- Source: List of television stations in Malaysia
Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. Analogue television transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology. The switchover was done in stages by region, which began with from the Central and Southern on 30 September 2019, North and East on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019. The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stands at a 99.9% coverage rate.
The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by government-owned Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels have been broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008. Free-to-air and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over OTT platform.
Currently there are only two free-to-air digital terrestrial platforms with high-definition digital television channels in Malaysia, myFreeview and NJOI.
Government-owned television free-to-air broadcast channels
= Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
== Over-the-top (OTT)
=RTM Klik
Private television free-to-air broadcast channels
= Media Prima Berhad
== Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd
== DNF Group Sdn Bhd
=Semi government television free-to-air broadcast channels
= AlHijrah Media Corporation
== Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)
== Sarawak Media Group (SMG)
=Subscription-based providers
= Satellite television
=Astro
NJOI
OK Vision
= Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2)
=MYTV
NJOI (available for several free-to-air digital television channels)
= IPTV
=Unifi TV
= Over-the-top (OTT)
=Local OTTs
Astro GO
EDUWEBTV Archived 19 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
iFlix
MYTV ManaMana
Selangor TV
SIAR
Sooka
Tonton
Unifi TV app (formerly known as unifi playTV)
International OTTs
Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV+
BBC Player
beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Bilibili
Crunchyroll
Disney+ Hotstar
Eros Now
HBO GO
iQIYI
Lionsgate Play
Mango TV
Netflix
SPOTV NOW
SonyLIV
TVB Anywhere+
Viu
WeTV
Youku
ZEE5
= Other television stations
=Asia Media
Vision Four
Former or defunct channels and networks
= Former Astro channels (by timeline)
=1997
STAR Mandarin Movies was replaced with Astro AEC on 1 September 1997.
1998
Asia Business News and the original incarnation of CNBC Asia was merged to form CNBC Asia Business News on 1 February 1998 until Astro is now the 2nd Anniversary day from 4 months time.
MGM Gold ceased broadcasting on 6 April 1998, replaced by CINEMAX on 23 April 1998.
STAR Plus rebranded to STAR World on 1 May 1998.
CNBC Asia Business News rebranded to CNBC Asia on 1 July 1998.
NBC Asia rebranded to National Geographic Channel on 1 July 1998.
1999
Preview Channel (NHK World TV and Bloomberg Television) was split into NHK World TV and Bloomberg Television on 17 January 1999.
2002
TV Pendidikan/Animal Planet was split into TV Pendidikan (Channel 13) and Animal Planet (Channel 51) on January 1, 2002.
2006
TechTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2006.
NHK World TV was replaced with NHK World Premium on 1 May 2006.
TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2006.
2008
BBC World was rebranded to BBC World News on 21 April 2008.
Discovery Real Time was replaced with Discovery Turbo due to its rebranding in October 2008.
2009
RTM1 and RTM2 rebranded to TV1 and TV2 on New Year's Day (1 January) 2009 at midnight.
Astro News (carries program from DW TV, Al Jazeera English and Australia Network) ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 March 2009 while DW TV programs carried by BERNAMA TV.
Astro @Play ceased service on 1 May 2009 due to the insignificant number of subscribers.
Astro Kirana ceased broadcasting and transmission on 18 May 2009. Replaced by Astro Citra on 1 June 2009.
BBC Entertainment was replaced with BIO Channel on 1 December 2009.
2010
Eastern Television Asia was replaced with CTi TV on 1 January 2010.
Astro Aruna ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2010 due to low viewership. Replaced by Bintang and Pelangi on 11 July 2011.
CCTV-9 rebranded to CCTV News on 26 April 2010 at 7:00pm.
Channel [V] ceased transmission and broadcasting on 16 June 2010. Replaced by FOX Asia.
TVB8 was replaced by TVB Entertainment News on 1 July 2010.
Hallmark Channel was replaced by DIVA Universal on 19 September 2010.
Granada TV rebranded to ITV Granada on 1 November 2010.
2011
Playhouse Disney rebranded to Disney Junior on 11 July 2011.
2012
STAR Movies and STAR Movies HD rebranded to FOX Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD on New Year's Day (1 January) 2012 at midnight.
WaTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2012. Replaced by Celestial Movies HD and KIX HD while programs broadcast by the channel are now carried by Astro AEC.
