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Television broadcasting in Malaysia is provided by the federal government and respective private broadcasting companies. Analogue TV transmissions were completely turned off on 31 October 2019 and switched to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast using DVB-T2 technology.[1] The switchover was done in stages by region, which began with from the Central and Southern on 30 September 2019, North and East on 14 October 2019 and Sabah and Sarawak on 31 October 2019.[2] The digital TV transmissions' Service Level Availability (SLA) currently stands at a 99.9% coverage rate.[3]
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The first trial broadcasts of digital TV started in 2006 by a government-owned television broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Some local TV channels have been broadcasting shows in HD for special occasions since 2008. Free-to-air and subscription-based television channels in Malaysia are available in HD standards through terrestrial, satellite and IP, as well as over OTT platform.
Currently there are only two free-to-air digital terrestrial platforms with high-definition digital television channels in Malaysia, MYTV and NJOI.
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Government owned free-to-air television broadcasters
Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Over-the-top (OTT)
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Private television broadcasters
Media Prima Berhad
Awesome Broadcasting Sdn Bhd
DNF Group Sdn Bhd
Enjoy TV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd
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Other free-to-air television broadcasters
AlHijrah Media Corporation
Malaysia News National Agency (BERNAMA)
State owned free-to-air television broadcasters
Sarawak Media Group (SMG)
Subscription-based providers
Satellite television
Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2)
IPTV
Over-the-top (OTT)
Local OTTs
- Astro GO
- EDUWEBTV Archived 19 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- iflix
- MYTV ManaMana
- Selangor TV
- SIAR
- Sooka
- Tonton
- Unifi TV app (formerly known as unifi playTV)
International OTTs
Other television stations
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Former / discontinued television channels and networks
Former Astro channels (by timeline)
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- 1997
- STAR Mandarin Movies was replaced with Astro AEC on 1 September 1997.
- 1998
- Asia Business News and the original incarnation of CNBC Asia was merged to form CNBC Asia Business News on 1 February 1998.
- MGM Gold ceased broadcasting on 6 April 1998, replaced by Cinemax on 23 April 1998.
- STAR Plus rebranded to STAR World on 1 May 1998.
- CNBC Asia Business News rebranded to CNBC Asia on 1 July 1998.
- NBC Asia rebranded to National Geographic Channel on 1 July 1998.
- 1999
- Preview Channel (NHK World TV and Bloomberg Television) was split into NHK World TV and Bloomberg Television on 17 January 1999.
- 2002
- TV Pendidikan/Animal Planet was split into TV Pendidikan (Channel 13) and Animal Planet (Channel 51) on January 1, 2002.
- 2006
- TechTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2006.
- NHK World TV was replaced with NHK World Premium on 1 May 2006.
- TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2006.
- 2008
- BBC World was rebranded to BBC World News on 21 April 2008.
- Discovery Real Time was replaced with Discovery Turbo due to its rebranding in October 2008.
- 2009
- RTM1 and RTM2 rebranded to TV1 and TV2 on New Year's Day (1 January) 2009 at midnight.
- Astro News (carries program from DW TV, Al Jazeera English and Australia Network) ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 March 2009 while DW TV programs carried by BERNAMA TV.
- Astro @Play ceased service on 1 May 2009 due to the insignificant number of subscribers.
- Astro Kirana ceased broadcasting and transmission on 18 May 2009. Replaced by Astro Citra on 1 June 2009.
- BBC Entertainment was replaced with BIO Channel on 1 December 2009.
- 2010
- Eastern Television Asia was replaced with CTi TV on 1 January 2010.
- Astro Aruna ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2010 due to low viewership. Replaced by Bintang and Pelangi on 11 July 2011.
- CCTV-9 rebranded to CCTV News on 26 April 2010 at 7:00pm.
- Channel [V] ceased transmission and broadcasting on 16 June 2010. Replaced by FOX Asia.
- TVB8 was replaced by TVB Entertainment News on 1 July 2010.
- Hallmark Channel was replaced by DIVA Universal on 19 September 2010.
- Granada TV rebranded to ITV Granada on 1 November 2010.
- 2011
- Playhouse Disney rebranded to Disney Junior on 11 July 2011.
- 2012
- STAR Movies and STAR Movies HD rebranded to FOX Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD on New Year's Day (1 January) 2012 at midnight.
