TV on-air presentaton update #8

What happened in the world of Malaysian TV presentation last week?

The Anugerah Drama Festival was aired on TV3, complementing Drama Festival that was held on the weekend at Berjaya Times Square. It aired live on 22.2.2014 between 9:00 pm and 10:39 pm, followed by the next programme which is a telemovie as usual at 10:41 pm. A global livestream was set up for the live event on Anugerah Drama Festival's website. Early promos for Anugerah Drama Festival which was released on TV3 and TV9's Youtube channels show the two presenters of Anugerah Drama Festival standing at Studio B Sri Pentas. This is the first Anugerah Drama Fetsival event but I'm not sure whether this will continue next year. The new season of Bintang Mencari Bintang premiered the next day after Anugerah Drama Festival was held.

Tonton live TV streaming had set up a special global livestream which is the Johor Bahru Chingay Festival on 20.2.2014 for one hour at 4:00 pm which is simply a simulcast of 8TV's coverage without the commercial breaks inserted. Here are a few snapshots which are an advertisement on Tonton TV schedule and the latter two are slides.

Astro Tutor TV PMR changed its name to just Astro Tutor TV MR because the PMR examination has changed to a new one starting this year.

TV1 has reverted its new time banner (as reported in the last update post) to the old one which is the existing version which has the 1 Malaysia logo used since November 2013 when I last spotted the channel on 22.2.2014. TV1's new time banner is used for a short while. TV2's new time banner is still used as usual.

TV1's Berita Nasional at 8:00 pm made two reports about RTM's old children's programme Mini Parlimen. The first report was aired on 22.2.2014 which is about Mini Parlimen in its first incarnation in the 1980s and meeting with its original presenter and and some former Mini Parlimen's contestants. The next day's report was about Mini Parlimen's current incarnation.

TV1, TV3, NTV7 and Bernama TV carried the live broadcast of the launch of BR1M 3.0 in the morning of 22.2.2014. Bernama TV carried the live broadcast via relay from TV1. TV3 aired some episodes of Canimals after the live broadcast until 11:30 am. TV1 replayed a portion of the BR1M 3.0 launch which is the launching speech by the Prime Minister on the same day at 8:30 pm and ended at 9:06 pm.

Hypp TV confirmed via Twitter that it had carried the coverage of Winter Olympics.  It was carried on Hypp Sports 2 HD ch 702 and Hypp Sports 3 HD ch 703. Hypp TV and Astro are the only two Malaysian broadcasters that carry the Winter Olympics as far as I know.

Updated on 25.2.2014, Revised on 26.2.2014

Kaibutsu-kun airs in Malaysia again on Disney XD Malaysia

Kaibutsu-kun, an anime based on a manga created by Fujiko Fujio A gets its Malaysian airing again on Disney XD Malaysia under the name "Monster Kid". It will start airing on 22.2.2014 at 10:30 am on Astro ch 617 and 637 (HD).

Disney XD Malaysia advertises the anime as "brand new series", although it has been originally aired in Japan, later in some countries and in Malaysia first on TV9 between 2009 and 2011 and later on Astro Ceria in 2011. The anime's airing in Malaysia is originally dubbed in Malay translated from Japanese, but on Disney XD Malaysia dubbed versions in English (American accent), Chinese and Tamil will also available for the first time through Astro's multi language audio option. The screenshot below is from Disney XD Malaysia's website promoting Kaibutsu-kun's airing.

TV on-air presentation update #7 with some media news

What happened last week in the world of Malaysian TV presentation?

Two weeks ago I've heard in the news that TV2's Chinese sitcom 88 Kopitiam is temporarily suspended because one of the actors in the sitcom is believed to have been participated in a video clip that satirized Malaysian issues. RTM has said that it will contact the producer of the sitcom to confirm the actor's involvement in the video clip and to ensure that no misuse by irresponsible parties. Source: Utusan

On 15.2.2014, I found out that TV1 and TV2 changed their time banners that used since 2010 (the one which has the 1 Malaysia logo; also started used for non-news programmes since December 2011) to a new one. I'm not sure when they exactly change to the new ones but I'm sure it was during this week. TV1's new time banner is based on its existing time banner that was also used by TV2 while TV2 uses a brand new one. This montage of screenshots was taken from TV1 and TV2's live streaming sites at mystream.rtm.gov.my.

