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

We can finally watch RTM and TV3 in HD

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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

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

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

"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

All ASEAN countries will have to turn off the analogue transmission by 2020.

Hmmmmm....Most likely following SG standard, DVB-T2.

I guess those RTM and Media Prime digital channels will be available on Astro too. Singapore pay-tv subscribers don't need to buy an extra set-top box too.

Puncak Semangat said they will cooperate with TM. However, if you are watching digital channels through Astro platform, service disruption is almost a sure thing.



This post has been edited by leetan33: Jun 2 2014, 08:02 PM

To make it simple:



Honestly speaking, I don't know analogue transmission in very details.

No, HD Ready TV means the TV is capable of watching HD content, but it is not Full HD. HD Ready TV normally has the resolution of 1366 X 768 only.

You may refer to the list provided by SG's MDA.
http://www.mda.gov.sg/PublicEducation/Digi...lingScheme.aspx

Click "List of DVB-T2 Product Models".

Any TV will do, even CRT, but to enjoy the full experience, a full HDTV is preferred. If your TV doesn't have in-built digital TV, you will have to get one.

For sure they will complete by 2020. It's a MUST as agreed upon by ASEAN members.

This will be put on loop in 1080i on RTM HD

Source: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1066544

He said the STBs, which will be full-featured in order to receive interactive services and hybrid services, will be distributed on Jan 16, 2015 before it goes on air on April 16, 2015. It is also in talks with Pos Malaysia to distribute the STBs via 700 Pos Malaysia outlets.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/Tech/Tech-News/2...to-hit-in-2015/

The move to digital TV broadcast is happening


GOING DIGITAL: Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd DTT deputy project director Mohamed Redzwan Yahya (left) and project director Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Yaacob fielding questions at the company's DTT press conference in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd, the company awarded the concession to develop the Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT), hopes to achieve 85% coverage by population when the DTT service rolls out on April 16, 2015.

At a press conference recently, Mohamed Redzwan Yahya, Puncak Semangat’s DTT deputy project director outlined the plans the company has to make the move from the current analogue broadcast system for Malaysia’s free-to-air television to the new digital broadcast system.

“We have an outside-in rollout strategy, that means we go to the rural areas for analogue switch-off, then to the sub-urban and then finally to the urban areas in stages,” said Mohamed Redzwan.

The idea is that free-to-air television will benefit those in the rural areas the most, while urban and sub-urban areas already have paid satellite television services.

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).

However, when the DTT service is initially offered, only TV services and radio services will be available, with the other three services to be eventually offered via home broadband networks.

Eventually, the DTT service cover some 98% of the population and will have the capacity to offer up to 80 television channels and between 30 to 40 radio stations.

To encourage adoption, Puncak Semangat is also subsidising and deploying some two million set top boxes with portable indoor antennas to eligible consumers.

According to Mohamed Redzwan, the company is still looking into how to select eligible recipients that will receive the set top boxes but said that the company will probably be drawing from the eKasih database.

Other consumers who are not eligible to receive the subsidised set top boxes will have to purchase it, although Puncak Niaga is still in discussions with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on the final pricing for the set top boxes.

However, the decision to purchase set top boxes may eventually be moot, as the DTT service conforms to European Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) standards, which means that many consumer electronics manufacturers already produce HDTVs with the digital tuner required to decode the DTT service already built-in.

Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Yaacob, project director for Puncak Semangat, said that while HDTVs with such digital tuners are not common in this country right now, television manufacturers will most likely start selling sets that will be able to decode the DTT signal when the service gets more widespread here.

Source: http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/531880

Key points:
1. The analogue transmission system in Malaysia will be shut down in June 2016.
2. There will be 30 digital channels at the beginning, including 9 HD and 21 SD channels.
3. The new digital system can support up to 80 digital channels, including 24 HD and 56 SD channels.
4. A governmental information channel will be available in selected areas.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014...oadcasting-hub/

Free-to-air TV to go digital soon


Ahmad Shabery (right) having a light moment with Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd deputy project director Mohamed Redzwan Yahya after launching the MYTV digital terrestrial TV services at Sime Darby Convention Centre.

PETALING JAYA: Free-to-air television viewers will have access to more channels and greater interactivity with an impending switch from analogue broadcast to a new era of digital TV.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) project next year would transform Malaysia into an advanced broadcasting hub in the region.

The DTT technology offers high quality TV and radio services, connected services (Catch-Up TV, online games, video-on-demand, T-commerce (television commerce) and soft services (e-learning and SMS voting) via broadband application.

Ahmad Shabery said the idea was mooted when many people asked him to give more time to air parliamentary sittings on TV.

“The Government wants to be open and allow the public to see their MPs debating. But there are constraints including low spectrum and frequency under the analogue broadcast system,” he said in his speech during the MYTV DTT Transformation launch here on Wednesday night.

Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd director Datuk Hilmi Mohd Noor said the company would ensure that the project would be completed within two years to benefit some six million households in the country.

“DTT services will be rolled out in four phases, starting in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang next year.

“This will be followed by Phase 2 in Sabah and Sarawak, Phase 3 in Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor while the final phase will be implemented in Selangor, Klang Valley, Putrajaya and remaining parts of the country,” he said.

Puncak Semangat, which was awarded a 15-year concession by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, will invest RM2bil to develop DTT infrastructure and facilities.