B4U was replaced by Astro Bella on 5 March 2012.
Astro @15 ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 May 2012 at midnight. Replaced by Astro Mustika HD on 21 May 2012 while programs broadcast by the channel were carried by other Malay channels.
Astro Lifestyle HD was separated to Food Network Asia HD and Life Inspired HD on 1 October 2012.
2013
Astro Stocklink ceased service on New Year's Day (1 January) 2013 at midnight.
ESPN, ESPNews and ESPN HD rebranded to FOX Sports, FOX Sports News and FOX Sports Plus HD on 28 January 2013.
Radio Mosaic ceased service on 9 February 2013 due to the same broadcast of radio channels.
BIO Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 June 2013 at midnight. Replaced by Lifetime.
Sony beTV HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 August 2013 at midnight. It was the first HD channel to be ceased on Astro.
CNBC ceased broadcasting and transmission on 7 October 2013 because it was unable to fulfill these objects, but was relaunched back in the same month.
2014
Jia Yu ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2014 at midnight. A temporary channel was broadcast for a month before being relaunched as Kah Lai Toi at 6am.
DIVA Universal was replaced with DIVA on 16 June 2014.
Discovery Turbo was replaced by DMAX on 7 July 2014.
Discovery Home & Health Asia changed its name to EVE on 1 August 2014.
STAR Sports and FOX Sports Plus HD rebranded to FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports 3 and FOX Sports HD in which FOX Sports News was replaced by FOX Sports 3 on 15 August 2014. FOX Sports News remained its broadcast on Astro GO.
Astro Zhi Zun HD rebranded to Astro Wah Lai Toi HD (Channel 310) on 6 October 2014.
The SD version of FOX (Channel 710) officially ceased transmission and broadcasting on 16 November 2014. They were officially upgraded to FOX HD (Channel 724) until FOX HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and was replaced by Disney+ Hotstar that formally launched on 1 June 2021.
2015
iView ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 January 2015. Replaced by the NJOI version on 20 January 2015.
Golf Channel in SD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 February 2015.
2016
Astro Hitz ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 May 2016 at midnight due to low viewership and declining popularity.
Channel M HD was rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016 (After barely 16 months this channel name after Channel M HD launched in 2015, except for HyppTV).
Sundance Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2016 at midnight due to low popularity. The first International Movies channel to be ceased on Astro.
Zee Variasi ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 1 October 2016 at midnight. Replaced by a new Hindi HD channel called Tara HD on 19 October 2016.
CCTV News rebranded to CGTN on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2016 at 12:00pm.
2017
ITV Choice ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 16 January 2017 at 12:15am due to low viewership.
FOX Sports News' broadcast on Astro GO ceased transmission and broadcasting on 29 April 2017.
FOX Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD rebranded to FOX Movies and FOX Movies HD on 10 June 2017.
GO ASEAN HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 June 2017 at 2:00am. GO ASEAN maintains its programs on Tonton and DimSum.
Kah Lai Toi ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2017 at midnight due to low viewership.
STAR World and STAR World HD rebranded to FOX Life and FOX Life HD on 1 October 2017 at 9:00am.
Life Inspired HD (except Food Network Asia HD) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission due to financial losses by the company on 7 October 2017 at midnight stroke.
2018
ZooMoo ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2018 to mitigate further losses by the company. ZooMoo shows moved to Astro Xiao Tai Yang.
Astro Mustika HD rebranded to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018 at midnight.
Astro Bella ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2018 at midnight due to low viewership. Replaced by Naura HD on the same package with completely different content.
EVE was discontinued and terminated on 1 November 2018.
Lifetime Asia HD and FYI were discontinued and terminated on 14 December 2018 (But Lifetime Channel HD Programming Block's revival on Hello HD officially ceased on 30 September 2021).
2019
Astro Maya HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 January 2019 at midnight. The programs were later carried by both Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Prima HD and Astro Oasis HD channels which are HD and it’s available to all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while making the SD version available on different channel numbers.
The SD version of Disney XD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2019. The HD version of this channel remained until 1 January 2021 due to a review of Disney's business in the region and was replaced by TA-DAA HD on 15 March 2021.
