Malaysian TV

For some reason, RTM decided to discontinue it's streaming broadcast of channels a while ago. Go to RTM's site and cast a vote to bring steraming back and let your voice be heard! Vote at lower right corner of the main page . .

For reasons that I can't fully understand, Radio Televisyen Malaysia's (RTM) old/alternative website is still up albeit partialy at: http://www.rtm.gov.my/tv/ Wonder why that is... The current RTM website can be accesed both through http://www.rtm.gov.my and http://www.rtm.net.my  and I want to point out we still don't have RTM streaming live broadcast of RTM 1 and 2 . Which really bums me out.. .

Part of what malaysiantv.blogspot.com has to offer are the weekly TV guides (the links are listed somewhere on the site on the left panel I think). The guides has been down for 2 months due to technical problems. But now, The Malaysian TV Guides Are Back! Malaysian TV Guide All the free terrestrial TV channels My Favourite Astro Channels TV Guide My favorite Astro channels Astro Sports TV Guide Sports channels on Astro Malaysian TV Online .

With RTM 's streaming service appearing to have been discontinued/suspended, one would suspect that RTM is now following the footsteps of the media prime channels; NTV7, TV9 , TV3 and 8TV  and is now offering selected TV shows on their site in a 'YouTube-like-Catch Up TV' kinda deal. _

Watching TV online is getting more and more common these days. In fact these days, I watch more 'television' on the PC rather than on an actual TV set. RTM makes its channel available via it's 'live streaming link'. (No longer active) Registration only takes a second, and they throw in a bunch of old school RTM radio stations Gen X and Y can hardly relate to... RTM 1 LIVE RTM 2 LIVE Could only get it to work on Internet Explorer. RTM live streaming (No longer Active) UPDATE (18 August 2008): RTM seems to have stopped their streaming TV service , perhaps because of the Olympics... We have to wait and see if they will bring the service up again after UPDATE (27 September 2008): The RTM live streaming page can once again be accesed , sadly, it now longer offers RTM 1 and RTM 2, instead what is on offer are is RTM's LIVE radio stations broadcasts. Sit back and relax as you listen to selections from Klasik Nasional and Traxxfm ( Traxx isn't so bad.....

RTM is showing this movie in celebration of Malaysia's 49th independence day. This guy Adnan was suppose to have been a real hard chap. I'm not sure why though.. "Saksikan filem khas sempena Hari Kemerdekaan ini mengenai Leftenan Adnan yang berjuang menentang pengganas komunis di zaman darurat sehingga sanggup mengorbankan nyawanya." Lets watch the movie tonight and find out.. Leftenan Adnan Tuesday 22:00 pm on RTM 2

In a twist of ironic coincidence, RTM 2 and 8tv will both be airing movies with a mistaken identity theme tonight. "Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long, lost son." The Majestic (2001) - Wednesday 10:00 pm on 8tv "Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up." Mrs.Winterbourne (1996) - Wednesday 10:00 pm on rtm 2 Since both of them will be showing at the same time, you’ll have to choose. I’ll go for Jim Carrey’s offering. But the other movie is nice t...

Staying in tonight? Here is a list of cool shows you can watch tonight. Labu Labi rocks. The Lost World - Sunday 11:30 pm on RTM 1 Labu Labi - Sunday 10:00 pm on RTM 2 Smallville - Sunday 10:00 pm on TV3 Phua Chu Kang - Sunday 9:30 pm on ntv7 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Sunday 9:00 pm on Astro's AXN Ballroom Bootcamp - Sunday 10:00 pm on Astro's Discovery Travel Living

Don’t you just get pissed off when you have no idea when one of your favorite TV shows is showing? When is the repeat and all that? Now you don’t have to get pissed. Now you can just come here to malaysiantv.blogspot.com and type the title of your TV show on this cool search feature thingy and viola! The TV man will tell you all you need to know. Although this feature is far from perfect, I can say it’s pretty good and easy to use. There are some typos in the TV listing. But as always, that is not The TV man’s fault. Search Your For Your Favorites TV Show Now! Right know this feature will only search for programs airing on RTM 1, RTM 2, TV3, ntv7, 8tv, AXN, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel and Living, STAR WORLD. But plans are underway to add more channels to the search. Don't say I never so anything.

I have been really unfair in my coverage of TV channels. Been really neglecting the old skool RTM 1 and RTM 2. It’s not that I’m bias; it’s just that their TV listings are usually so shitty and non-descriptive I can’t weed out the cool stuff. So today, seeing it was too hot for me to go skinny-dipping with the models, I stayed in and made a real effort to find a show that would be entertaining to watch on both these channels. Anyway, they have this talk show called ‘Fenomena Seni’. They discuss things that are happening in the local Malaysian entertainment industry. Tomorrow’s title should be an interesting watch. “Sepet dan Gubra pencemar budaya” (Translation: Sepet and Gubra, tainting our (Asian) culture) . Rosyam Nor is hosting it with a bunch of panels whose names I’ve never heard of. Hey, I haven’t watched the movie, but judging from how everybody is gushing over these two flicks, this episode might be an interesting watch. Mushy stuff tomorrow night, but earlier in the morning i...