Key points:


Photo courtesy of Kwong Wah Daily

1. Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd (PSSB), the company controlled by Syed Mokhtar was awarded a 15-year concession by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to develop the Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) infrastructure and network facilities.

2. A total of two million Set-Top boxes (STB) will be given out free to the under privilege and the needy.

3. The recipients will be chosen from the E-Kaseh and the Bantuan Rakyat1Malaysia (BR1M) database. However, urban citizens are excluded.

4. Mohamed Redzwan said by June 17, 2016, 98 per cent of the Malaysian population will be able to migrate from analogue to the DTT system.

5. Current Astro subscribers need not to purchase another set-top box.

6. The transition from analogue to digital will begin from Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Perlis, kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka dan Johor before reaching Selangor, Putrajaya and Klang Valley in the last phase.

7. Minister of Communication and Multimedia Ahmad Shabery Cheek said RTM will have seven channels on its platform and it can be used by Media Prime too.

8. Five services will eventually be offered, namely TV services, radio services, connected services (which includes catch-up TV, online games and video on-demand, amongst others), t-commerce (television commerce) and soft services (e-learning applications, SMS voting, etc).

9. China Press reported that the analogue transmission system in Malaysia will be shut down in June 2016. There will be 30 channels at the beginning, including 9 HD channels.

10. MyTV, a special purpose vehicle set up by Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd, said five core services for the digital terrestrial television (DTT) switchover will be launched in Q2 2015.

11. The Edge Malaysia reported that Malaysia will be adopting DVB-T2 technology for its digital television services. The initial migration to digital will be for government-owned and private stations, namely TV1,TV2, TV3, ntv7, 8TV, TV9, TV Al-Hijrah and Bernama TV.

12. The Sun quoted Multimedia and Communications Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek as saying that DTTB project is expected to be completed and implemented by 2017.

13. MyTV plans to introduce 30 channels initially, followed by another 30 channels over the next two years. By the end of 2019, it will have a total 80 channels on its platform, according to the company.

14. Currently, MyTV is talking to many content owners, business owners and brands, to try and convince them to launch their own channels on its platform.

15. On 7/4/2015, Ahmad Shabery Cheek said DTTB tests were expected to begin at the end of April via the transmitting stations in Bukit Pelindung, Kuantan, in Pahang; Bukit Besar in Terengganu and Machang in Kelantan.

16. On 4/7/2015, the minister announced that digital television services will be available across the country by the end of next year.

Sources:


Related information:
Know more about Digital TV from Singapore's MDA website

Digital TV in South East Asia

This post has been edited by leetan33: Jul 4 2015, 11:49 PM

how much per box??

We can finally watch RTM and TV3 in HD

owai

Another songlap project?

Why is the transition starting from those places first before reaching Klang Valley?

This post has been edited by leetan33: Jun 2 2014, 07:35 PM

only for poor people

Puncat Semangat

isn't that one of Crony company? oh dear

You're right. That is another Syed Mokhtar's company.

This post has been edited by leetan33: Jun 2 2014, 07:41 PM

BN will create more macais by brainwashing them with selected content.

2014, watch TV. Lol.

"Untuk harga set-top box, ia masih lagi berada dalam tahap perbincangan bersama SKMM. Kita masih belum tentukan‎," katanya.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/...h.ihbPY1BQ.dpuf

can mod then watch youtube onot?

Why need set top box? Digital tuner in current LCD TV can use or not. I here can get singapore HD channel.

Set top box is for those without built in digital tuner la

Not many lcd tv got built in tv tuner here in MY

please check for dna babi inside the box

takut kena tukar darah lagi

i got hypp tv edi... still need this ?

inb4 cannot watch world cup on rtm useles shit oso

It is an obligation to catch up with the rest of Asean.