My tuner does not have Hbbtv function. Are you using an IDTV (TV with built in digital tuner)? You must be located in Klang valley then cos last I know HBBTV is only available there. Good for you. Care to share some screenshots?

If yours is after 2011 model then you should have dvb-t2. Mine is 2010 model Dvb-t only. Cannot tune.

Buy a combo box with T2 and S2. Get the best of all of it.


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Don't know if this was posted previously but it does state who are the possible broadcasters for MYTV

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Edge Weekly
MYTV to cut transmission fees amid criticism from broadcasters
By Kamarul Anwar / The Edge Malaysia | September 13, 2016 : 7:00 PM MYT
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This article first appeared in Corporate, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on August 29 - September 4, 2016.


MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd, an infrastructure and network service provider controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, has agreed to lower its fees for digital transmission of terrestrial television, following complaints from free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters that they were too high, say sources.

The MYTV board is now deliberating the new charges, says a source familiar with the matter.

MYTV had earlier proposed a transmission fee of RM12 million for each standard definition (SD) channel and RM25 million for a high-definition (HD) channel once it reaches the key performance indicator of 98% of households. It needs to do so by June 30, 2018, which is the date set for Malaysia’s analogue switch-off.

It is understood that the company is considering lowering the fees for SD channels to “a high range of seven figures” a year, while that for HD channels will be based on the programmes’ required bandwidth.

“MYTV will finalise the transmission fees by its official launch, which is tentatively scheduled for Oct 10, but the government has requested pushing back the date,” the source says.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is said to have recently approved 12 new FTA TV channels, bringing the total number issued to 43.

The higher number of licences is good news for MYTV, given that its chief commercial officer Haniza Ros Nasaruddin had been reported as saying that it aims for 30 channels to come on board in order to break even within five to seven years from 2014, which was when it received the 15-year concession from MCMC.

But given the lower transmission fees, the timeline to break even may have to be extended, and it may need to get more channels than it had targeted.

Assuming the transmission fee per SD channel is lowered to RM9 million — at the high end of the seven-figure range — it is still 25% less than the RM12 million suggested earlier.

Revising the fees for HD channel transmission is trickier. In January last year, Haniza told The Edge that the bandwidth required for HD was three times more than that for SD, meaning the RM25 million asked by MYTV was already at a discount.

“As such, MYTV is looking to charge broadcasters based on the (HD) channels’ bandwidth requirements. A channel dedicated to sports programmes, for example, would need more bandwidth to properly capture the swift movements and details in the visuals, compared with, say, a drama,” says the source.

Some media players have compared MYTV’s transmission fees to Thailand’s — given the proximity and similar technology employed — which is around THB58.8 million (RM6.8 million) a year.

According to sources, the business model in Malaysia is different from that of Thailand’s digital terrestrial television (DTT), given that the latter’s six incumbent broadcasters had to fork out over THB16 billion each for the infrastructure.

The Thai DTT broadcasters also needed to bid for spectra in 2013, which raised about THB39.65 billion for 24 channels in SD and HD.

Meanwhile, an industry source notes that of the 12 new channels approved by MCMC, five were allotted to Enjoy TV Holding Sdn Bhd — a new company owned by film executive Datuk Yap Tin Sang — which already has an eponymous Chinese-language home shopping channel on Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s HyppTV.

Another two were awarded to an entity named Borneo TV, which is run by former Media Prima Bhd executives, including Datuk Seri Farid Redzuan, a former group CEO of television networks at Media Prima, who is now a communications adviser to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Its programmes will cater for audiences in Sabah and Sarawak.

Of the remaining channels, one went to Kumpulan Media Karangkraf Sdn Bhd to air the television version of its Sinar Harian publication; three to Broadway Media Sdn Bhd, the content distributor for Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd’s Indonesian-centric channels Bintang and Pelangi; and one to a new player that currently supplies content to state-owned FTA TV stations AlHijrah Media Corp and Radio Televisyen Malaysia, says the source.

