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

That they will tell you to subsribe NjOi

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

inb4 cannot watch world cup on rtm useles shit oso

get sattelite dish and china decoder

These days tv come in build in tuner u nak box for what ?

no need hacked truevision.

as long know know to set your decoder and aim at the sattelite that has your unencrypted unsubscribe channel.

you will get all those channel that you mentioned.

kroni lagi. malaysia ni agaknya penduduknya menteri dan kawan-kawan je kut.

Maybe they want to milk the first gen digital transmitters in Klang Valley for all it's worth first?

I don't think so. I think those are owned by RTM themselves, since they only carry RTM signal.

And I thought they agree that they will not be transmitting TV on frequency above 700MHz already so can free up to telco and use to allow roaming for US visitors (and those foolish enough to buy AT&T MiFi which cannot support 2.6GHz LTE)

Not really. The problem with HyppTV and ABN is most households tend to have more than one TV. So far neither have plans for supplementary boxes. So the TV in the hall will have ABN, HyppTV, etc. But the one in the bedroom will need some other method (unless Android TV box or STB output splitting is used, and STB output splitting has it's own problems- ie the two TVs are forced to watch the same channel). Also there are Luddites that are perfectly happy with terrestrial and don't want Pay TV- my parents are among of them.

Next year LoL

There is two flaws to ISDB from what I can see

Firstly, it means switching our workflow over to 60Hz. Malaysia historically uses 50Hz. ISDB is a 60Hz system. Cameras have to be changed (not a problem if the studio hasn't upgraded to HD yet, but if they have, it will be an expensive exercise to replace the 50Hz HD cam with 60Hz ones), and then lighting because using 60Hz camera with 50Hz lighting causes flicker. Converter equipment to play back older 50Hz PAL archived material will be needed at TV stations. Ultimately it will need TNB to change our country to 60Hz power, which will cause issues with equipment hard wired for 50Hz like air conditioning, ice cream maker and even fridge.

Secondly, ISDB requires use of mandatory license cards (B-CAS card), which equals bringing back TV license. While I don't mind paying for license if it will increase the quality of the TV shows airing, I do mind the risk that the money will only get songlap.

Yes, but my point is, for us to adopt ISDB will require lots of changes to the country's infrastructure, even seemingly unrelated ones like power (otherwise if ISDB camera record anywhere still using 50Hz, light will be flickering because camera frame rate which is 60Hz cannot sync up with our 50Hz lighting). Also, ISDB mandates use of license card like assteruk which I'm not very fond of. DVB has license card implementation, but so far it's been optional.

As for mobile, well, most of us prefer IPTV solution on mobile anyway, since our mobile broadband infra is actually quite good.