The Week That Was: End of an era


  • TECH
  • Monday, 07 Oct 2019

Analogue TV transmission will be phased out by the end of the month in favour of a digital service with 15 TV and six radio channels. — A. MALEX YAHAYA/The Star

It is the end of an era for free-to-air TV fans as the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced that analogue TV transmission will be disabled in stages.

On Sept 30 the analogue transmission ceased for the Klang Valley and southern states, with the northern and east coast states to follow suit on Oct 14.

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