- Source: List of assets owned by Media Prima
This is a list of assets owned by Media Prima Berhad, a Malaysian media and entertainment conglomerate based in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Assets and subsidiaries
= Media Prima Television Networks
=Media Prima owns and operates five free-to-air television channels, each of them functioning under their own branding and subsidiaries. TV3 and NTV7 were established long before Media Prima exist, while others, 8TV and TV9 were formed through the group's acquisition of defunct television companies.
WOWSHOP is the group's teleshopping network. It was established on 22 February 2016 as CJ Wow Shop, a joint venture with Korean conglomerate CJ Group's subsidiary, CJ E&M. The teleshopping network became a fully owned subsidiary after the group bought CJ's remaining 49% stake. Apart from TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9 and Malaysia's No.1 edutainment channel, DidikTV KPM, Wow Shop is also available in two purpose-built channels on my Freeview. Tonton (formerly gua.com.my and later Catch Up TV) is the group's Over-the-top media service (OTT) which covers viewers across multiple devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones.
= Media Prima Audio
=Media Prima Audio (formerly known as Media Prima Radio Networks and later Ripple Media or simply Ripple) is a radio broadcasting subsidiary of Media Prima. It includes five radio broadcast brands – Eight FM (formerly One FM and later 8FM), Kool 101 (formerly Kool FM and Buletin FM), Fly FM, Hot FM, Molek FM and a podcast platform – Audio+ (formerly Ais Kacang). As of November 2021, based on the October 2021 Gfk Radio Survey, Media Prima Audio is the most popular radio network in Malaysia with over 5 million listeners and 57 million digital listeners since its rival, Astro Radio. However, Media Prima does not have Tamil-language radio stations, unlike Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and Astro.
= Media Prima International
=Media Prima International, Inc. is an international subsidiary of Media Prima which responsible for content development and distribution, headquartered in New York, United States.
= New Straits Times Press
=Media Prima owns more than 98% equity interest in the New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), which owns three of Malaysia's most recognised print and online news brands – namely its namesake the New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro, and their respective weekend editions as well as an online newspaper archive, KLiK. Apart from news brands, NSTP also owns printing subsidiary Print Towers Sdn Bhd, tertiary education reference website Mind Campus and learning portal FullAMark.
= Out-of-home advertising
=Big Tree
Kurnia Outdoor
UPD
The Right Channel
Gotcha
Big Tree Seni Jaya
= Production and distribution
=Primeworks Studios
Primeworks Distribution
Alternate Records & Talents
Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd is a content company and commercial subsidiary of Media Prima. It is one of Malaysia's production houses with content output in diverse categories covering television, cinema, and digital platforms. While it starts producing television series as early as 1984, Primeworks only began to identify themselves by introducing their own logo in July 2008 to distinguish from Grand Brilliance, another Media Prima subsidiary which was established in 1995.
= REV Media Group
=REV Media Group (formerly Alt Media and later Media Prima Digital) is a new media subsidiary of Media Prima which consists of the following brands:
= Integrated Solution Provider
=Media Prima Omnia
= Art gallery
=Galeri Prima
Former assets
= Divested
=Malaysia Institute of Integrative Media (formerly Akademi TV3; 1995–2003) - sold to SAL Group of Colleges in 2003
MPB Primedia (Philippines; 2008–2009) - sold to MediaQuest Holdings in 2009
TV3 Ghana (1999–2011) - sold to Media General Ghana Limited in 2011
Berita Publishing – formerly part of the New Straits Times Press prior to Media Prima's establishment in 2002; sold to Alaf Positif in 2000 and ceased operations in 2015
Malay Mail - sold to Redberry Media Group in 2012
Asia Honour Paper Industries (formerly Malaysian Newspaper Industries; MNI) - sold to Asia Honour Hong Kong in 2020
= Defunct or inactive
=Mega TV – Malaysia's first pay-TV service; ceased operations in 2001
Ambang Klasik – formerly a subsidiary of TV3; ceased operations in 2002
EMAS – a pay TV channel that airs classic television programs from Media Prima archive; ceased broadcasting in 2014
The 8 Unit (also known as Media Prima Talents) - Media Prima's talent agency; inactive since 2015
Grand Brilliance – formerly a TV production unit of TV3 and later a wholly-owned subsidiary of Media Prima; merged with Primeworks Studios in 2019 to create a new licensing, production and distribution company under the Primeworks Studios name
Drama Sangat – a specialty channel that airs Malay drama series that previously aired on TV3 and TV9; ceased broadcasting in 2022 but the brand continued to be used
References
External links
Official website
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