Incumbent broadcasters will get 26 channels in total: nine each for RTM and Media Prima, six for AlHijrah and two for Bernama.

The source notes that this does not mean all the 43 approved channels will go on air. “Depending on their business strategies and financial standing, they might not use the licences they get.”

For instance, Enmedia Ventures Sdn Bhd — the company behind Bloomberg TV Malaysia and owned by former minister Tan Sri Mohd Effendi Norwawi — has been granted five licences, but may end up broadcasting only two, the source says.

It has been reported that a number of people have left Bloomberg TV Malaysia, after Astro stopped broadcasting its programmes on Channel 519 in July.

Star Media Group Bhd has also applied for three licences, and entertainment group KRU Studios Sdn Bhd has thrown its name into the hat as well.

Depends on what antenna you are using. If outdoor then should be receiving channels. If indoor antenna make sure it is powered and place the antenna near window. Try to tune manually. Check SKMM website for coverage. Gunung Jerai is using frequency 666 and 698.

This post has been edited by izz70: Dec 7 2016, 08:03 AM

Look at my earlier post. Amongst those awarded with broadcast license under MYTV are:

EnjoyTV - 5 channels
BorneoTV - 2 channels
Kumpulan Media Karangkraf Sdn Bhd - 1 channel (Sinar Harian TV)
Broadway Media Sdn Bhd - 3 channels
RTM - 9 channels
Media Prima - 9 channels
Al Hijrah - 6 channels
Bernama - 2 channels
Enmedia Ventures Sdn Bhd - 5 channels
Star Media Group Bhd - 3 channels
KRU Studios Sdn Bhd

Other rumored to have applied for License

ACTV - 3 Channels
NAM TV

So you can count how many possible channels that we might have.

Maybe mostly cluttered with news channels, for example EnMedia is the owner of Bloomberg TV Malaysia and also StarTV, Sinar Harian. BorneoTV would be something like a travelogue TV channel like GOASEAN. EnjoyTV will be an ad channel same as WOWTV and ASTRO GO SHOP. We'll for January 2017 then (or maybe 2018 for further) hahaha

How come I don't see that OTA mux?

Mine was replaced last 2 wks with no time display and was charged RM50 by the contractor being service charges

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I have been using this unit for over a year now but still yet to figure out how to make the subtitles appear when you are watching USB movie.

Better buy from lazada. I bought 2 different types. Both working perfectly apart from the problems with mytv transmitter

Try using an amplified indoor antenna but place it near the window and adjust the position accordingly till you get at least 55% signal. If the signal is very weak try connecting to your tv with a RCA cable (the red, white and yellow one) instead of HDMI. Is it called RCA or what? Somebody correct me if I am wrong. Hope it helps.

Has anyone tried this model? Most model has the same software interface using the Rafael tuner.


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Thanks for the info

The K2 would be the better one. Been using it since mid 2015 no problem so far except maybe the remote. MYTV decoders are only given to SELECTED ( not all) BRIM recipients

I am strongly considering getting this as my 3rd unit. K1 has good reviews but I am not too sure of the 1G/8G capability

Put your antenna near the window and a high place. Use an extension cable. Do manual scan and wait till you get good signal.

For Kuching it depends on where you are located. Preferable a powered indoor antenna or better still outdoor antenna. For indoor (powered antenna) put it near a window then you will get good reception. The K2 is a good buy for a basic box

For K2 the recording function works well enough. You need a big hard disk though. I used to record (and program with timer) and get good results.

There don't seem to be any particular brand of the K2 and K3. It is just a generic brand. The main difference is that the K2 has a separate power adaptor. I have both and I feel K2 is better

You should be able to get good reception. Try to move your antenna until you get good signal. I have been using the K2 for more than a year. My location is about 16 km from gunung serapi although when it rains heavily the transmitter might go down previously. The situation has much improved now. Get a powered antenna. A lot can be found at e-mart.