Television in Myanmar


Television broadcasting in Myanmar began in 1967 as a test trial in Yangon. The First Myanmar Television Channel is BBS and it was launched on 3 June 1968. Regular television service was first formally launched in 1967.
Most television channels in the country are broadcast from Yangon. MRTV and MWD are the two Burmese state-owned television networks, providing Burmese-language programming in news and entertainment and broadcasting from Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon. MRTV broadcasts freely 18 channels and MWD broadcasts 7 channels. Other TV channels in Myanmar are MRTV-4, Channel 7, 5-Plus, MNTV, Channel-9, Mizzima TV, DVB TV, Channel K, YTV, Fortune TV and Myanmar International, the English-language channel that targets overseas audiences via satellite and via Internet. SKYNET and CANAL+ Myanmar are two pay-TV services in Myanmar.
On October 29, 2012, Forever company became a joint venture with Channel 3 , creating the production called "Forever BEC-Tero".