- WaTV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2012. Replaced by Celestial Movies HD and KIX HD while programs broadcast by the channel are now carried by Astro AEC.
- B4U was replaced by Astro Bella on 5 March 2012.
- Astro @15 ceased transmission and broadcasting on 1 May 2012 at midnight. Replaced by Astro Mustika HD on 21 May 2012 while programs broadcast by the channel were carried by other Malay channels.
- Astro Lifestyle HD was separated to Food Network Asia HD and Life Inspired HD on 1 October 2012.
- 2013
- Astro Stocklink ceased service on 1 January 2013.
- ESPN, ESPNews and ESPN HD rebranded to FOX Sports, FOX Sports News and FOX Sports Plus HD on 28 January 2013.
- Radio Mosaic ceased service on 9 February 2013 due to the same broadcast of radio channels.
- BIO Channel ceased broadcasting on 14 June 2013.
- beTV ceased broadcasting on 26 August 2013.
- CNBC ceased broadcasting and transmission on 7 October 2013 because it was unable to fulfill these objects, but was relaunched back in the same month.
- 2014
- Jia Yu ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2014 at midnight. A temporary channel was broadcast for a month before being relaunched as Kah Lai Toi at 6am.
- Discovery Turbo was replaced by DMAX on 7 July 2014.
- Discovery Home & Health Asia changed its name to EVE on 1 August 2014.
- STAR Sports and FOX Sports Plus HD rebranded to FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports 3 and FOX Sports HD in which FOX Sports News was replaced by FOX Sports 3 on 15 August 2014. FOX Sports News remained its broadcast on Astro GO.
- Astro Zhi Zun HD rebranded to Astro Wah Lai Toi HD (Channel 310) on 6 October 2014.
- The SD version of FOX (Channel 710) ceased broadcasting on 16 November 2014. They were upgraded to FOX HD (Channel 724) until FOX HD ceased broadcasting on 30 September 2021 at 11:59:59pm and was replaced by Disney+ Hotstar that formally launched on 1 June 2021.
- 2015
- iView ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 January 2015. Replaced by the NJOI version on 20 January 2015.
- Golf Channel in SD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 26 February 2015.
- 2016
- Astro Hitz ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 May 2016 at midnight due to low viewership and declining popularity.
- Channel M HD was rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016 (After barely 16 months this channel name after Channel M HD launched in 2015, except for HyppTV).
- Sundance Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2016 at midnight due to low popularity. The first International Movies channel to be ceased on Astro.
- Zee Variasi ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 1 October 2016 at midnight. Replaced by a new Hindi HD channel called Tara HD on 19 October 2016.
- CCTV News rebranded to CGTN on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2016 at 12:00pm.
- 2017
- ITV Choice ceased broadcasting and transmission on Astro on 16 January 2017 at 12:15am due to low viewership.
- FOX Sports News' broadcast on Astro GO ceased transmission and broadcasting on 29 April 2017.
- FOX Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD rebranded to FOX Movies and FOX Movies HD on 10 June 2017.
- GO ASEAN HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 June 2017 at 2:00am. GO ASEAN maintains its programs on Tonton and DimSum.
- Kah Lai Toi ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2017 at midnight due to low viewership.
- STAR World and STAR World HD rebranded to FOX Life and FOX Life HD on 1 October 2017 at 9:00am.
- Life Inspired HD ceased transmission on 7 October 2017 due to financial losses by the company.
- 2018
- ZooMoo ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2018 to mitigate further losses by the company. ZooMoo shows moved to Astro Xiao Tai Yang.
- Astro Mustika HD rebranded to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018 at midnight.
- Astro Bella ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2018 at midnight due to low viewership. Replaced by Naura HD on the same package with completely different content.
- EVE was discontinued and terminated on 1 November 2018.
- Lifetime and FYI ceased broadcasting on 14 December 2018.
- 2019
- Astro Maya HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 14 January 2019 at midnight. The programs were later carried by both Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Prima HD and Astro Oasis HD channels which are HD and it's available to all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while making the SD version available on different channel numbers.
- The SD version of Disney XD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2019. The HD version of this channel remained until 1 January 2021 due to a review of Disney's business in the region and was replaced by TA-DAA HD on 15 March 2021.
- Channel NewsAsia rebranded to CNA on 29 March 2019 as the channel celebrated its 20th anniversary.