Channel NewsAsia HD rebranded to CNA HD on 29 March 2019 as Channel NewsAsia HD celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Astro Xi Yue HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2019 at midnight because the Overseas event channel would be aired on Channel 338. Replaced by iQIYI HD 17 days later on the same channel number (Channel 300). It is the first Chinese HD channel to be ceased on Astro.
A-List HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 August 2019 at midnight due to low viewership, but its Astro OD (On Demand) service continued.
Tara HD was discontinued and terminated on 1 October 2019. Replaced by Colors Hindi HD 6 hours later.
2020
DIVA, E! Entertainment, E! Entertainment HD and DIVA HD officially ceased transmission and broadcasting on New Year's Day (1 January) 2020 at midnight stroke as it ceased broadcasts across Asia while programs on its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved. Replaced by Comedy Central Asia HD on the same date at 6:00 am until it ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 because it officially ceased broadcasts across Asia while its VOD service continued to be reserved. They are the first historic channels to cease on Astro. DIVA, E! Entertainment, E! Entertainment HD and DIVA HD shows were moved to Hello HD but it was ceased on 1 October 2021 and transferred the shows to PRIMEtime HD.
Setanta Sports HD was rebranded to RugbyPass TV HD on 29 January 2020.
The SD version of Astro Wah Lai Toi officially ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 April 2020, hence merged with TVB Jade HD. On 1 May 2020, Astro Wah Lai Toi HD was transitioned to its VOD service.
TVB Classic Movies and Asian Action Channel both ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 5 April 2020 at 00:15 and 00:30 hours respectively under Jade pack.
Kompas TV and NET ceased broadcasting and ceased transmission as Bintang and Pelangi (offered under Indo Pek) on 1 June 2020 at midnight. In substitution, Astro introduced two new HD channels under Indo Pek offerings, SCTV and Indosiar are launched as Astro Rania HD and Astro Aura HD on 23 May 2020 and are also available in On-Demand and the Astro GO app.
Jaya TV, Raj TV and Kalaignar TV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2020. Replaced by Zee Tamil HD at 00:05 hours.
Astro Vaanavil was upgraded from SD to HD on 1 June 2020, and made available for all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while retaining the SD version which is assigned to a different channel number.
The SD version of Astro First ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2020.
The SD version of Astro Best ceased broadcasting and transmission on 29 July 2020 while still retaining the HD version of the channel.
The SD versions of FOX Sports channels and Eurosport ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 November 2020 while still retaining the HD versions of the channels until the HD versions of FOX Sports HD channels ceased its broadcast on 1 October 2021.
The SD versions of Astro SuperSport channels ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 November 2020 while still retaining the HD versions of the channels.
2021
Disney Junior HD, Disney Channel HD and Disney Channel officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight stroke due to the television provider's refreshed Kids Pack on 14 December 2020 and the officially grand launching and launching ceremony of Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia on 1 June 2021 and were replaced by Nick Jr. HD and Boomerang HD which launched on the same date. Disney XD HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight due to the review of Disney's business in this region and was replaced by TA-DAA! HD on 15 March 2021. These are the second Kids channels and the first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro.
Comedy Central Asia HD (717) ceased broadcasting on 1 February 2021, surviving for barely 13 months after launch because it ceased to broadcast in Asia, but its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved until 31 December 2021. It was replaced by BBC Lifestyle HD on the same channel number on 15 September of the same year.
Almost all SD channels in Astro officially ceased broadcasting and transmission due to most channels being fully switched to all HD channels on 28 February 2021 at 11:59:59pm.
Astro Awani launches the HD version of their channel on 29 March 2021. While the upgrade from SD to HD is made available for all Astro customers, NJOI customers will still continue to enjoy the channel in SD version on different channel number and HD version are made optional by purchasing the HD pack.
ANIPLUS HD on Astro Go ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2021 due to low viewership but its VOD service continued reserved until 11 April 2021.
When Astro launched their new NJOI HD subscription-based package for NJOI customers on 28 April 2021, the HD version of Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Vaanavil, Astro Xiao Tai Yang, Astro AEC, CCTV-4, Astro Awani, Hello channel HD, eGG Network HD and Astro Arena can be only be enabled via HD Pack while retaining their SD version of these channels which are reassigned at different channel number.
