Media news (episode 28)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
On September 1, TV1 aired a live rugby match called HSBC Rugby Asian Series 7-A Side at around 6:00 pm.

On September 2, I saw TV1's ticker showing an announcement of the Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia (new name for the Ministry of Information)wants to invite companies registered with the ministry to distribute foreign syndicated programmes to TV1 and TV2 when needed. The programmes will be used for airing in 2014. Link for the announcement is here.

TV1 and TV2 stopped using the special time banners for Syawal after the end of the recent Syawal month and reverted back to the normal time banner. Not sure if TV1 and TV2 will make something like this for the coming Hari Raya Aidiladha.

Media Prima
Dunia Eicak is airing as a re-run on TV3 (current airtime is Tuesday 6:30 pm) and also on TV9 after a period of airing during last Aidilfitri (August 12-18).

Now I'm going to reveal the real part of Pesta Bola Merdeka after a few pieces of news in my last two episodes. TV9 airs Pesta Bola Merdeka along with Astro. This year's Pesta Bola Merdeka will be held at Stadium Darul Makmur in Kuantan, Pahang and will be run for a week. TV9 will air live and delayed matches. A livestream on Tonton live TV streaming has been opened and is open for global audiences.
Airing before the Pesta Bola Merdeka pre-match programme on September 7 at around 5:10 pm with Kieran Hot FM is a re-run of Upin & Ipin episode Anak Harimau Bahagian 6 and Bananana Squad. TV9 uses its own commentary with Abu Bakar Atan of TV3 sports. Two matches will be airing on TV9 on September 7. This is not the first time TV9 air football although TV9 rarely aired too many sports programmes unlike others such as Astro and RTM. TV9 has aired Africa Cup of Nations along with TV3, this year's AFC Cup and also the UEFA Euro.

Here's an extra bit - I saw TV9's "Siaran langsung" (live) graphic which made the video contrast slightly dark. I captured this during the Pesta Bola Merdeka pre-match programme on September 7.

Astro
On September 7, I saw Astro airing "Excuse Me, Your Malaysian Is Showing" music video which shows many Malaysian phrases. It is part of Astro's Merdeka and Malaysia Day branding called Negaraku. The hashtag is #UrMalaysianIsShowing. Video link is here, courtesy of Astro's Youtube channel.