- Astro Xi Yue HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2019 at midnight because the Overseas event channel would be aired on Channel 338. Replaced by iQIYI HD 17 days later on the same channel number (Channel 300). It is the first Chinese HD channel to be ceased on Astro.
- A-List HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 August 2019 at midnight due to low viewership, but its Astro OD (On Demand) service continued.
- Tara HD was discontinued and terminated on 1 October 2019. Replaced by Colors Hindi HD 6 hours later.
- 2020
- Diva and E! (along with their HD feeds) ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2020. They are the first historic channels to cease on Astro. Their shows were moved to Hello HD .
- Setanta Sports HD was rebranded to RugbyPass TV HD on 29 January 2020.
- The SD version of Astro Wah Lai Toi ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2020, hence merged with TVB Jade HD. On 1 May 2020, Astro Wah Lai Toi HD was transitioned to its VOD service.
- TVB Classic Movies and Asian Action Channel ceased broadcasting on Astro on 5 April 2020.
- Jaya TV, Raj TV and Kalaignar TV ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2020. Replaced by Zee Tamil HD at 00:05 hours.
- Astro Vaanavil was upgraded from SD to HD on 1 June 2020, and made available for all Astro customers. For NJOI customers, the HD version is made optional by purchasing the HD pack, while retaining the SD version which is assigned to a different channel number.
- The SD version of Astro First ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2020.
- The SD version of Astro Best ceased broadcasting on 29 July 2020, while the HD version of the channel remained.
- The SD versions of the Fox Sports channels and Eurosport ceased broadcasting on 16 November 2020, while the HD versions of the channels remained.
- The SD versions of the Astro SuperSport channels ceased broadcasting on 30 November 2020, while the HD versions of the channels remained.
- 2021
- Disney Junior HD, Disney Channel HD and Disney Channel ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2021 due to the television provider's refreshed Kids Pack on 14 December 2020 and the launch of Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia on 1 June 2021 and were replaced by Nick Jr. HD and Boomerang HD which launched on the same date. Disney XD HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2021 at midnight due to the review of Disney's business in this region and was replaced by TA-DAA! HD on 15 March 2021. These are the second Kids channels and the first HD Kids channels to be ceased on Astro.
- Comedy Central ceased broadcasting on 1 February 2021. It was replaced by BBC Lifestyle HD on the same channel number on 15 September of the same year.
- Almost all SD channels in Astro ceased broadcasting because most channels were fully switched to all HD channels on 1 March 2021.
- Astro Awani launches the HD version of their channel on 29 March 2021. While the upgrade from SD to HD is made available for all Astro customers, NJOI customers will still continue to enjoy the channel in SD version on different channel number and HD version are made optional by purchasing the HD pack.
- Aniplus on Astro Go ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2021 due to low viewership while its VOD service remained operational until 11 April 2021.
- When Astro launched their new NJOI HD subscription-based package for NJOI customers on 28 April 2021, the HD version of Astro Prima, Astro Oasis, Astro Vaanavil, Astro Xiao Tai Yang, Astro AEC, CCTV-4, Astro Awani, Hello channel HD, eGG Network HD and Astro Arena can be only be enabled via HD Pack while retaining their SD version of these channels which are reassigned at different channel number.
- Astro TVIQ was officially upgraded from SD to HD on 25 May 2021 and made available for all Astro customers.
- Astro Box Office Tayangan Hebat HD ceased broadcasting on 1 June 2021.
- TVB News Channel was terminated on 1 July 2021, barely one year after launch, due to copyright problems.
- FOX, Fox Movies, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Life, Nat Geo People, FX and the Fox Sports channels ceased broadcasting on 1 October 2021 due to the launch of Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia.
- Hello HD ceased broadcasting on 30 September 2021 and was replaced by Lifetime HD and PRIMEtime HD which were launched on 15 September 2021 and Discovery Science HD ceased broadcasting at the same date due to review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth HD. They were the first Learning channels to be ceased on Astro. On the same date, ART Variety was replaced with ART Movies before ceasing transmission on 1 June 2022.
- RugbyPass TV HD was officially rebranded to Premier Sports HD on 9 December 2021.
- Animax HD ceased broadcasting on 31 December 2021 due to low popularity but its VOD service continued until 31 March 2022.
- 2022
- Astro TVIQ HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm when TA-DAA! HD launched on 15 March 2021 at 8:00am with the shows from the now-defunct channel carried by Astro Ceria HD and TA-DAA! HD.
