List of television stations in Malaysia

Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. Analogue TV transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology. The switchover was done in stages by region, which began with 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 stands at a 99.9% coverage rate.

The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by a government-owned television broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels have been broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008. Free-to-air and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over OTT platform.

Currently there are only two free-to-air digital terrestrial platforms with high-definition digital television channels in Malaysia, MYTV and NJOI.

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