Astro TVIQ was officially upgraded from SD to HD on 25 May 2021 and made available for all Astro customers.
Astro Box Office Tayangan Hebat HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2021, but its VOD service and the Astro GO app continued reserved.
TVB News Channel HD was officially discontinued and terminated on 1 July 2021, barely one year after launch due to copyright problems. TVB News Channel HD programs on TVB Jade HD continued to be reserved at 7:00am, 6:30pm and 11:00pm until Astro launched TVB Anywhere+ application on 13 September 2021.
All The Walt Disney Company, FOX Networks Group Asia Pacific channels (except STAR Chinese Channel HD, National Geographic HD, Nat Geo WILD HD and BabyTV HD) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and were replaced by Astro SuperSport 5 HD, Astro Arena 2 HD (Channel 802) and SPOTV HD due to the officially grand launching and launching ceremony of Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia on 1 June 2021. The FOX Sports HD channels are the first Sports channels to officially cease broadcasting and transmission on Astro.
Hello HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and was replaced by Lifetime HD and PRIMEtime HD which were officially opened and launched on 15 September 2021 and Discovery Science HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at the same date due to review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth HD. They were the first Learning channels to be ceased on Astro. On the same date, ART Variety was officially replaced with ART Movies before officially ceasing broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2022.
RugbyPass TV HD was officially rebranded to Premier Sports HD on 9 December 2021.
Animax HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2021 at 11:59:59pm due to low popularity but its VOD service continued reserved until 31 March 2022, In Addition the Anime programming Will carried on Netflix & iQIYI for Ultra Box only.
2022
Astro TVIQ HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm when TA-DAA! HD launched on 15 March 2021 at 8:00am with the shows from the now-defunct channel carried by Astro Ceria HD and TA-DAA! HD.
BabyTV HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm, with shows from the channel officially moved to Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia. In turn, the channel slot was officially replaced by Moonbug Kids HD.
Naura HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 January 2022 at 11:59:59pm because due to Naura content on its Astro GO app and its VOD service continued reserved.
STAR Chinese Channel HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on the Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm. While the shows from that channel will be carried through Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia, it also was officially replaced by Phoenix Chinese Channel HD and Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD in Malaysia.
Astro Tutor TV PT3 and Astro Tutor TV SPM will merge into a single channel named Astro Tutor TV SMK HD on channel 603 starting 1 April 2022. Astro Tutor TV PT3 cease transmission and Astro Tutor TV SPM rebranded as Astro Tutor TV SMK HD On the same day, TVBS News HD, Astro AOD 353, Astro AOD 355 and Makkal TV ceased transmission and Astro Tutor TV SK and OKEY will be upgraded to HD on channels 601 and 146.
Astro Vellithirai on Astro GO ceased transmission on 14 April 2022 at 1:00am, with the channel upgraded to HD on the same day.
Oh!K HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 May 2022 when K-PLUS HD became available on Astro channel 396, along with ART Movies.
KIX HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2022 at 12:59:15am.
Chutti TV officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 13 October 2022 and was replaced by Sun News HD, KTV HD and Sun Life HD.
2023
eGG Network HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 23 January 2023 while retaining their social media pages. Programs carried by that channel and esports content were transferred to Astro Arena HD and Astro Arena 2 HD.
National Geographic HD and Nat Geo WILD HD ceased broadcasts on 1 February 2023. While the programs hosted from both channels can be streamed in Disney+ Hotstar, their channel slots were replaced by Global Trekker HD, Love Nature 4K and Love Nature HD on 15 January 2023.
Boomerang HD and TA-DAA! HD channel ceased broadcasts on 1 February 2023. TA-DAA! HD channel slots were replaced by DreamWorks Channel HD on the same day.
Go Shop GAAYA HD Ceased Transmission On 1 March 2023.
Astro Box Office BollyOne HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 April 2023 and was replaced by Zee Cinema HD.
NJOI Channel ceased transmission on 13 June 2023.
Astro SuperSport 5 HD ceased broadcasting & transmission on 15 July and were replaced by W-Sport HD on the same day.
Astro Best service ceased its service on 23 August 2023, it had migrated to Astro First.
Astro Shuang Xing HD ceased broadcasting & transmission on 27 August 2023 and Astro Quan Jia HD was renamed to Astro QJ HD starting on 28 August 2023.
