8TV (Malaysia)
| 8TV 八度空间 |
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| Launched | 1 July 1995 Relaunch: 8 January 2004 |
| Owned by | Media Prima Berhad |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3/16:9) |
| Audience share | 6% (Sept 2013, ) |
| Slogan | We're different Chinese: 我们是不同的 (2004-2010) None (2010-present) |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Sister channel(s) |
TV3 ntv7 TV9 |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Channel 27/ Channel 58 (UHF) (Klang Valley) [1] |
| myFreeview (Malaysia) | Channel 108 (Test transmission) |
| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 708 [2] |
| NJOI (Malaysia) | Channel 708 |
| Cable | |
| ABNXcess (Malaysia) | Channel 108 |
| IPTV | |
| HyppTV | Channel 108 |
| Streaming media | |
| Live Streaming (Malaysia only) | www |
8TV (Chinese: 八度空间; pinyin: Bādù Kōngjiān; literal: 8th dimension) is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. The television channel targets the urban youth and Chinese audience demographics. 8TV's line up consists of dramas, sitcoms, and reality shows either produced in Malaysia or imported from other countries, mainly in the English and Chinese languages. 8TV broadcasts with the concept of "one station, two channels" in two languages shifts: 8TV in English and 八度空间 (pinyin: Bādù Kōngjiān) in Chinese.
8TV is also available on Astro channel 708, and through channel 108 on ABNXcess and HyppTV.
8TV was launched on 1 July 1995 as MetroVision Channel 8. It was managed by City Television Sdn Bhd, part of the Melewar Group (controlled by the Negeri Sembilan royal family) and broadcasts from Shah Alam. It was first available only in Klang Valley, Seremban, parts of Pahang and Malacca, but later expanded to Kedah and Johor, thus allowing Singaporean viewers to access it. Viewers were required to install fish-bone antennas to receive this channel.
MetroVision's logo resembled the infinity sign - which is the number 8 rotated 90 degrees. