Mega TV (Malaysia)

Mega TV
(CableView Services Sdn. Bhd.)
IndustryCable television
Founded1 November 1995; 28 years ago (1995-11-01)
Defunct1 October 2001; 23 years ago (2001-10-01)
HeadquartersPetaling Jaya, Selangor
Area served
Malaysia
OwnerMalaysian Resources Corporation Berhad
ParentSistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (40%)
MoF, (Inc.) (30%)
Eurocrest Sdn. Bhd. (12.5%)
Ibex TV (M) Sdn. Bhd. (12.5%)
Sri Utara Sdn. Bhd. (5%)

CableView Services Sdn. Bhd., operating as Mega TV was Malaysia's first ever subscription-based pay television service.[1][2][3] It was incorporated on 18 October 1994 and began transmissions on 1 November 1995 and was operated by Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3), a Malaysian free-to-air television network owned and operated by Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB).

Mega TV was transmitted from its headquarters in Bandar Utama, in the northern fringes of Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It failed to break into the pay television market, and shut down in 2001.

  1. ^ Shahreem Amry (13 September 1995). "Demand for Mega TV catches on". New Straits Times. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ Zainal Alam Kadir (30 March 1996). "Mega TV gearing up to do battle". New Straits Times. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ Suraya Al-Attas; Zainal Alam Kadir (22 December 1995). "Mega TV heats up the airwaves". New Straits Times. Retrieved 14 February 2021.