Myanmar International Television (, abbreviated MITV) is a Burmese

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national and international

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television channel based in

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

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. The channel was first launched in August 2001 as MRTV-3, the third ever television channel in Myanmar. It was rebranded as Myanmar International Television in April 2010.

Overview

The channel was first launched on 1 August 2001 was financed with a $1 million grant from

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and is broadcast on the Shin Corp Thaicom 3 satellite.Lewis, G. ''Virtual Thailand: The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.'' Taylor & Francis, 2006. . It is the third channel to be launched in Myanmar, after the main MRTV channel (1980) and Myawaddy TV (1995). The state-owned channel was viewable in 156 countries, broadcasting 17 hours a day in Myanmar and 8 hours a day in

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and America, with coverage increasing to 24 hours a day worldwide on the occasion of the rebranding to Myanmar International. The service is one of several television channels freely available in Myanmar. According to Ye Tun, assistant manager of Myanmar International, the purposes of the channel are threefold: "to inform, to educate and to entertain the public and broadcast healthy programs". However, the channel has been criticised for broadcasting

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for the junta. A government official said the channel was launched to provide an "objective response" to international media reports about Burma. A web-based video streaming system was launched in November 2002, and an

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in March 2003. The channel has news exchange agreements with

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, Arirang TV and CFI.

Programming

News programmes regularly feature army and political leaders, while entertainment programmes feature ethnic groups singing songs of national unity. ''Myanmar Mosaic'' features cookery, cultural and tourism programmes about Burma. During the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, the channel criticised Western media outlets for "fabricating stories" about the incident, describing them as "not happy with peace, stability and development of the urmesenation." A news programme broadcast slides reading " VOA and

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, sky full of liars. Beware of destructionists, BBC and VOA." The channel reported on the protests after several days.

Upcoming Channels

*MITV Documentary *MITV Entertainment *MITV Movies *MITV Sport *MITV Travel Channel

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External links

* * {{Authority control Television channels in Myanmar Television channels and stations established in 2001 Mass media in Yangon Government-owned companies of Myanmar Publicly funded broadcasters State media

Overview

Programming

Upcoming Channels

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