SHOWCASE Movies HD was renamed to SHOWCASE HD, while PRIMEtime HD ceased transmission on 4 September 2023.
Astro Xiao Tai Yang HD ceased transmission and was transitioned to its VOD service on 4 September 2023. Selected programs will be broadcast on Astro AEC HD the following morning.
Astro Tutor TV SK HD and Astro Tutor TV SMK HD merged into a single channel named Astro Tutor TV HD on channel 603 starting 4 September 2023.
All Go Shop HD Channels (111, 118 And 303) Ceased Transmission On 11 October 2023 Due To Shopping Trends Declined.
2024
Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024 and replaced by HITS Now HD. As part of TVB's restructuring, Astro AOD 352 and 354, TVB Magic HD ceased broadcasting and the TVBAnywhere+ application was removed on the same date as well.
Awesome TV HD (Channel 123) ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
All Astro SuperSport HD channels (805 (UHD), 811, 812, 813 and 814) ceased broadcasting & transmission on 17 October 2024 and were replaced by Astro Sports UHD (805), Astro Grandstand HD (810), Astro Premier League HD (811), Astro Premier League 2 HD (812), Astro Football HD (814), Astro Badminton HD (815) and Astro Sports Plus HD (817) on the same day.
Astro Premier ceased broadcasting and transmission on 20 November 2024. Programming will be carried on Astro Citra.
Astro Warna ceased broadcasting and transmission on 3 December 2024. Programming will be carried on Astro Prima.
= Former Unifi TV channels
=2012
tvN HD rebranded as Channel M HD on 23 November 2012 and rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
2013
SS TV, replaced with Polimer Channel on 1 January 2013.
Nat Geo Music, replaced by Channel [V] Music HD on 1 September 2013.
2014
KidsCo, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 10 February 2014.
Nat Geo Adventure HD rebranded as Nat Geo People HD on 1 March 2014
Hypp Sensasi VOD transitioned to Hypp Sensasi HD on 4 August 2014.
UTV Stars and TRACE Sports HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2014.
2015
Now Mango, rebranded as Now Jelli HD on 1 February 2015.
All the Media Prima Radio Networks stations ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2015.
BBC Entertainment ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015.
FOX Football Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015, replaced by FOX Sports 2 HD on 26 August 2016.
2016
Red FM and Capital FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2016.
Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 January 2016.
Fashion TV HD, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2016.
Hikmah, replaced by Hypp Salam HD on 5 June 2016.
Now Hairun, Rebranded As Now Chinese Drama HD on 14 June 2016.
All Astro Channels (Astro SuperSport HD, Astro SuperSport 2 HD, Astro Vaanavil, Astro Oasis, Astro Awani and not owned By Astro Channel Makkal TV) ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016.
Dushh FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 5 November 2016.
TV Direct SHOWCASE ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 December 2016.
2017
MNC Channel, replaced by Pesona HD on 1 April 2017.
Two UTV Bindass Television channels, Bindass and Bindass Play ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2017. Replaced by Zee Cinema, Sony SAB and Sony SET.
FOX Sports News HD ceased broadcasting on 29 April 2017, barely 9 months after the channel launched.
Syfy HD and Universal Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017 Replaced By Animax HD and Sony Channel HD.
HyppSports 4 HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017. Replaced By Unifi Sports 4 HD on 28 February 2020.
MTV Live HD was replaced by MTV Asia HD on 1 August 2017, However MTV Live HD was relaunched back on 1 September 2022.
Motorvision HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 September 2017.
2018
Capital TV HD, replaced by Channel W on 3 January 2018.
Channel [V] Music HD, Channel [V] and FOX Crime HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2018 due to low rating. The first Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV, However, FOX Crime HD shows aired on FOX HD. It was replaced by CJ WOW SHOP HD and Dunia Sinema HD.
1News Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 July 2018 due to low popularity.
HyppSports HD and HyppSports 2 HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 August 2018 as ASN program suppliers ceased operations in Malaysia and Singapore, replaced by Sports Illustrated TV until broadcasts ceased on 1 May 2019.
TVB8 HD and Stingray iConcerts HD were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 September 2018. Second Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV.
Hot FM and One FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2018.
