Last few states to switch to digital TV transmission soon


PUTRAJAYA: The termination of analogue television broadcasting in northern and eastern states in Peninsular Malaysia on Monday night will mark the complete switch to the myFreeview digital transmission across the peninsula.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the scheduled transition followed the discontinuance of analogue transmissions in central and southern states on Sept 30.The same transition in Sabah and Sarawak will take place on Oct 31, which will herald the historic shift of the entire country towards digital broadcasting and mark the end of analogue transmissions offered for free in Malaysia since 1963.

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