I also found out that RTM has changed the website address of its sports event livestreaming. The new address is aksisukan.rtm.gov.my.

On 10.2.2014, there have been news about plans to launch a joint Malaysian-Indonesian news channel called TV Nusantara. TV3 has reported that TV Nusantara will start broadcast in 2016. Plans to launch the channel is underway. On the same day I found out that Tonton live TV streaming started a livestream of a new channel which is World Fashion Channel. I also found out on the same day that Astro Awani's Bisnes Awani has started airing a English-language business news segment called The Edge Awani, in association with business newspaper The Edge.

TV9 has announced on Facebook on 13.2.2014 that its first broadcast of this year's AFC Cup will be a match between Malaysia's Selangor and Indonesia's Arema Indonesia on 25.2.2014.

The first episode of NTV7's Bella Hopes will air on 2.3.2014.

Bernama reported on 12.2.2014 that business radio station BFM was barred from airing an interview with Anwar Ibrahim on the Kajang by-election but was made available on the station's website saying that the interview was barred from broadcast. Bernama also reported on the same day that the news agency would like to cooperate with Palestine-based TV Alquds to increase viewership. The Minister of Communication and Multimedia made a visit to Sri Pentas on the same day while Media Prima's Chinese New Year open house was held on the same day too at a different place.

On the same day, TV9 held a launching ceremony of One Fighting Championship at Sri Pentas and also sponsor One Fighting Championship-related event called War of Nations which will be held at Stadium Negara on 14.3.2014.

On 13.2.2014, RTM held a preview ceremony of its revival of an old children's programme called Mini Parlimen. The ceremony was held at its Theaterette at Wisma TV Angkasapuri.

On 15.2.2014, I spotted NTV7 airing an animated purple coloured #Bananana hashtag banner during Crayon Shin Chan. I think this is not the first time I saw it. I also found out that NTV7 has stopped using the Chinese New Year-themed Spring Chorus breakbumpers and returned to using normal breakbumpers. The breakbumpers have been in use for almost two months. On the same day I found out that Tonton live TV streaming changed its background banner to the one which is Jemput Masuk Cef sponsored by Coca Cola just before 8 pm.

On 16.2.2014, I found out that TV3 did not switch off its logo again during each commercial break in Buletin 1:30. The logo might be a bit faulty.

I've realised that Johor-based radio station Best 104 had changed its name to Best FM. I don't know when exactly they change, but the change might had happened last year. 

TV on-air presentation update #6

What happened last week in the world of Malaysian TV presentation?

TV9 has already started airing TV3's Bismillah since 20.1.2014 replacing Muqaddimah. I checked it from Tonton TV schedule and found out that TV9 airs Bismillah episodes from 2013 starting from episode 1. I realised about this on 2.2.2014 while checking on Astro's TV guide. The current Bismillah airs on TV3.

On 3.2.2014, I found out that TV9 changed its "sekarang, selepas ini" menu bumper again which now just show "selepas ini". No change for the "malam ini" menu.

On 5.2.2014, I spotted an error on TV1's Niaga Nasional. The error is a pop-up info telling about the resolution of Windows' optimal resolution in the ticker generator. I believe that the ticker is generated using Microsoft Windows, also used by Biz Malaysia.

On 6.2.2013, I found out that Hypp TV will stop carrying KidsCo on Hypp TV ch 560 from 10.2.2014; confirmed via the black ticker at the top part of the screen.

TV9 will start airing AFC Cup matches again starting 25.2.2014. Confirmed via Instagram and Facebook.

On 7.2.2014, I spotted an intro animation of RTM TV's time banner on TV1. It appeared when TV1 returned to the second half of Fikrah after the news update at 10 am and Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah.

Astro will carry the coverage of 2014 Winter Olympics in SD on channels 820 and 821 and in HD on
channels 840 and 841.

On 7.2.2014 at around 6:00 pm, I saw AXN Astro ch 701 airing a promo that says Astro Bella offers a preview between January 1 and February 15. I think during this period the channel will be aired for free to all Astro subscribers. After the period the channel is only viewable to Mustika pack subscribers.