- BabyTV HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm, with shows from the channel officially moved to Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia. In turn, the channel slot was officially replaced by Moonbug Kids HD.
- Naura HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 January 2022 at 11:59:59pm because due to Naura content on its Astro GO app and its VOD service continued reserved.
- STAR Chinese Channel HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on the Chinese New Year’s Eve (31 January) 2022 at 11:59:59pm. While the shows from that channel will be carried through Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia, it also was officially replaced by Phoenix Chinese Channel HD and Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD in Malaysia.
- Astro Tutor TV PT3 and Astro Tutor TV SPM will merge into a single channel named Astro Tutor TV SMK HD on channel 603 starting 1 April 2022. Astro Tutor TV PT3 cease transmission and Astro Tutor TV SPM rebranded as Astro Tutor TV SMK HD On the same day, TVBS News HD, Astro AOD 353, Astro AOD 355 and Makkal TV ceased transmission and Astro Tutor TV SK and OKEY will be upgraded to HD on channels 601 and 146.
- Astro Vellithirai on Astro GO ceased transmission on 14 April 2022 at 1:00am, with the channel upgraded to HD on the same day.
- Oh!K HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 May 2022 when K-PLUS HD became available on Astro channel 396, along with ART Movies.
- KIX HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2022 at 12:59:15am.
- Chutti TV officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 13 October 2022 and was replaced by Sun News HD, KTV HD and Sun Life HD.
- 2023
- eGG Network HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 23 January 2023 while retaining their social media pages. Programs carried by that channel and esports content were transferred to Astro Arena HD and Astro Arena 2 HD.
- National Geographic HD and Nat Geo WILD HD ceased broadcasts on 1 February 2023. While the programs hosted from both channels can be streamed in Disney+ Hotstar, their channel slots were replaced by Global Trekker HD, Love Nature 4K and Love Nature HD on 15 January 2023.
- Boomerang HD and TA-DAA! HD channel ceased broadcasts on 1 February 2023. TA-DAA! HD channel slots were replaced by DreamWorks Channel HD on the same day.
- Go Shop GAAYA HD Ceased Transmission On 1 March 2023.
- Astro Box Office BollyOne HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 April 2023 and was replaced by Zee Cinema HD.
- NJOI Channel ceased transmission on 13 June 2023.
- Astro SuperSport 5 HD ceased broadcasting & transmission on 15 July and were replaced by W-Sport HD on the same day.
- Astro Best service ceased its service on 23 August 2023, it had migrated to Astro First.
- Astro Shuang Xing HD ceased broadcasting & transmission on 27 August 2023 and Astro Quan Jia HD was renamed to Astro QJ HD starting on 28 August 2023.
- SHOWCASE Movies HD was renamed to SHOWCASE HD, while PRIMEtime HD ceased transmission on 4 September 2023.
- Astro Xiao Tai Yang HD ceased transmission and was transitioned to its VOD service on 4 September 2023. Selected programs will be broadcast on Astro AEC HD the following morning.
- Astro Tutor TV SK HD and Astro Tutor TV SMK HD merged into a single channel named Astro Tutor TV HD on channel 603 starting 4 September 2023.
- All Go Shop HD Channels (111, 118 And 303) Ceased Transmission On 11 October 2023 Due To Shopping Trends Declined.
- 2024
- Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024 and replaced by HITS Now HD. As part of TVB's restructuring, Astro AOD 352 and 354, TVB Magic HD ceased broadcasting and the TVBAnywhere+ application was removed on the same date as well.
- Awesome TV (Channel 123) ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
- All Astro SuperSport HD channels (805 (UHD), 811, 812, 813 and 814) ceased broadcasting & transmission on 17 October 2024 and were replaced by Astro Sports UHD (805), Astro Grandstand HD (810), Astro Premier League HD (811), Astro Premier League 2 HD (812), Astro Football HD (814), Astro Badminton HD (815) and Astro Sports Plus HD (817) on the same day.
- Astro Premier HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 20 November 2024. Programming will be carried on Astro Citra HD.
- Astro Warna HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 3 December 2024. Programming will be carried on Astro Prima HD.
- 2025
- WWE Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2025.
- DreamWorks Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2025 after barely 2 years of broadcasting and replaced by Blippi & Friends.
- Animal Planet HD, DMAX HD, Food Network HD, Warner TV HD, Eurosport HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 June 2025.
