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| Country | Malaysia |
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| 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. The W stands for Warta, which translates to 'gazette' in English.
The channel was first launched in 2011 as Capital TV and began airing on 29 March 2012. Originally the programming were primarily in English, but over time there was an increase in the number of Malaysian language programs. On 3 January 2018, Capital TV changed its name to Channel W. After 7 years of broadcasting, Channel W ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2019. It was replaced by TVS at myFreeview on 6 February 2021.
References
- Lynn (14 September 2014). "Contact Us – Channel W". Channelw.my. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Channel W Wajah Baharu Capital TV dan Akhbar Warta https://mykmu.net/2018/01/channel-w-wajah-baharu-capital-tv-dan-akhbar-warta/ Archived 13 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Capital TV is now called Channel W https://web.archive.org/web/20180813192410/http://www.capitaltv.my/capital-tv-is-now-called-channel-w/