SKYNET Direct to Home (DTH), is a pay TV operator that provides nationwide
satellite television
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in
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Owner
Shwe Than Lwin Media Co., Ltd. is part of a conglomerate with diverse interests in Myanmar, they launched the broadcaster in November 2010. SKYNET DTH broadcasts a total 80 channels via
Apstar 7 satellite, provide internet services in the Pacific Asia region, and employ more than 2000 staff.
Owner and chairman of SKYNET DTH is Sino-Burmese businessman, Kyaw Win.
Channels
Launching SKYNET DTH with 24 channels, including Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Hero I-League, Indian Super League
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, American Major League Soccer, Australian A-League, NBA
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, CCL, Saudi Professional League
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, Saudi Super Cup
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Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the Super Cup has been contested by four teams since 2022: the winners and runners-up of the King's Cup and the Sa ...
, Myanmar National League
The Myanmar National League (abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which consisted only of 14 Yangon-based football clubs, with eight profession ...
and other sports and entertainment and expanding to 80 channels with media rights for competitions held by UEFA (Euro 2012
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, UEFA Champions League
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, Europa League). SKYNET DTH started broadcasting all matches of the Air KBZ Myanmar Lethwei
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World Championship, Premier League
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, IPL from the 2013-14 season after acquiring rights from FA. SKYNET DTH also have media rights of FIFA
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competitions, enabling SKYNET to broadcast live the FIFA World Cup 2018. It also has media rights to all of WWE
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, which broadcasts RAW, Smack Down Live, NXT and other pay-per-view shows from WWE.
The 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
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saw SKYNET DTH stop broadcasting some international channels, like Fox Network (now is Walt Disney Asia Pacific), Lifetime, CNN, BBC and more. As of December 2024, the total number of channels is 47.
References
External links
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Direct broadcast satellite services
Telecommunications companies established in 2010
2010 establishments in Myanmar
Telecommunications companies of Myanmar