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The first digital television service in Malaysia was launched by satellite based pay-TV operator ASTRO in 1996. Starting from September 2006, the Malaysian national broadcaster RTM began its trial Digital terrestrial television (DTTV) service for six months to 2000 selected households in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and surrounding areas. From the trial service, RTM intends to access viewers' response of the new service.[citation needed]
The trial DTTV service will offer the current 2 analogue TV channels (i.e. RTM1 and RTM2) in digital, and three new digital-only channels, namely RTMi (an interactive channel covering drama, music, news/current affairs and sports), Muzik Aktif (all music) and Arena (all sports). RTMi will be broadcasting from 7pm to midnight daily while Music Active will be from 9am to midnight. Also provided under the service are seven FM radio stations in digital audio and interactive services. Nationwide implementation is planned to begin by the year 2007 or 2008. All the above digital television services are in standard definition and RTM will initiate HDTV trials by 2009.[1] Currently there are no announced plans by either ASTRO or Media Prima for HDTV services. The Malaysian government has proposed to shut down all analogue television services in the country by the year 2015, planned to begin in 2008.
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- ^ Syed Azwan Syed Ali. "September Trial Programme For Digital TV", Bernama.
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