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'''Myanmar International Television''' is a [[Burma|Burmese]] [[State media|state-owned]] national and international [[English-language]] television channel based in [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]. The channel was first launched in August 2001 as MRTV-3, the third ever television channel in Myanmar.<ref name=irrawaddy-2001>{{cite news | title=Junta Launches New PR Offensive | work=[[The Irrawaddy]] | date=2001-08-01 | url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=3645 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812070953/http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=3645 | archivedate=2010-08-12 | df= }}</ref> It was rebranded as Myanmar International Television in April 2010.<ref name=irrawaddy-2010>{{cite news | title=Junta Launches International TV Station | author=Ko Htwe | work=[[The Irrawaddy]]| date=2010-04-02 | url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18184}}</ref>

==Overview==

The channel was first launched on 1 August 2001<ref name=cr>{{cite paper | 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 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107201755/http://utcc2.utcc.ac.th/localuser/amsar/PDF/Document50/Myanmar%20country%20report.pdf | archivedate=2012-11-07 | df= }}</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 | work=[[Myanmar Times]] | date=12–18 March 2007 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203194721/http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/electronic/e09.htm | archivedate=3 December 2013 | df= }}</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>