned by Disney Star, targeted at young people. It was launched on 24 September 2007. History UTV Software Communications launched Bindass as a youth-oriented entertainment chan ...

and

Bindass Play Bindass Play was a Hindi Indian music television channel based in India, owned by The Walt Disney Company (India). The channel was launched on 1 October 2014 and replaced an HD Bollywood news and entertainment channel, UTV Stars. The channel ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2017. Replaced by

Zee Cinema Zee Entertainment Enterprises (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Essel Group. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, businesses related to mobile contents, and operates 45 ...

Sony SAB Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. History Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ...

and Sony SET. Later,

, replaced by

Colors Cineplex Colors Cineplex (formerly Rishtey Cineplex from 2016 to 2019 in SD and the HD version formerly known as Cineplex HD from 2017–19) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 29 March 2016. History In June 2016 V ...

on 1 April 2019. ** Fox Sports News ceased broadcasting on 29 April 2017, barely 9 months after the channel launched. **

Syfy Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Lau ...

and

Universal Channel Universal TV, formerly Universal Channel, is an international pay television network specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBCUniversal International Netwo ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017. ** HyppSports 4 ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017. Replaced By Unifi Sports 4 on 28 February 2020. **

MTV Live HD MTV Live (formerly MTVNHD and MTV Live HD) is an international 24-hour high-definition live music pay television network that is operated by Paramount International Networks' subsidiary Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel is currently avail ...

was replaced by

MTV Asia MTV was a pan-Asian music pay-television channel which launched on 3 May 1995 as a standalone pay television channel. It was owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. History MTV Asia was officially launched on 3 May 1995 as a 24-hour English-languag ...

on 1 August 2017. ** Motorvision HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 September 2017. *2018 **

Capital TV Capital TV was a British rolling-music television channel owned by Global as a visual brand extension of radio's Capital FM. The channel played current chart hits. It reached 820,000 viewers on average every month on Sky alone. Capital TV wa ...

, replaced by Channel W on 3 January 2018. ** Channel Music, Channel and

FOX Crime Fox Crime (stylized as FOXCRIME) is a television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group, which airs across several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia such as Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Its basic programming include numero ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2018 due to low rating. First Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV, hence replaced by CJ WOW SHOP and Dunia Sinema. ** 1News Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 July 2018 due to low popularity. ** HyppSports and HyppSports 2 ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 August 2018 as ASN program suppliers ceased operations in Malaysia and Singapore, replaced by Sports Illustrated TV until broadcasts ceased on 1 May 2019. **

TVB8 TVB8 was a Mandarin language Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard C ...

and Stingray iConcerts was discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 September 2018. Second Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV. ** Hot FM and One FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2018. *2019 ** Channel W, HyppSports 3 and

Outdoor Channel Outdoor Channel is an American pay television channel focused on the outdoors, offering programming that includes hunting, fishing, Western lifestyle, off-road motorsports and adventure. The network can be viewed on multiple platforms including ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 January 2019 due to low popularity of Outdoor Channel. ** Now Chinese Drama International Version ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 March 2019. **

Sony Channel Sony Channel is a brand of general entertainment television channels, owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was previously known as Sony Entertainment Television (SET), but many of the channels, except the Indian television channel, were rebrand ...

and MUTV, ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2019 due to low popularity of MUTV HD. **

Bloomberg Television Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, reaching over 310 million homes worldwide. It is head ...

and PlayBox channel were discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 September 2019. ** RED by HBO and

BabyFirst BabyFirst (stylized in all lowercase since 2019) is an American TV channel that produces and distributes content for babies from 0–3 years and their parents through television, the internet, and mobile applications. The channel is owned by F ...

were discontinued and terminated at midnight, 1 October 2019. ** Now International was discontinued and terminated at midnight, 15 November 2019. *2020 ** Baogu Movies transited to its VOD service on 1 March 2020. ** UTV Movies ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 July 2020. Replaced by Yupp Thirai HD and **

ceased broadcasting and transmission at the same date due to low popularity of Animax, but relaunched back on 1 October 2021. *2021 ** Comedy Central Asia officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 but Comedy Central On Demand still available. Replaced by

GEM A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, a ...

starting 1 October 2021. ** All

and

channels was officially cease broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm. Succeeded by

that was already launched in Malaysia. *2022 **

Sony Max Sony Max (known popularly as Set Max) is an Indian pay television entertainment channel which is a sister channel to Sony Entertainment Television, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel started broadcasting on 20 July 1999 and is a ...

and Sony SET officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2022. **

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. History It was launched on 2 ...

, Jaya Max and Polimer was ceased broadcast on 1st July 2022, replaced by

WION WION (World is One News) is an Indian multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels. The channel covers global news and current affairs. ...

Sony YAY! Sony YAY! is an Indian pay television channel aimed at children, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel created for age groups between 6 and 14. The channel primarily airs foreign animated series and some animes in native languages. ...

and

Zee Thirai Zee Thirai is an Indian Tamil-language pay television channel which broadcasts Tamil movies 24x7. Launched on 19 January 2020 and owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). Zee Thirai offering Latest Blockbuster Kollywood Premiere Movies.No ...

Former Tonton Live TV channels

*2021 ** CNA and

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 October 2021.

Former
HBO GO HBO Go is a partly-inactive authenticated video on demand of the pay television service HBO. The service allowed subscribers to HBO via television providers to access its programming on-demand via the HBO website, mobile apps, and digital media p ...
live TV channels

*2021 ** RED by HBO ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2021 due to lack of advertisements.

