Radio, Television & Media

Radio

The radio transmission in Myanmar are Myanma Radio, Radio Myanmar (English) and City FM. Radio Myanmar broadcasts English on the following schedule: 8:30 am to 9:00am 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm; and 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. The new City FM broadcasts from 08:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M., and from 13:00 P.M. to 17:00 P.M. daily, starting from January 1, 2002. City FM has gained the popularity among the locals since it broadcast varieties of songs, lifestyles, star's lives, comedy and others.

Television

There are four channels in Television such as Myanma Television, Myawaddy TV & MRTV3 and MRTV4. Now there is also 5 Movies Channel which is a joint production. Myanmar Television and Myawaddy TV run the programs from 7 am to 11 am; and from 4 pm to 11 pm. Most hotels also have satellite TV.

Myawaddy TV was started on the 27th March, 1995, marking the Armed Forces Day. The average broadcasting hours is about 8 hours per day when it started.

MRTV3 English programs are telecast for viewers in Myanmar from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. The transmission hours for viewers from abroad are from 13:00 A.M. to 14:00 A.M., 18:00 P.M. to 19:00 P.M., and from 02:00 A.M. to 04:00 A.M. It is an English channel for oversea audience. It can be received from 126 countries and is transmitted from Thaicom-3 C Band Global beam. In addition, the Ministry have also broadcast the MRTV3 programs pm the Internet using web based video streaming system via the gateway of Myanma Posts and Telecommunications. It can be accessed on Internet through http://www.mrtv3.net.mm web site.

MRTV 4 It was launched on (15-5-2004) like a streaming video via satellite. MRTV 4 contains non-formal education programs and other entertainment programs. But for receiving, it can be matched by MMBox (Myanmar Media Box). This transmission contains educational programs from Ministries, Myanmar movies, English movies with Myanmar subtitles, cartoon programs and other entertainment programs. The transmission time is from 7 am to 11pm daily. For more quality and convenience, MRTV 4 will soon be broadcasting with Digital Video Broadcasting Technology (DVBT) terrestrial system.

Newspapers

There are five Newspapers in Myanmar:

1) Myanma Alin,

2)Kyemon (The Mirror),

3)The New Light of Myanmar, which is the only newspaper in English,

4)Myodaw City News (evening tabloid) and

5)Yadanabon which is being published in Mandalay.

The commercial advertisement services are available on Radio, Televisions and Newspapers.

Journals

There are many journal publishers in Yangon giving a variety of tastes with the everyday lifestyles of the people. Most popular among them all is The Myanmar Times. The Myanmar Times Journal (English Version) is distributed every Monday, and the Myanmar Version is distributed ever Friday. Both journals are published in Yangon. Alindan, Achit, Flower News, 7 Days News include most of the news from the celebrities’ world, Internet Journal, Tech Digest are for the IT section, Zaygwet is for the economic section, Tataing Hwe, Kalay Journal are for the children, Hmu Khin is for the crime section. The commercial advertisement services are also available in journals.