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MRTV
Broadcast areaMyanmar
HeadquartersTatkon, Naypyidaw
Programming
Language(s)Burmese
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerMinistry of Information (Myanmar)
Sister channels
History
Launched3 June 1980; 44 years ago (1980-06-03) (Analogue NTSC-M)
15 October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-15) (Digital DVB-T2)
Former namesMyanmar Television (1980-1997)
Links
Websitewww.mrtv.gov.mm
Availability
Terrestrial
MRTV
(Myanmar)
Channel 1 (HD)
RF Channel 31 554 MHz
Streaming media
MRTV Live streamWatch Live (Web)
Live TV 1 (App)

MRTV is a television network owned by Myanmar Radio and Television. It was launched on 3 June 1980 and is the first television network in Myanmar.

History

Television service in Myanmar was first introduced in June 1979 as a test trial in Yangon.[1] MRTV was first launched on 3 June 1980,[2] with broadcasts in color beginning on 1 November.[3] Regular television service was formally launched in 1981[4] using the NTSC standard.[5] In 2005, MRTV had 195 television relay stations throughout the country.[6]

In October 2013, MRTV started broadcasting on digital terrestrial with DVB-T2 System, same as most ASEAN Countries. 18 TV channels and 3 Myanmar Radio channels are on MRTV multiplex system. MRTV plans the news interface, to the modern style of starting sequences and will have well-decorated news room. The broadcasting hours also increased to 18 hours (previously 10 hours).
On February 15, 2015, MRTV adding 5 new TV channels to their Multplex Play Out system, such as MRTV-4, Channel 7, 5 Plus, MNTV and Channel 9.

On March 24, 2018, MRTV added 5 new TV channels to their Multiplex Play out System, such as Mizzima TV, DVB TV, Channel K, YTV and Fortune TV.[7]

Programming

Program's broadcast on Main MRTV HD channel.

Local Programming
The Sun, The Moon and The Truth 2015-2018
Battle of 2 Flowers 2018
Kyamar Noon 2018
Beautiful Wives Club 2018
Hospital Diary 2018
8PM Local News since 1980
English National News since 2021
Soccer View since 2015
Weekly Sports Info since 2015
Let's Sing, Let's Fun. 1997-2013
Family Quiz since 2020
Friday Night Live Show since 2020
Saturday Night Comedy Show since 2021
Saturday Night Opera since 2022
Imports
Telematch 1988
The Magic of David Copperfield 1989
Hawaii Five-O 1983
Little House on the Prairie 1984
The Six Million Dollar Man 1985
Love Boat 1986
Star Trek 1986-1987
Charlie's Angels 1987
Knight Rider 1988
Automan 1989
Hart to Hart 1989-1990
Airwolf 1990-1991
I Dream of Jeannie 1991
Bewitched 1992
Journey to the West 1992-1993
Dream of the Red Chamber
(Analogue version)
1993-1994
Full House 1993-1996
Oshin 1994
Mr. Bean 1996
Kommissar Rex 1997
Fortune Hunter (TV series) 1998
Dream of the Red Chamber
(HD Remaster)
2019-2020

Digital terrestrial television

Channel Picture format Channel name Programming Note
MRTV MUX 1
1 1080i 16:9 MRTV HD Main MRTV Programming
2 1080i 16:9 MRTV NEWS HD MRTV News channel Programing News & Current affairs Programming
3 480i 16:9 MRTV HLUTTAW MRTV Parliament Channel Programming
4 1080i 16:9 MRTV NRC HD MRTV NRC Channel Programming Minorities Service.
5 480i 16:9 HTV (MRTV Farmer) Htv Channel, MRTV Farmers Programming
6 480i 16:9 HTV Sports (MRTV Sports) Htv Sports, MRTV Sports Programming
7 480i 16:9 MITV MITV Programming Information, Cultural and Travel Programing in English.
8 480i 16:9 EDU Myanmar Educations Channel Programming
9 480i 16:9 M Entertainment Channel M Entertainment Channel Programming
10 480i 16:9 MRTV-4 MRTV-4 Programming
11 480i 16:9 Channel-7 Channel 7 Programming
12 480i 16:9 5-Plus 5 Plus Channel Programming
13 480i 16:9 MNTV MNTV Programming
14 480i 16:9 Channel-9 Channel 9 Programming
15 480i 16:9 MWD MWD Programming
16 480i 4:3 Channel K Channel K Programming
17 480i 4:3 YTV YTV Programming
18 480i 4:3 Fortune TV Fortune TV Programming
19 Audio only channel Myanma Radio Myanmar Radio National Service Programming
20 Audio only channel Upper Tineyinthar Myanmar Radio Minorities Programming.
21 Audio only channel Lower Tineyinthar Myanmar Radio Minorities Programming.
22 Audio only channel Test Radio Test
23 Audio only channel MRI Channel Myanmar Radio International Programing
24 Audio only channel Tha Pyay Myanmar Radio 2nd Programing
Relay Station Transmitter Site Frequency Channel Transmitter Power (ERP)
Naypyitaw MRTV Headquarters, Tatkon E21 474 MHz 3KW
Naypyitaw Pyinmana E30 546 MHz 3KW
Yangon MRTV Broadcasting Center, Kamayout E31 554 MHz 3KW
Mandalay
Sagaing
Mount Sagaing E31 554 MHz 3KW
Momywa Bodhi Ta Htaung E30 546 MHz 3KW
Kanbalu ? E27 522 MHz 1KW
Kalay Kennedy peak E25 506 MHz 3KW
Kyaukpadaung Mount Popa E27 522 MHz 3KW
Pyin Oo Lwin
Maymyo
? E30 546 MHz 600W
Meiktila ? E30 546 MHz 3KW
Minbu
Magway
Minbu E27 522 MHz 3KW
Pakokku Near Su Gyi Pan Taung & Sāsana Perla Monestary, No.11 ward, Pakokku Tws. E32 562 MHz 3KW
Taung Dwin Gyi ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Pathein ? E30 546 MHz 3KW
Kyaunggom ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Bogale ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Bago ? E30 546 MHz 3KW
Taungoo ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Nyunglebin ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Pyay ? E26 514 MHz 3KW
Dawei ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Myeik ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Taunggyi ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Lahio ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Keng Tung ? E27 522 MHz 300W
Sittwe ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Mawlamyine Near Mon State Police Station, Taung Yoe Dan Rd. E27 522 MHz 3KW
Belin ? E29 538 MHz 3KW
Pa An Near Hla Ka Nyin Park, Hla Ka Nyin Rd E30 546 MHz 3KW
Myitkyina ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Bhamo ? E27 522 MHz 3KW
Hakka ? E21 474 MHz 500W
Loikaw ? E24 498 MHz 1KW