2019
Channel W, HyppSports 3 HD and Outdoor Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 January 2019 due to the low popularity of Outdoor Channel HD.
Now Chinese Drama HD International transited to its VOD service On 1 March 2019.
All Zee Channels was replaced by Colors TV, Colors Cineplex and Colors Tamil HD On 1 April 2019.
Sony Channel HD and MUTV HD, ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2019 due to the low popularity of MUTV HD.
Bloomberg Television and PlayBox channel were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 September 2019.
RED by HBO HD and BabyFirst were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 October 2019.
Now International HD was discontinued and terminated at midnight, 15 November 2019.
2020
Now Baogu Movies HD transited to its VOD service on 1 March 2020.
UTV Movies ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, on 1 July 2020. Replaced by Yupp Thirai HD.
Animax HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2020 due to the low popularity of Animax HD, but relaunched on 1 October 2021.
2021
Comedy Central HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 but Comedy Central On Demand is still available. Replaced by GEM HD starting 1 October 2021.
All The Walt Disney Company and FOX Networks Group Asia Pacific channels officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm. The shows from these terminated channels are now carried by Disney+ Hotstar.
2022
Sony MAX, Sony SAB and Sony SET officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2022.
Colors TV, Jaya Max, Polimer and Yupp Thirai HD ceased broadcast on 1 July 2022. Replaced by WION, Sony YAY! and Zee Thirai.
Unifi Sports 5 HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 September 2022. Replaced by BeIN Sports 4 HD
ROCK Extreme HD rebranded as ROCK Action HD on 12 December 2022.
2023
Unifi Sports 2 HD, Unifi Sports 3 HD & Unifi Sports 4 HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 February 2023 because the broadcaster rights of Malaysia League ended. Replaced by BeIN Sports 2 HD.
LAKU Mall HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 February 2023.
TechStorm HD and Arirang HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 February 2023, barely 16 months after the channel launched. Replaced by ONE HD and Moonbug Kids HD. The first Korean channel to cease transmission on Unifi TV.
Boomerang HD rebranded back as Cartoonito HD on 28 July 2023.
2024
CinemaWorld HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 January 2024. Replaced by HITS Now HD.
Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024.
GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
= Former Tonton Live TV channels
=2021
CNA HD and Al Jazeera HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 October 2021.
2024
GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
= Former HBO GO live TV channels
=2021
RED by HBO HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2021 due to lack of advertisements.
= Former MYTV Mana Mana live TV channels
== Other pay television providers
=2001
Mega TV ceased transmission on 1 October 2001.
2016
eTV ceased transmission on 29 February 2016.
ABNXcess ceased transmission in 2016.
Fine TV
= Former Malaysian Channels From Other Countries
=2020
Astro Vellithirai and Astro Vinmeen HD ceased broadcasting and transmission from Singtel TV on 1 July 2020. Replaced by KTV HD and Sun Music.
= TV channels
=1999
MetroVision ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 November 1999 but relaunched as 8TV on 8 January 2004.
2005
Channel 9 was for a hiatus on 1 February 2005. Replaced by TV9 on 22 April 2006.
2008
TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2008. Replaced by DidikTV KPM on 17 February 2021.
2009
RTMi was replaced with Muzik Aktif due to its relaunch on 16 March 2009.
2011
Muzik Aktif was replaced with TVi due to its relaunch on 11 April 2011.
2012
tvN, changed its name with Channel M on 23 November 2012, on 1 June 2016, the channel reverted into current name.
WBC, closed down since October 2012 due to financial problems.
2017
Hao Xiang Shopping Channel ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017, replaced by LAKU Mall on 1 June 2017.
2018
TVi was replaced with TV OKEY due to its relaunch on 21 March 2018.
2019
CJ Wow Shop ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2019. Later, CJ Wow Shop officially broadcasting and transmission restore resume again from 15 April 2019 (excluding Unifi TV).
Channel W was discontinued on 1 April 2019, replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.
2022
Astro GO Shop (Malay) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in myFreeview on 19 June 2022.
Wow Shop (Chinese) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in myFreeview on 2 November 2022.
2023
Wow Shop (Malay) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in myFreeview on 8 November 2023.
References
Further reading
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford (2020), "Malaysia", Digital News Report, UK, OCLC 854746354 {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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