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{{short description|Burmese international television channel}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = MITV

| logo = File:Logo of MITV.png▼

| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2001|8|1|df=yes}}

▲| logo = File:Logo of MITV.png

| former_names = MRTV-3 (2001–2010)▼

| language = [[English language|English]]

| country = [[Myanmar]]

| picture_format = 480i 4:3 letterbox

| area = Myanmar <br> International

| website = {{URL|https://www.myanmaritv.com/}}▼

| owner language = [[MinistryEnglish of Information, Myanmarlanguage|Ministry of InformationEnglish]]

| picture_format = 1080i (16:9 HDTV)<br/>{{small|(downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)}}

| terr_serv_1 = [[Myanmar Radio and Television|MRTV]] <br> (Myanmar)▼

▲| website = {{URL|https://www.myanmaritv.com/}}

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 6 <br> RF Channel 31 554 MHz

| owner = [[Ministry of Information, Myanmar|Ministry of Information]]

| sat_serv_1 = [[Sky Net|SKY NET]] DTH <br> (Myanmar)

▲| terr_serv_1 = [[Myanmar Radio and Television|MRTV]] <br> (Myanmar)

| sat_chan_1 = Channel 5

| sat_serv_2terr_chan_1 = [[Canal+Channel 7 (MyanmarSD)|CANAL+]] DTH <br> (Myanmar)RF Channel 31 554 MHz

| terr_serv_2 = [[Myanmar Radio and Television|MRTV DTH]] <br> (Myanmar)

| sat_chan_2 = Channel 71

| terr_chan_2 = Ch 7 HD ([[Intelsat 39|62°E]]) [https://www.lyngsat.com/muxes/Intelsat-39_Myanmar_11140-V.html] <br> Ch 33 SD ([[Thaicom 6|78.5°E]]) [https://www.lyngsat.com/muxes/Thaicom-6_SE-Asia-Ku_12728-V.html]|

| sat_serv_3 = [[Thaicom 6]] 78°5E

| online_serv_1 =

| sat_chan_3 = 3711/15000/H <br> 12405/45000/V

| Online_chan_1 =

| sat_serv_4 = [[Apstar 7]] 76.5°E

| sat_chan_4 = 11052/30000/V

| cable_serv_1 =

| cable_chan_1 =

| iptv_serv_1 =

| iptv_chan_1 =

▲| former_names = MRTV-3 (2001–2010)

}}

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==Overview==

The channel was first launched on 1 August 2001<ref name=cr>{{cite paperweb | title=Myanmar Country Report | url=http://utcc2.utcc.ac.th/localuser/amsar/PDF/Document50/Myanmar%20country%20report.pdf | author=Kyaw Kyaw Htun and Win Lwin | accessdate=2008-12-24 | publisher=ASEAN Mass Communication Studies and Research Center | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107201755/http://utcc2.utcc.ac.th/localuser/amsar/PDF/Document50/Myanmar%20country%20report.pdf | archivedate=2012-11-07 }}</ref> was financed with a $1 million grant from [[Japan]] and is broadcast on the [[Shin Satellite|Shin Corp Thaicom 3]] satellite.<ref name=lewis>Lewis, G. ''Virtual Thailand: The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.'' Taylor & Francis, 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-415-36499-7}}.</ref> It is the third channel to be launched in Myanmar, after the main MRTV channel (1980) and [[Myawaddy TV]] (1995).<ref name=irrawaddy-2001/> The state-owned channel was viewable in 156 countries, broadcasting 17 hours a day in Myanmar and 8 hours a day in [[Europe]] and America,<ref name=cr/> with coverage increasing to 24 hours a day worldwide on the occasion of the rebranding to Myanmar International.<ref name=Baganland1>{{cite news | title=Junta Launches International TV Station | work=Baganland| date=2010-04-02 | url=http://www.baganland.net/2010/04/myanmar-international-tv.html}}</ref>

The service is one of several television channels freely available in Myanmar.<ref name=mt>{{cite journal | author=May Thaw | url=http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/electronic/e09.htm | title=Broadcasting options expanding | workjournal=[[Myanmar Times]] | date=12–18 March 2007 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203194721/http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/electronic/e09.htm | archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

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".<ref name=mt/> However, the channel has been criticised for broadcasting [[propaganda]] for the junta.<ref>[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=143&art_id=nw20070409222550532C582311 Myanmar learns to live with the lights out], ''IOL'', April 10, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/09/burma-update-1.html Burma update], ''The Atlantic.com'', September 27, 2007.</ref> A government official said the channel was launched to provide an "objective response" to international media reports about Burma.<ref>[http://www.burmaissues.org/En/BIWeekly/BIWeekly2001-01-03-10.php World to see the real Myanmar on global TV], ''[[The Myanmar Times]]'', December 25, 2000</ref>

A web-based [[Streaming media|video streaming]] system was launched in November 2002, and an [[online newspaper]] in March 2003. The channel has news exchange agreements with [[China Central Television|CCTV]], [[NHK]], AirangArirang TV and [[Canal France International|CFI]].<ref name=cr/>

==Programming==

News programmes regularly feature army and political leaders, while entertainment programmes feature ethnic groups singing songs of national unity.<ref name=lewis/> ''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 [Burmese] nation." A news programme broadcast slides reading "[[Voice of America|VOA]] and [[BBC]], sky full of liars. Beware of destructionists, BBC and VOA."<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2007-09-27-voa75.html Burmese TV Blames Protests on Western Broadcasters], ''VOA'', 27 September 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCQU0tgoYA | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> The channel reported on the protests after several days.

== Upcoming Channels ==

*MITV Documentary

*MITV Entertainment

*MITV Movies

*MITV Sport

*MITV Travel Channel

==See also==

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*{{URL|https://livestream.com/myanmaritv/live|Live Streaming}}

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