Works of some Malaysian dubbing voice actors

Here are the works of some Malaysian dubbing voice actors, whose names have been confirmed from a segment featuring Malaysian voice actors in episode on TV3's talk show Tunggu Sekejap hosted by Awie (except Azizah Jais). Please feel free to contribute to this post if you have more information or to correct information.

I also add a note after each voice actors' name which is the tone of the voice actors that I mentioned as a guide for those who have heard the voice actors' voices.

Filem Karya Nusa staff voice actors

1. Faizal Md Isa - fierce angry voice
Works:
- Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto
- Cosmo and various characters in The Fairly Oddparents
- Benson, Pops and various characters in Regular Show
- various (mostly relief voices) in Spongebob Squarepants
- Rancid Rabbit and various characters in Catdog
- Commentator in Wipeout USA airing on Disney Channel Asia on Astro
- various characters in Phineas and Ferb

2. Ruhaiyah Daharun - calm voice
Works:
- Doraemon
- Himawari and various characters in Crayon Shin Chan
- Mrs Puff, Pearl and various characters in Spongebob Squarepants
- various characters in Detective Conan

3. Azizah Jais - fierce angry voice
Works:
- Nobita Nobi in Doraemon
- Misae Nohara in Crayon Shin Chan
- various characters in Kid vs Kat
- various characters in Naruto
- various characters in Chalkzone
- various characters (mostly relief voices) in Atashinchi

Updated on 8.3.2014

TV on-air presentation update #5

What happened last week in the world of Malaysian TV presentation?

TV9's Rosalinda on Mon-Thu is now at 10:00 am-12:00 pm since 23.1.2014 with double episodes back to back instead of just 10:00-11:00 am where the 11:00 am hour was previously for local drama reruns. On Friday to Sunday airs for one hour only which is at 10:00 am.

On 28.1.2014, I spotted Primworks Studio's new endcap which has a new logo and new tune. The endcap is produced in 16:9 aspect ratio and is distributed in 16:9 letterbox and 16:9 full fitting the whole 4:3 aspect ratio screen. It replaces the existing endcap which has been used since March 2012. Here's my capture.



On 31.1.2014, I spotted that the desk at TV3's Nightline's virtual studio set has changed to a new one, so this is probably a minor change. Nightline changed its virtual studio set to a new one earlier in January. It has previously used a virtual studio set that is similar to Buletin Utama's.

NTV7's Global Watch had its new look late last year. Here are my snapshots of Global Watch's new title and virtual studio set that I made on 26.1.2014 from Tonton mobile app.

It seems that Astro Awani's Awani 7:45 had made some changes which has been going on since late last year. The presenter no longer stand at a studio that faces the control room which has been a feature since it was launched in 2009 but now standing in the newsroom, now having discussions about news topics and the guests are seen sitting in certain areas of Astro Awani's newsroom, Kini Trending is being integrated into Awani 7:45 as a segment instead of as a separate programme, the "seketika nanti" graphic changed, Awani 7:45 now extends to 8:30 pm and also air in the morning and Awani 7:45 now having its own hashtag which is #Awani745.

On 31.1.2014, "ivan tan" on YouTube saw TV Alhijrah airing its colourbars. The name banner at bottom-left is now known as "TVAH", not "TV ALHIJRAH". I think this is a one-off appearance. Nowadays TV Alhijrah during downtime rarely air a test pattern and aired a still caption saying they'll "be back on air at 6 am" instead. Below are "ivan tan"'s capture via Hypp TV and my screencap via Astro.

On the same day I spotted KIX having its new look replacing the existing one which has been used since KIX HD was on Astro since Astro started its HD package in late 2009. Below is KIX's new look logo and programme banner that I captured.

It seems that TV3, 8TV and TV9 share their this year's Chinese New Year branding, in terms of promo design which is more apparent, as seen in the screenshot below taken by me. NTV7 has its own.

On 2.2.2014, I spotted Bernama TV changing its look again, I think because it has celebrated its anniversary of its launch. Haven't see the whole thing yet.

Minor change to my blog

Changed my blog template to Picture Window.