Malaysia Digital TV News

Malaysia carries out first 5G live broadcast
Oct 1, 2024 – Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) have conducted Malaysia's first 5G-powered live broadcast, with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as technology partner.
News categories: Ericsson, DNB, RTM, David Hägerbro, Ken Tan, 5G, Digital TV, Malaysia

Prime develops Android TV stick for sooka in Malaysia
Jul 17, 2024 – sooka has launched its sooka TV Stick streaming device in Malaysia. The Android TV stick, developed in collaboration with STB manufacturer Prime, transforms any TV into a powerful entertainment hub.
News categories: Prime Electronics, sooka, Kiwy Hsieh, Android TV, Digital TV, Malaysia, Set Top Box, Streaming

Astro Malaysia presents results for quarter ended 30 April 2024
Jun 25, 2024 – Astro Malaysia has presented unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 April 2024. Year-on-year, Astro's TV customer base decreased by 3% from 5.458 million to 5.309 million subscribers.
News categories: Astro Malaysia, Digital TV, Malaysia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers

Malaysia SVOD household penetration to reach 43% in 2028
Jun 24, 2024 – Household penetration of SVOD services in Malaysia is expected to increase from 26% in 2023 to 43% in 2028, driven by the increasing consumer preference towards OTT platforms, forecasts GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Kantipudi Pradeepthi, Digital TV, Malaysia, Market Research, Streaming

Astro selects Amagi and AWS to transition playout to the Cloud
May 31, 2024 – Astro, with Amagi, is modernizing systems and infrastructure for the playout and origination of its linear channels and playout disaster recovery capabilities and transitioning them to AWS.
News categories: Amagi, Astro, Amazon Web Services, Srinivasan KA, Mauro Di Pietro Paolo, Pete Murray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia

MEASAT supports SPOTV Asia Pacific playout operations
May 29, 2024 – MEASAT has signed with SPOTV Media Solutions to support SPOTV's Asia Pacific playout operations from the MEASAT Teleport and Broadcast Centre (MTBC) in Cyberjaya.
News categories: MEASAT, SPOTV, Ganendra Selvaraj, Lee Choong Khay, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia, Satellite

Media Prima selects Irdeto multi-DRM and anti-piracy services
Sep 14, 2023 – Media Prima has selected Irdeto as its Multi-DRM and anti-piracy service provider, enabling it to confidently grow the user base of its Tonton streaming service, and maximize its viewership revenue.
News categories: Irdeto, Media Prima, Andrew Bunten, Gregory Eu, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Malaysia, Streaming

Tonton selects Switch Media for new Malaysian OTT service
Aug 7, 2023 – Switch Media has announced that Tonton, Malaysia's largest video streaming network, is using its MediaHQ online content publishing platform to create its new OTT service.
News categories: Switch Media, Tonton, Oscar Gutierrez, Gregory Eu, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia, Streaming

Astro launches FAST services on 'sooka' streaming service with Amagi
Jul 6, 2023 – Amagi has announced a partnership with Astro to support the launch of Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) services on sooka, Astro's standalone streaming service in Malaysia.
News categories: Amagi, Astro, sooka, Srinivasan KA, Chu Young Lee, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia, Streaming