Former Unifi TV channels
- 2012
- tvN HD rebranded as Channel M HD on 23 November 2012 and rebranded back as tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
- 2013
- SS TV, replaced with Polimer Channel on 1 January 2013.
- Nat Geo Music, replaced by Channel [V] International HD on 1 September 2013.
- 2014
- KidsCo, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 10 February 2014.
- Nat Geo Adventure HD rebranded as Nat Geo People HD on 1 March 2014.
- EMAS ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2014.
- Hypp Sensasi VOD transitioned to Hypp Sensasi HD on 4 August 2014.
- UTV Stars and TRACE Sports HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2014. Replaced by Bindass Play.
- 2015
- Now Mango, rebranded as Now Jelli HD on 1 February 2015.
- All the Media Prima Radio Networks stations ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 March 2015.
- WarnerTV HD rebranded to Warner TV HD on 15 March 2015.
- BBC Entertainment ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015.
- FOX Football Channel HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2015, replaced by FOX Sports 2 HD on 26 August 2016.
- Screen RED rebranded to RED by HBO on 1 October 2015.
- BBC Knowledge HD rebranded to BBC Earth HD on 3 October 2015.
- 2016
- Red FM and Capital FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2016.
- Discovery Kids ceased broadcasting and transmission on 16 January 2016.
- Fashion TV HD, ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 May 2016.
- Channel M HD rebranded to tvN HD on 3 June 2016.
- Hikmah, replaced by Salam HD on 5 June 2016.
- Now Hairun, Rebranded As Now Chinese Drama on 14 June 2016.
- All Astro Channels ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2016.
- The 2016 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 2 September 2016. Replaced by Hypp Sports HD.
- Dushh FM ceased broadcasting and transmission on 5 November 2016.
- TV Direct SHOWCASE ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 December 2016.
- 2017
- MNC Channel, replaced by Pesona HD on 1 April 2017.
- Two UTV Bindass Television channels, Bindass and Bindass Play ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2017. Replaced by Zee Cinema, Sony SAB and Sony SET.
- FOX Sports News HD ceased broadcasting on 29 April 2017, barely 9 months after the channel launched.
- Hao Xiang Shopping TV, Syfy HD, Universal Channel HD and HyppSports 4 HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2017. Replaced By LAKU Mall, Animax HD and Sony Channel HD on 1 June 2017 and Unifi Sports 4 HD on 28 February 2020.
- MTV Live HD was replaced by MTV Asia HD on 1 August 2017, However MTV Live HD was relaunched back on 1 September 2022.
- The 2017 SEA Games ceased broadcasting and transmission on 30 August 2017. Replaced by Hypp Sports HD.
- Motorvision HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 September 2017.
- 2018
- RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD were rebranded to Blue Ant Entertainment HD and Blue Ant Extreme HD on 1 January 2018.
- Capital TV HD, replaced by Channel W on 3 January 2018.
- Channel [V] International HD, Channel [V] Taiwan and FOX Crime HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2018 due to low rating. The first Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV, However, FOX Crime HD shows aired on FOX HD. It was replaced by CJ WOW SHOP HD and Dunia Sinema HD.
- 1News ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 July 2018 due to low popularity.
- HyppSports HD and HyppSports 2 HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 August 2018 as ASN program suppliers ceased operations in Malaysia and Singapore, replaced by Sports Illustrated TV until its ceased broadcasts on 1 May 2019.
- TVB8 HD and Stingray iConcerts HD were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 September 2018. Second Chinese Channel to cease on Unifi TV.
- 2019
- Channel W, HyppSports 3 HD, Outdoor Channel HD, Hot FM and One FM ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 January 2019 due to the low popularity of Outdoor Channel HD.
- Now Chinese Drama transited to its VOD service On 1 March 2019.
- All Zee Channels was replaced by Colors TV, Colors Cineplex and Colors Tamil HD On 1 April 2019.
- Sony Channel HD and MUTV HD, ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, 1 June 2019 due to the low popularity of MUTV HD.
- Bloomberg Television and PlayBox HD were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 September 2019.
- RED by HBO HD and BabyFirst were discontinued and terminated at midnight, on 1 October 2019.
- Now International HD and Now Chinese Drama On Demand were discontinued and terminated at midnight, 15 November 2019.
- 2020
- Now Baogu Movies HD transited to its VOD service on 1 March 2020.
