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3 unusual facts about Media of Malaysia


Media of Malaysia

Since conventional media is so tightly controlled by the government, Malaysia has a lively alternative media scene, chracterised by such news portals as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider which take advantage of the government's pledge not to censor the Internet despite its stranglehold on most mass media outlets.

HyppTV by UniFi is one of Malaysia's IPTV provider but in order to take the TV package, the customer must select at least one internet package, from RM 149 per month to RM 350 per month.

State-owned RTM operates two free-to-air terrestrial local television channels licensed to broadcast in Malaysia, as well as 32 radio channels nationwide.



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