In addition, the discography team also tour across the country to promote their discography and its merchandise. Over the years, it also collaborate with other Media Prima partners for the singles such as One FM and NTV7. ( Astro began to distribute Chinese New Year singles since 2008.) Beginning from 2015, 8TV release and distribute its Chinese New Year singles yearly with its own themes, theme songs and mascots based on the 12 animal zodiac as well as its related merchandise (e.g. As part of the campaign, the TV company distributes its Chinese New Year singles discography in competition with rival Astro since 2009. Mandarin is used in all of its news broadcasts nowadays and there was also a short-lived Malay news broadcast that was available in the channel's early years.Īs a Chinese-oriented TV channel, 8TV broadcasts more Chinese programmes and movies and hold its own Chinese New Year campaign in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations every year. Throughout its history, all the contents were gradually replaced by Chinese content as more of them were added to the channel's broadcasting slot. On 8 January 2004, 8TV was relaunched under the entity of Metropolitan TV Sdn Bhd after the company was brought by Media Prima in 2003 with few Chinese, Malay and English contents in the beginning. Main article: List of programmes broadcast by 8TV (Malaysian TV network) The operator promised to re-start the station in March 2000 after a supposed "signal upgrade" but that did not materialise. Due to the Asian financial crisis and overcrowding from other channels (Astro TV, Mega TV & NTV7), MetroVision shut down on 1 November 1999. īy the end of 1996, MetroVision was sold to a new operator. Metrovision had a Malay news programme named Warta Prima. It was first available only in Klang Valley, Seremban, parts of Pahang and Malacca, but later expanded to Kedah and Johor, also being receivable from Singapore. MetroVision transmitted on UHF channel 27 from Gunung Ulu Kali (near Genting Highlands).
The first broadcast license granted to MetroVision was only for the Klang Valley (appx. Other shareholders included Utusan Malaysia, Medan Mas and Diversified Systems. It was managed by City Television Sdn Bhd, part of the Melewar Group, which was controlled by a member of the Negeri Sembilan royal family. Television station 8TV began official broadcasts on 1 July 1995, then known as MetroVision - Channel 8. (Merged into Tonton Xtra's site, formerly ) Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Indonesia ( West Kalimantan, Riau Islands, North Kalimantan and Riau) Thailand ( South Thailand, particularly Songkhla, Narathiwat, Yala and Satun) Ĭable-based transmissions was officially inaugurated by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Doctor Mahathir Bin Mohamad and broadcasts from Petaling Jaya on 1 November 1995 through a microwave-based broadcast systemįaced with stiff competition from the Astro satellite television network which was launched seven months later, combined with the failures to expand its content, Mega TV ceased transmission in 2001 as a result, leaving Astro as the one and only pay-TV service provider in Malaysia.Not to be confused with Channel 8 (Singapore), a Chinese-language television channel owned by Mediacorp. Cableview Services Sdn Bhd or Mega TV was incorporated on 18 October 1994 by a consortium which consisted of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad, Minister of Finance Incorporated, Eurocrest Sdn Bhd, Ibex TV (M) Sdn Bhd and Sri Utara Sdn Bhd.