MRTV (TV network)

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.

This article is about Nationwide public television channel served in Myanmar. For the Broadcast Network as a whole, see Myanmar Radio and Television. For the channel's owner, see Ministry of Information (Myanmar).

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 (1980-06-03) (Analogue NTSC-M)
15 October 2013 (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)

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 Truth2015-2018
Battle of 2 Flowers2018
Kyamar Noon2018
Beautiful Wives Club2018
Hospital Diary2018
8PM Local Newssince 1980
English National Newssince 2021
Soccer Viewsince 2015
Weekly Sports Infosince 2015
Let's Sing, Let's Fun.1997-2013
Family Quizsince 2020
Friday Night Live Showsince 2020
Saturday Night Comedy Showsince 2021
Saturday Night Operasince 2022
Imports
Telematch1988
The Magic of David Copperfield1989
Hawaii Five-O1983
Little House on the Prairie1984
The Six Million Dollar Man1985
Love Boat1986
Star Trek1986-1987
Charlie's Angels1987
Knight Rider1988
Automan1989
Hart to Hart1989-1990
Airwolf1990-1991
I Dream of Jeannie1991
Bewitched1992
Journey to the West1992-1993
Dream of the Red Chamber
(Analogue version)		1993-1994
Full House1993-1996
Oshin1994
Mr. Bean1996
Kommissar Rex1997
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
11080i 16:9MRTV HDMain MRTV Programming
21080i 16:9MRTV NEWS HDMRTV News Channel ProgramingNews & Current affairs Programming
3480i 16:9MRTV HLUTTAWMRTV Parliament Channel Programming
41080i 16:9MRTV NRC HDNational Races Channel ProgrammingMinorities Service.
5480i 16:9HTV (MRTV Farmer)Htv Channel, MRTV Farmers Programming
6480i 16:9HTV Sports (MRTV Sports)Htv Sports, MRTV Sports Programming
7480i 16:9MITVMITV ProgrammingInformation, Cultural and Travel Programing in English.
8480i 16:9EDUMyanmar Educations Channel Programming
9480i 16:9M Entertainment ChannelM Entertainment Channel Programming
10480i 16:9MRTV-4MRTV-4 Programming
11480i 16:9Channel-7Channel 7 Programming
12480i 16:95-Plus5 Plus Channel Programming
13480i 16:9MNTVMNTV Programming
14480i 16:9Channel-9Channel 9 Programming
15480i 16:9MWDMWD Programming
16480i 4:3Channel KChannel K Programming
17480i 4:3YTVYTV Programming
18480i 4:3Fortune TVFortune TV Programming
19Audio only channelMyanma RadioMyanmar Radio National Service Programming
20Audio only channelUpper TineyintharMyanmar Radio Minorities Programming.
21Audio only channelLower TineyintharMyanmar Radio Minorities Programming.
22Audio only channelTest RadioTest
23Audio only channelMRI ChannelMyanmar Radio International Programing
24Audio only channelTha PyayMyanmar Radio 2nd Programing
Relay Station Transmitter Site Frequency Channel Transmitter Power (ERP)
NaypyitawMRTV Headquarters, TatkonE21 474 MHz3KW
NaypyitawPyinmanaE30 546 MHz3KW
YangonMRTV Broadcasting Center, KamayoutE31 554 MHz3KW
Mandalay
Sagaing		Mount SagaingE31 554 MHz3KW
MomywaBodhi Ta HtaungE30 546 MHz3KW
Shwebo ? ? ?
KalayKennedy peakE25 506 MHz3KW
KyaukpadaungMount PopaE27 522 MHz3KW
Pyin Oo Lwin
Maymyo		 ?E30 546 MHz600W
Meiktila ?E30 546 MHz3KW
Minbu
Magway		MinbuE27 522 MHz3KW
PakokkuNo.11 wardE32 562 MHz3KW
Taung Dwin Gyi ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Pathein ?E30 546 MHz3KW
Kyaunggom ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Bogale ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Bago ?E30 546 MHz3KW
Taungoo ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Nyunglebin ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Pyay ?E26 514 MHz3KW
Dawei ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Myeik ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Taunggyi ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Lahio ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Keng Tung ?E27 522 MHz300W
Sittwe ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Mawlamyine ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Belin ?E29 538 MHz3KW
Pa An ?E30 546 MHz3KW
Myitkyina ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Bhamo ?E27 522 MHz3KW
Hakka ?E21 474 MHz500W
Loikaw ?E24 498 MHz1KW

Satellite television

In order to counter illegal satellite television channels, MRTV launch its own Free to Air Direct to Home services called MRTV DTH on February 1, 2022. It offers 23 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 480i
10 MRTV-4 HD 1080i
11 Channel7 HD 1080i
12 5 Plus 480i
13 MNTV 480i
14 Channel-9 480i
15 MWD 480i
16 Channel K 480i
17 YTV 480i
18 Fortune TV 480i
19 Mahar HD 1080i
20 Mahar Esports HD 1080i
21 TEST-3 1080i
22 Test-4 480i
23 Test-5 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.
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