Media Prima

Media Prima Berhad
ميديا ڤريما برحد
FormerlyProfitune Sdn. Bhd. (2000–2002)
Company typePublic limited company
MYX: 4502
ISINMYL4502OO000
Industry
Founded27 November 2000 (2000-11-27)
HeadquartersBalai Berita, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people
  • Datuk (Dr) Syed Hussein bin Syed Junid
  • (Chairman)
  • Rafiq Razali
  • (Group Managing Director)
Services
Revenue RM 8.81 billion
RM 95.7 million
Owner
Number of employees
6,187 (December 2023)
Divisions
  • Media Prima Television Networks
  • Media Prima Audio
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.mediaprima.com.my
Evolution of Media Prima
1974The New Straits Times Press is founded
1984TV3 is launched
1985Renong Berhad acquired TV3 and NSTP from Fleet Group
1993Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad acquires TV3 and NSTP from Renong Berhad
1995MetroVision is launched
Mega TV began operations
Akademi TV3 is founded
Grand Brilliance is founded
Ambang Klasik is founded
1998ntv7 is launched
1999MetroVision ceased operations
2000Profitune is founded
Akademi TV3 renamed as the Malaysia Institute of Integrative Media (MIIM)
NSTP divested Berita Publishing to Alaf Positif
2001Mega TV ceased operations
MRCB announces its intent to divested equity interest in TV3 and NSTP and transferred them to Profitune
2002Profitune renamed as Media Prima
Ambang Klasik ceased operations
2003Corporate restructuring of MRCB and divestiture of TV3 and NSTP by MRCB is completed
Media Prima began operations and acquires MetroVision
Channel 9 is launched
TV3 divested MIIM to SAL Group of Colleges
2004MetroVision is relaunched and renamed as 8TV
2005Channel 9 ceased operations
Media Prima acquires ntv7 and Channel 9
Fly FM is launched
2006Hot FM is launched
Channel 9 relaunched and renamed as TV9
2007Tonton is launched
Gua.com.my is launched
2008Primeworks Studios is founded
2009One FM is launched
2011Emas is launched
MIIM ceased operations
2012Media Prima Digital is founded
2014Emas ceased operations
2015Media Prima acquires Copyright Laureate which owns Ultra FM and Pi Mai FM
2016Kool FM is launched
CJ Wow Shop is launched
2017Media Prima acquires REV Asia Holdings
2018Media Prima Radio Networks rebranded as Ripple Media
2020Media Prima Omnia is launched
CJ Wow Shop renamed as Wow Shop
2021Ripple Media rebranded as Media Prima Audio
Kool FM and One FM rebranded as Buletin FM and 8FM respectively
2022Molek FM is launched
2023Buletin FM rebranded as Kool 101

Media Prima Berhad (English: Prime Media Limited; doing business as Media Prima and stylized in lowercase title), also abbreviated as MPB, is a Malaysian media company based in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. It is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in Malaysia with business interests in television, print, radio, out-of-home advertising, content creation and digital media. As of 2023, Media Prima employs over 6,000 staffs in total, of whom approximately 1,300 are in private-sector broadcasting. The company forms half of the mass media duopoly in the country along with Astro.

Established in 2000 as Profitune Sdn Bhd and originally started out as a multimedia company, Media Prima evolved to its current state with its present name in 2002 and began operations a year later after the demerger of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad's (MRCB) media assets. The company operates four television channels — TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9 and also five radio stations – Kool 101, Fly FM, Eight FM, Hot FM and Molek FM. Media Prima is also the owner of the New Straits Times Press, Malaysia's largest newspaper publisher with three national news brands – the New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.

Primeworks Studios, Media Prima's commercial subsidiary, responsible in produces, distributes and sells Media Prima TV networks' programs as well as helps to generate funding for content provision and also distributes TV3's online news service, Buletin TV3. The company currently ranks third in Malaysia in digital reach following the 2017 acquisition of REV Asia Holdings (now Catcha Digital), one of Southeast Asia's leading digital media groups. In 2018, Media Prima became the number one choice for mobile content ahead of Google and Facebook.