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digital television channel which provides news and programming from the region of

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to the state itself plus other parts of

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. TVS can be watched nationwide via the platform

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and myFreeview on channel 122.

History

Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) planned to launch a television station for Sarawak as part of the government digitalization plan of Malaysian television. The plan, however, did not come to fruition as the plan did not come to realization by which it was replaced by

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and the state television plan was later undertaken by a private company only to be launched as a streaming channel. The free-to-air license was eventually given the green-light in an announcement by

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, Sarawak's Minister for Local Government and Housing. The station would be given an early broadcast on 10 October 2020 in conjunction with the

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's Birthday before launching officially the next day on 11 October. On 15 October 2020, TVS becomes main partner of National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) and will finance its publishing work.

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