- UTV Movies and Animax HD ceased broadcasting and transmission at midnight, on 1 July 2020 due to the low popularity of Animax HD, but relaunched on 1 October 2021. Replaced by YuppThirai HD.
- 2021
- Comedy Central HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2021 but Comedy Central On Demand is still available. Replaced by GEM HD starting 1 October 2021.
- NTV7 rebranded to DidikTV KPM on 17 February 2021.
- The 2021 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 8 August 2021. Replaced by Unifi Sports HD.
- Blue Ant Entertainment HD and Blue Ant Extreme HD were rebranded to ROCK Entertainment HD and ROCK Extreme HD on 1 September 2021.
- SCM Legend HD, SCM HD, Star Chinese Channel HD, FOX Movies, FOX Action Movies, FOX Family Movies, FOX, FX, FOXlife, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Nat Geo People HD, BabyTV, Sky News, FOX Sports HD, FOX Sports 2 HD and FOX Sports 3 HD officially ceased broadcasting and transmission in October 2021. The shows from these terminated channels are now carried by Disney+ Hotstar.
- 2022
- Sony MAX, Sony SAB and Sony SET officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2022.
- Now Baogu Movies HD On Demand ceased broadcasting and transmission in June 2022.
- Colors TV, Jaya Max, Polimer and Yupp Thirai HD ceased broadcast on 1 July 2022. Replaced by WION, Sony YAY! and Zee Thirai.
- Unifi Sports 5 HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 September 2022. Replaced by BeIN Sports 4 HD.
- MTV Asia HD rebranded to MTV Live HD on 1 September 2022.
- HyppSensasi HD and HyppInspirasi HD were rebranded to Sensasi HD and Inspirasi HD on 1 September 2022.
- ROCK Extreme HD rebranded as ROCK Action HD on 12 December 2022.
- 2023
- Unifi Sports 2 HD, Unifi Sports 3 HD & Unifi Sports 4 HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 February 2023 because the broadcaster rights of Malaysia League ended. Replaced by BeIN Sports 2 HD.
- LAKU Mall HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2023.
- TechStorm HD and Arirang HD ceased broadcast and transmission on 1 February 2023, barely 16 months after the channel launched. Replaced by ONE HD and Moonbug Kids HD. The first Korean channel to cease transmission on Unifi TV.
- Boomerang HD rebranded back as Cartoonito HD on 28 July 2023.
- 2024
- CinemaWorld HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2024. Replaced by HITS NOW.
- Paramount Network HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 April 2024.
- GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
- The 2024 Summer Olympics ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 August 2024. Replaced by Unifi Sports HD.
- 2025
- Cartoonito HD and WION ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2025.
- ONE HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 February 2025 after barely 2 years of broadcasting.
Former Tonton Live TV channels
- 2021
- CNA HD and Al Jazeera HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 12 October 2021.
- 2024
- GEM HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 August 2024.
- 2025
Former Max live TV channels
- 2021
- RED by HBO HD ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 July 2021 due to lack of advertisements.
Former MYTV Mana Mana live TV channels
- 2024
- TVRI Nasional HD
- 2025
- MotoRRacing TV HD
- Horizon Sports HD
- My Cinema Europe HD
- British Muslim TV
- TVRI World HD
Other pay television providers
Former Malaysian Channels From Other Countries
- 2020
- Astro Vellithirai and Astro Vinmeen HD ceased broadcasting and transmission from Singtel TV on 1 July 2020. Replaced by KTV HD and Sun Music.
TV channels
- 1999
- MetroVision ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 November 1999 but relaunched as 8TV on 8 January 2004.
- 2005
- 2008
- TV Pendidikan ceased broadcasting and transmission on 31 December 2008. Replaced by DidikTV KPM on 17 February 2021.
- 2009
- RTMi was replaced with Muzik Aktif due to its relaunch on 16 March 2009.
- 2011
- Muzik Aktif was replaced with TVi due to its relaunch on 11 April 2011.
- 2012
- 2018
- 2019
- CJ Wow Shop ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 January 2019. Later, CJ Wow Shop broadcasts again from 15 April 2019 (excluding Unifi TV).
- Channel W was discontinued on 1 April 2019, replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.
- 2022
- Astro GO Shop (Malay) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 19 June 2022.
- Wow Shop (Chinese) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 2 November 2022.
- 2023
- Wow Shop (Malay) ceased broadcasting in myFreeview on 8 November 2023.
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