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Media Prima Berhad
Public
Industry Mass Media
Founded 23 September 2003
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people
Revenue Increase RM 1.40 billion
Increase RM 137.08 million
Number of employees
5,000 (December 2015)
Divisions TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9, Hot FM, Fly FM, One FM, Kool FM, New Straits Times Press, Primeworks Studios], Big Tree Outdoor, Media Prima Digital
Website www.mediaprima.com.my

Media Prima Berhad ("Media Prima" or "The Group") is a leading media company in Malaysia.

With a variety of media-related businesses including in Television, Print, Radio, Out-of-Home, as well as Content and Digital Media, Media Prima, which is listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia,[1] is also one of Malaysia's Top 100 largest listed companies by revenue.

In addition to having equity interests in Malaysia's free-to-air television stations namely TV3, 8TV, ntv7 and TV9, the Group also owns more than 98 percent of The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), Malaysia's largest publisher with three national newspapers; New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.

In Radio, the Group is represented by four radio stations namely Fly FM, Hot FM, one FM, and Kool FM. The Group also owns a content creation subsidiary, Primeworks Studios.

Owned and operated networks

Television

Current network

Name Network Subsidiary Holding Company Launch date Channel (KL) Broadcasting hours (UTC+08:00) Runtime Formerly known as Languages
TV3 Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 (age 39) 12 VHF
29 UHF
24/7 MST 24 hours Malay
English
NTV7 Natseven TV Sendirian Berhad (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 25) 7 VHF
37 UHF
06:00-01:00 MST. 17.5 hours Malay
English
Chinese
8TV Metropolitan TV Sendirian Berhad (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20) 27 UHF 06:00-01:45 MST. 19-hours MetroVision (Channel 8/TV4)
(1 July 1995 – 1 November 1999)
English
Chinese
Malay (some shows)
TV9 Ch-9 Media Sendirian Berhad (2006-04-22) 22 April 2006 (age 17) 33 UHF 06:00-00:00 MST. 17.5 hours Channel 9
(9 September 2003 – 3 February 2005)
Malay
English

Print

Radio

Production and Distribution

Out-of-Home Advertising

Digital

References

  1. Media Prima Berhad (stock code 4502) on Bursa Malaysia

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