TV3 still has loads of new programmes in October 2013 - continued

This is a follow-up of the earlier post.

Today I found two new programmes which is going to air on TV3 soon through promos I saw.

• new kids show under Bananana branding which I think is local comedy/drama series heard as "Emiliana" to air every Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm which may replace Planet Kiara re-runs
• Orang Kita - every Saturday at 6:00 pm since October 26; hosted by Aidid Marcello (who also hosted SOS and Emergency on TV9 a few years back) and concentrates about the Orang Asli people

My appearances on the media so far (1st review now at a new post)

RECENT
15.4.2012 - participated with my parents as a studio audience for Apa Kata Wanita broadcast live from Studio 1 Angkasapuri on TV1 where the programme talks about autisme and Autisme Malaysia was invited
20.5.2012 - me and my brother Hafiz interviewed by Berita Adik TV9 Primeworks at the running training of Run for A Reason by Standard Chartered which is part of Standard Chartered KL Marathon held in June
16.9.2012 - became an emcee at Autisme Malaysia Aidilfitri ceremony held at a hall located at Masjid Putra Putrajaya and was reported by Malaysia Hari Ini TV3
27.5.2013 - went to Teddy Bear Outing organised by Suria KLCC with NASOM students where my brother Hafiz was interviewed there. I also make friend with a cameraman from The Capital TV production team who went there
3.7.2013 - was interviewed by Berita Harian about my life as an asperger along with my brother Hafiz and my friend Abraham Issac at NASOM Titiwangsa; my interview appeared on Berita Harian on 17.9.2013
7.9.2013 - was there at the first NASOM Family Day event where 1news of RTM was the only media team to go there
22.10.2013 - was interviewed by Mag Seven production team at NASOM Titiwangsa for an episode of Mag Seven which will air at a later date on NTV7


FUTURE
September 2013 - will be representing Malaysia in the ASEAN Youth Summit held in UKM Bangi cancelled (as of 26/10/2013)

Media news (episode 33)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
Some weeks ago the Pesta Sukan RTM was held in Kota Kinabalu between September 22 and 25.



Media Prima 
This week I listed out many new programmes that are airing on TV3 since this month. Click here.

A special sponsored programme called "We Are Maersk South East Asia" airs for two weeks (October 7 and 14) on TV3 every Monday at 5:35 pm replacing the re-run of Music Box 2012. The programme is in English with Malay subtitles provided by other company on behalf of Maersk, not TV3's. This programme is about Maersk's experiences as a shipping company. Such programmes about shipping are rarely aired on TV.

On October 7, I saw the last bit of Majalah 3 (just after having a haircut along with my brother) where it mentioned about a internet school radio station called SKTM2FM which is located at SK Taman Melawati 2.

On October 8, I checked 8TV's Hot FM AM Krew programme. I think this is not the first time I saw the changed but I don't really realise this. The long-running live SMS chatting has gone and replaced by advertisements for how to send popular song ringtones via SMS, programmes that stream on Tonton and text greetings that appear on screen by sending via SMS. The Buletin Hot FM news updates are now using the resources of Berita Harian and Harian Metro instead of Bernama, much like other radio stations which now rely on their parent companies' news services such as Era relying on Astro Awani (since 2012) and Star Radio Group radio stations rely on The Star. How times changed.

Line Offline which airs on NTV7 and 8TV ended on October 11 with the last episode called "The Prank".

Reality series The Apartment which airs on Star World is now also seen on NTV7 with Season 3. NTV7 airs it every Saturday at 9:30 pm. The NTV7's airing is sponsored by Dulux.

TV9's branding for this year's Aidiladha reuses the existing Jawi writing of "Ikhlas" but in a different design. TV3 uses "Salam Aidiladha".


On October 12, during the Pemilihan UMNO polling day, TV3 aired a variation of its existing blue-coloured TV3 news ticker. It is brown-coloured. The ticker can also be seen on NTV7 and TV9 on that day. Also during that day, news updates about the election were given during the day.



A quick check on TV channels made by Youtube user "KokKZM" at 2:45 am the next day reveals that NTV7 and TV9 did not close as usual because they want to air updates on the Pemilihan UMNO polling results calculations.


Hypp TV
On October 11, I checked Euronews and saw that the channel had its graphics revised and redesigned to be 16:9 safe (to fit any widescreen-sized television sets, not the normal squared ones).


TV Alhijrah
TV Alhijrah has started airing two hours of live images from Masjidilharam in Makkah courtesy of Saudi Arabian state TV's Al Quran Al Karim channel since last week for the haj season. It airs daily between 12:00 and 2:00 am. Meanwhile, TV Alhijrah's Aidiladha design and theme song for this year remained the same as last year except the colour scheme changes to yellow instead of green.

Media news (episode 32)

Welcome to this week's media news for the week between September 30 and October 5.

Media Prima
TV3 has started airing telemovies nominated for Anugerah Skrin 2013 since October 3. It airs every Thursday at 10:00 pm replacing the usual Pearl Screen block.

TV3 news has a new look which is used since October 1 with Buletin Utama at 8:00 pm. It has a red theme. For the first time in 10 years, the theme tune for its main news programmes have been changed. The previous look was inspired from the current look of German broadcaster ZDF's Heute.

