RTM
TV1 will air the Majlis Tilawah Al-Quran Peringkat Antarabangsa from June 29 to July 6 at 8:45 pm.
On June 21, TV2 started its own programme identifier which appears throughout any programme, following TV3, TV9 and TV Alhijrah's footsteps of having it. TV2's programme identifier appears a few minutes after the "sekarang, selepas ini" graphic (still the same since 2011) which appears at the start and after each commercial break of any programme. The programme identifier's text is written in all upper cases, while TV3 and TV9 write using lower cases. TV3, TV9 and TV2's programme identifier are located at the top-left while TV Alhijrah's programme identifier is located at the lower-right with different design with either text or with logo. TV Alhijrah's programme identifier started in 2012 and is used only for certain programmes.
The picture below is how TV2's programme identifier looks like when I first saw it.
Media Prima
TV3's Majalah 3 has moved its airing day from Saturday to Monday starting June 24. The airtime still remains at 9:00 pm. Majalah 3 has been on Saturday for a long time, since the late 1990s. Majalah 3 has been in various airtimes before the late 1990s. The Saturday 9:00 pm slot will now be occupied by the new season of Tunggu Sekejap talkshow hosted by Awie. The Monday 9:00 pm slot was occupied by Aksi (action drama block) since 2004. Aksi is now moved to Wednesday.
On June 23, I saw this promo which was the cause of Majalah 3 moving to another airing day. TV3 has changed its primetime schedule.
Astro
A new channel called Astro Maya HD will be launched on 24 June on channel 135 and is broadcast free-to-view unlike Astro Mustika HD which requires subscribing the Mustika pack. This will be Astro's second Malay content channel in HD after Astro Mustika HD which was launched last year. The channel will carry HD content programming from Astro Ria, Astro Prima and Astro Oasis, says galaksi-media.com. Other interesting news, also according to galaksi-media.com are a HD version of Astro Hua Hee Dai, Astro's Hokkien content channel, will be available on channel 332 and the launch of Astro Lifestyle Centre at the 2nd floor of Mid Valley Megamall on June 18. The subscription-free satellite service NJOI has also added NTV7, 8TV and TV Alhijrah to its channel lineup. There are also channels exclusive to Astro B.yond IPTV-Maxis through Astro Select.
Astro aims to achieve full HD set-top-box conversion by the end of 2013, reports Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Chief executive officer Datuk Rohana Rozhan at Invest Malaysia 2013 says over 64 percent of customers during the first quarter of 2013 subscribed to HD and other value-added services. Over 168,000 devices were swapped out during the period; Astro priotises those who would most likely go to premium services. The number of HD channels on Astro will increase with the increase of its bandwidth capacity next year.
Also from Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Measat has started trialing 4K Ultra HD video with Ericsson, beginning with the Measat 3 satellite.
Bio channel on Astro channel 731 was closed on June 14 when I checked the channel on June 19. This is most probably because to give way for the new channel called Lifestyle on Astro channel 709.
Hypp TV
Warner TV has changed its picture quality from HD to SD since this week. The channel number does not change.
(Updated June 23)
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