Satellite television

In order to counter illegal satellite television channels, MRTV launch its own Free to Air Direct to Home service called MRTV DTH on February 1, 2022. It offers 24 TV channels and 6 Radio channels, using Intelsat 39 (62°E). Which is some of the beams on that satellite are ranted by Government of Myanmar. [8] [9]

Channel number Channel name Channels resolution
1 MRTV HD 1080i
2 MRTV NEWS HD 1080i
3 MRTV Parliament 480i
4 MRTV NRC HD 1080i
5 HTV (MRTV Farmers) 480i
6 HTV Sports (MRTV Sports) 480i
7 MITV 480i
8 EDU 480i
9 M Entertainment Channel 1080i
10 MRTV-4 480i
11 Channel 7 480i
12 5 Plus 480i
13 MNTV 480i
14 Channel 9 480i
15 MWD 480i
16 Channel K 480i
17 YTV 480i
18 Fortune TV HD 1080i
19 Mahar HD 1080i
20 Mahar Esports HD 1080i
21 New Image HD (NIHD) 1080i
22 Maharbawdi Channel 480i
23 Readers Channel 480i
24 Myanmar Radio Audio only
25 Upper Tineyinthar Audio only
26 Lower Tineyinthar Audio only
27 Test Radio Audio only
28 Myanmar Radio International Audio only
29 Tha Pyay Audio only

See also

References

  1. ^ Thant Myint-U (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps--Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
  2. ^ "Junta Launches New PR Offensive". The Irrawaddy. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010.
  3. ^ "On This Day | the Day in 1980 when Color TV Arrived in Myanmar". November 2019.
  4. ^ May Thaw (12–18 March 2007). "Broadcasting options expanding". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ Michael Hegarty; Anne Phelan; Lisa Kilbride (1 January 1998). Classrooms for Distance Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint. Leuven University Press. pp. 260–. ISBN 978-90-6186-867-5.
  6. ^ "Myanmar to Launch Second FM Radio Station". Xinhua. Red Orbit. 5 October 2005.
  7. ^ Ko, Thet (19 February 2018). "Myanmar to get five more TV channels". Mizzima News.
  8. ^ Ko, Thet (1 February 2022). "၇၅ နှစ်မြောက် စိန်ရတုပြည်ထောင်စုနေ့ကို ကြိုဆိုဂုဏ်ပြုသောအားဖြင့် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ တာဝန် ထမ်းဆောင်ခဲ့သည့် တစ်နှစ်မြောက် နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့ အထိမ်းအမှတ် မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့် ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားစိန်ရတုပြတိုက်၊ MRTV News Channel နှင့်MRTV DTHစနစ်ဖွင့်လှစ်". Myanmar Radio and Television.
  9. ^ Daw May Thaw, La Win (27 July 2023). "ပြန်ကြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ဦးမောင်မောင်အုန်း MRTV DTH စနစ်တွင် ရုပ်သံလိုင်းများ ထည့်သွင်းထုတ်လွှင့်နိုင်ရန် Request For Proposal တင်သွင်းသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများက အဆိုပြုလွှာများ လာရောက်ရှင်းလင်းတင်ပြပွဲသို့ တက်ရောက်". Myanmar Radio and Television.