Other pay television providers

*2001 ** Mega TV ceased transmission on 1 October 2001. *2016 **

eTV ETV may stand for: Television * e.tv, a South African terrestrial television channel * Educational Television (Hong Kong), a television series * Educational television, the use of television in education * Enhanced TV, an interactive television ap ...

ceased transmission on 29 February 2016. **

ABNXcess Asian Broadcasting Network (M) Sdn Bhd, DBA ABNxcess, was the sole digital cable television operator in Malaysia, launched on 8 June 2013. The company offers cable television services via the cable network which has been in operation since 2012 ...

ceased transmission in 2016. ** Fine TV

TV channels

*1999 **

MetroVision 8TV () is a Malaysian Chinese-language free-to-air television (formerly both English and Chinese-language free-to-air television) network focused on the Chinese community of Malaysia. Its programming consists of mostly dramas, sitcoms, and re ...

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 TV Pendidikan, also abbreviated as TVP (known as DidikTV KPM (under Media Prima Berhad)) is a Malaysian educational television network owned, produced and operated by Ministry of Education. The network will be airing educational programming ...

ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2008. Replaced by

DidikTV KPM TV Pendidikan, also abbreviated as TVP (known as DidikTV KPM (under Media Prima Berhad)) is a Malaysian educational television network owned, produced and operated by Ministry of Education. The network will be airing educational programming ...

on 17 February 2021. *2012 **

tvN TVN may refer to: * TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel * Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster * TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi * TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...

, changed its name with

Channel M Channel M was a regional television station, serving Greater Manchester. The station, originally known as ''Manchester Student Television'', was owned and operated by the GMG Regional Media division of Guardian Media Group. Coverage Original ...

on 23 November 2012, on 1 June 2016, the channel rebrands into current name. ** WBC, closed down since October 2012 due to financial problems. *2017 ** TVi was replaced with TV5 on 1 April 2017 (rebranded back with TVi on 8 April 2017) due to its rebranding. ** Hao Xiang Shopping Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017, replaced by LAKU Mall on 1 March 2018. *2018 ** TVi was replaced with

TV Okey RTM TV Okey (stylised as OKeY) is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia dedicated to East Malaysians and urban youths. It was launched on 21 March 2018 and airs programmes in English, Malay, and East Mal ...

due to its relaunch on 21 March 2018. *2019 ** CJ WOWSHOP ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2019. Later, CJ WOWSHOP officially broadcasting and transmission restore resume again from 15 April 2019 (excluding

). ** Channel W was discontinued on 1 April 2019, replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021. *2022 ** Drama Sangat and Media Prima Audio (formerly Ripple Media) radio channels were discontinued and replaced by SUKE TV at myFreeview on 28 March 2022. ** Astro Go Shop (Malay) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in myFreeview on 19 June 2022. ** WowShop (Chinese) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in myFreeview on 2 November 2022.

Government-owned television free-to-air broadcast channels

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

Over-the-top (OTT)

Private television free-to-air broadcast channels

Media Prima Berhad Media Prima Berhad, doing business as Media Prima and stylised as media prima, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment conglomerate with business interests in television, pri ...

Awesome Media Network Sdn Bhd

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

Semi government television free-to-air broadcast channels

Alhijrah Media Corporation

Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

Unit Komunikasi Awam Sarawak (UKAS)

Media Selangor Sdn. Bhd.

Terengganu Incorporated Sdn. Bhd.

Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

Digital terrestrial television

IPTV

Over-the-top (OTT)

Other television stations

Former or defunct channels and networks

Former
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channels (by timeline)

Former
Unifi TV Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018) is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and ...
channels

Former Tonton Live TV channels

Former
HBO GO HBO Go is a partly-inactive authenticated video on demand of the pay television service HBO. The service allowed subscribers to HBO via television providers to access its programming on-demand via the HBO website, mobile apps, and digital media p ...
live TV channels

Other pay television providers

TV channels

References

Further reading

Government-owned television free-to-air broadcast channels

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)

Over-the-top (OTT)

Private television free-to-air broadcast channels

Media Prima Berhad Media Prima Berhad, doing business as Media Prima and stylised as media prima, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment conglomerate with business interests in television, pri ...

Awesome Media Network Sdn Bhd

DNF Group Sdn Bhd

Semi government television free-to-air broadcast channels

Alhijrah Media Corporation

Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)

Sarawak Media Group (SMG)

Unit Komunikasi Awam Sarawak (UKAS)

Media Selangor Sdn. Bhd.

Terengganu Incorporated Sdn. Bhd.

Subscription-based providers

Satellite television

Digital terrestrial television

IPTV

Over-the-top (OTT)

Other television stations

Former or defunct channels and networks

Former Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), ... channels (by timeline)

Former Unifi TV Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018) is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and ... channels

Former Tonton Live TV channels

Former HBO GO HBO Go is a partly-inactive authenticated video on demand of the pay television service HBO. The service allowed subscribers to HBO via television providers to access its programming on-demand via the HBO website, mobile apps, and digital media p ... live TV channels

Other pay television providers

TV channels

References

Further reading

Former
Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), ...
channels (by timeline)

Former
Unifi TV Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018) is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and ...
channels

Former
HBO GO HBO Go is a partly-inactive authenticated video on demand of the pay television service HBO. The service allowed subscribers to HBO via television providers to access its programming on-demand via the HBO website, mobile apps, and digital media p ...
live TV channels