Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV)
Type Broadcast radio network and
television network
Country  Myanmar
Owner Ministry of Information
Launch date
 15 February 1946[1] (radio)
June 1979 (television)[2]
Former names
 Burma Broadcasting Service
Official website
 www.mrtv.gov.mm

Myanmar Radio and Television (Burmese: မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MRTV), formerly the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), is the parent of state-run Myanmar Radio National Service, and a television channel. The television channels are broadcast from its broadcast centre in Kamayut, Yangon. The radio service is now broadcast primarily from Naypyidaw.

History

Radio service in Myanmar first came on air in 1936 during the British colonial era.[3] Regular programming by Bama Athan (Burmese: ဗမာ့အသံ; "Voice of Burma") began in February 1946 when the British established Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), carrying Burmese language national and foreign news and musical entertainment, knowledge reply and school lessons and English language news and music programming.[1] After independence in 1948, it was named Myanma Athan (Burmese: မြန်မာ့အသံ; also meaning Voice of Burma, but with the more formal term "Myanmar"). The service was renamed Myanmar Radio by the military government which came to power in 1988. The junta has also renamed the radio service's parent, BBS as Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) in 1997.[3]

Until the launch of Yangon City FM in 2001, BBS/Myanmar Radio was the only radio station in the country. For years, its main broadcast centre is at 426 Pyay Road in Kamayut in Yangon. Since late 2007, the main broadcast station has moved to Naypyidaw. Yangon Station now mostly relays Naypyidaw Station's programming.

Television service in Myanmar was first introduced in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon.[2] MRTV was first launched on 3 June 1980,[4] and regular television service was first formally launched in 1981.[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, same as Thailand. 14 channels are on MRTV multiplex, such as MRTV, MRTV Entertainment, MRTV-4, Channel7, Readers Channel, Farmer Channel, Hluttaw Channel, MITV, MNTV. 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).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kyaw Kyaw Htun and Win Lwin. "Myanmar Country Report" (PDF). ASEAN Mass Communication Studies and Research Center. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 Thant Myint-U (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps--Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
  3. 1 2 Aung Zaw (2004). Marie Korpe, ed. Shoot the Singer!. Zed Books. p. 41. ISBN 9781842775059.
  4. ↑ "Junta Launches New PR Offensive". The Irrawaddy. 1 August 2001.
  5. ↑ May Thaw (12–18 March 2007). "Broadcasting options expanding". Myanmar Times.
  6. ↑ "Myanmar to Launch Second FM Radio Station". Xinhua (Red Orbit). 5 October 2005.

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