Television channel
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| Country | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Malaysia Singapore Brunei Thailand (Southern Thailand) Indonesia (Kalimantan) and (Riau) via DVB-T2 |
| Headquarters | Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Online Dynamics (M) Sdn. Bhd. |
| History | |
| Launched | 29 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-29) |
| Closed | 1 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-01) |
| Former names | Capital TV |
| Links | |
| Website | channelw |
Channel W was a Malaysian television channel broadcasting news, business matters, entertainment, and interviews, owned by Online Dynamics (M) Sdn Bhd, a Bumiputra-owned media company. The W in its channel name stands for Warta (gazette in English), referring to the newspaper Warta, also owned by Online Dynamics.
As Capital TV, the channel primarily broadcast in English, but over time, the channel began to gradually add more Malay-language programmes. Capital TV changed its name to Channel W on 3 January 2018. Channel W ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2019. It was replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.
History
The channel began as Capital TV, broadcasting exclusively on Hypp TV in high definition on Channel 127. Touted as "Malaysia's first local business channel", the channel began broadcasting on 1 December 2011 and launched on 29 March 2012. Its first editor-in-chief was Pravin Kumar, formerly worked with the national news agency Bernama.
In May 2014, Capital TV signed an agreement with Aylezo Sdn Bhd to produce motorsport-related content, specifically for "Team FXPrimus Aylezo’s participation in the 2014 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Season", which would only air in 2015.
In September 2014, Capital TV aired the reality TV programme Bake & Sell, dubbed as "the first local cookery and entrepreneurship show" inspired by similar programmes such as The Great British Bake Off and The Apprentice.
In August 2015, Capital TV produced and aired Jejak Jeneral, a 13-episode documentary series on the members of the Malaysian Armed Forces.
In 2016, Capital TV in collaboration with Radio Televisyen Malaysia and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) produced the 15-episode talk show Persoalannya, where two panelists from UPM and two other panelists discuss on various current issues.
On 3 January 2018, Capital TV became Channel W, ditching its initial business format for news and current issues presented casually. As part of its name change, the Capital TV channel stopped updating and redirected to the Channel W website.
References
- Lynn (14 September 2014). "Contact Us – Channel W". Channelw.my. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Capital TV- new business channel on UniFi's HyppTV". Malaysian Wireless. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023.
- ^ "TM Net subscribers get exclusive business channel". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Channel W Wajah Baharu Capital TV dan Akhbar Warta" (in Malay). 13 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.
- Fernandez, Daniel Sherman (9 May 2014). "Team FXPrimus Aylezo Partners With CapitalTV". Drive Save & Fast. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
- "Taste of commerce". New Straits Times. 10 September 2014.
- "Dokumentari Jejak Jeneral Dengan Kerjasama ATM". Markas Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (in Malay). 3 August 2015.
- "Laporan Tahunan 2016" (pdf) (in Malay). University of Putra Malaysia. pp. 188–189.
- "CAPITAL TV IS NOW CALLED CHANNEL W". Capital TV. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.