Digital Television in Malaysia V1, You will get it by latest end of 2015! 
Jun 7 2014, 12:30 AM
QUOTE(leetan33 @ Jun 2 2014, 07:22 PM)
Key points:
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.
Sources:
http://www.thestar.com.my/Tech/Tech-News/2...to-hit-in-2015/
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/free-set-top-...vilege-1.610050
http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles...cle/?mutakhir=1
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/...n-saingan-astro
Related information:
Know more about Digital TV from Singapore's MDA website
Digital TV in South East Asia
govt should FREE the high speed internet access before this digital tv implementation, that will boost economy more.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.
Sources:
http://www.thestar.com.my/Tech/Tech-News/2...to-hit-in-2015/
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/free-set-top-...vilege-1.610050
http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles...cle/?mutakhir=1
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/...n-saingan-astro
Related information:
Know more about Digital TV from Singapore's MDA website
Digital TV in South East Asia
Digital TV is nothing new in this region. more content and choices are true. as it could be "programmed", it is very easy to control and monitor, that is why some monopolized party in some countries are eagerly to implement. pros and cons, we only have one choice, JUST TAKE IT
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