On October 2, technical faults have happened on TV3 and NTV7. When I checked TV3 at 5:15 pm, the TV3 logo appeared during a commercial break. TV3's fault screen appear around 6:00 pm and then resumed with Saladin without TV3 logo. NTV7 had its technical fault at 6:00 pm where it failed to air E7 Daily. A fault screen which reads "good feelings continue right after this" which started used a few years ago appeared until around 6:09 pm when normal programming resumed in progress with the top-right logo and subtitle faded out slowly. TV3 later announced in its ticker that there will be a system maintenance between 1:30 and 5:00 pm which was probably because of the earlier technical fault. The last time TV3 closed down was in January 2011 for two days because of maintenance.

TV1 and TV3 aired Prime Minister's speech at the United Nations in New York on September 30 at 9:00 pm with Malay subtitles.

Others
On October 1, I saw a news that Bernama TV is being restructured to be more competitive with other news sources.

TV3 has loads of new programmes in October 2013

Here is a list of new programmes airing on TV3 as of October 2013. These are mainly programmes about religion, cooking (all sponsored), comedy and also one returning which is about young women. Don't forget that there is also a local kids programme returning this year which is related to the government. Other kids programme that are debuting recently on this channel have also aired on Astro; Ben 10 Omniverse and Gravity Falls. I'm not talking about new dramas on this channel.

• Muhammadku (also known as Muhammad Cerita Tentang Akhlak) - every Friday at 5:00 pm since October 4 replacing long-running Al-Kuliyyah which has been running since 1997 (not sure whether the programme will run for 13 episodes or longer or completely replace Al-Kuliyyah)
• Fiqh Wanita - every Friday 1:00 pm starting October 11; returning this year for a second season, between Fiqh Wanita is the long-running Al Hidayah which has been running since 1999
• Liga Lawak Superstar - every Sunday 9:00 pm since October 6; new reality programme where the famous actors become comedians and has a circus theme; runs for 1 1/2 hour
• Baba's Cubits Season 2 - every Sunday 6:30 pm since October 6 with a repeat on Monday at 11:30 am; sponsored cooking programme with English subtitles provided by the sponsor or the production company which makes the programme itself
• Sunquick Varirasa - every Sunday 7:00 pm since October 6 replacing Boboiboy on this timeslot (Boboiboy still air as usual as a re-run until the new season which is season 3, this is actually the original timeslot for Boboiboy since first airing in March 2011); another sponsored cooking programme
• 3R - every Sunday 7:30 pm starting October 19 replacing Junior Hidden Camera Show (foreign comedy programme) which is on a very short run simply to fill the vacant timeslot and also it is a new programme; returning with a new season with new presenters chosen in the recently concluded Projek 3R on October 5
• Kintang Kintung - every Sunday 11:00 pm since October 6; comedy or game show
• Doktor Muda Season 2 - every Sunday 11:30 am since September 29; programme about children's health sponsored by Ministry of Health

See follow-up for the other programmes debuting on TV3 in the latter part of this month.

(Revised on October 9 and 26)

Media news (episode 31)

Welcome to this week's media news for the week between September 23 and 29.

RTM
On September 23, I started to realise that TV2 has changed its programme name back to top-left again, instead of below the logo at the top-right. I think it was because TV2 wants to occupy the top-left side for the Hari Merdeka and Hari Malaysia animated logos.

There is a public service announcement seen on TV2 which is about discrimination of disabled people in English subtitles. It is produced by PCSOFT, a local production company, based on my check on the PSA on September 25.

Media Prima
On September 23, TV3's Buletin Utama began airing a countdown to the start of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 starting at 100 days left. The graphic is located at the top-left.

TV9 has started airing the Home Shopping Japan programme since September 22. It airs every Sunday at 12:00 am. There have been a few news reports about the launch of Home Shopping Japan some weeks before the debut, mentioning Tri-Stage Inc, Zenith Media and Home Shopping Japan Sdn Bhd. This is the first time a Japanese-styled home shopping programme being aired in Malaysia and also the first time a home shopping programme being aired on TV9 under Media Prima since 2006.
Here are two videos of Home Shopping Japan recorded by my brother Hafiz:


 

Planet Kiara has been re-running again on TV3 as of last check on September 24. It's a re-run of Season 2 which airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm. The Thursday slot was previously for Detective Conan Live Action Series first aired in Japan in 2010.

Astro
New channel A-list will start airing on Astro ch 456 in HDTV starting 1 October. It offers eight critically-acclaimed movie titles a month and is priced at RM 15 per month, according to Business Times website.  Here is a screenshot of A-list before its launch.

Hypp TV
Around this week, I saw the Parlimen Malaysia channel started airing on Hypp TV. This is the first time I saw a true Parliamentary channel in Malaysia much like BBC Parliament in the UK. The Parlimen Malaysia channel carries the Parliamentary sitting sessions courtesy of RTM where it also air the Parliamentary broadcasts on TV1 in form of highlights and shortened broadcasts. The Parliamentary sitting sessions which air on the Parlimen Malaysia channel are unedited and in full up until the end of the Parliament sitting session. The Parliamentary sitting sessions are done every Monday to Thursday in the morning and in the afternoon. Parlimen Malaysia also carry a simulcast of Fokus Hari Ini courtesy of The Capital TV at 8:00 pm daily. When the programmes are not airing, the slide below is shown. 

Others
On September 26, I spotted Bernama TV airing news updates which supplement the regular news bulletins under the name "Bilik Berita Bernama" which airs on weekdays every hour between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm and 4:00 and 5:00 pm. I think it started this week or maybe slightly earlier.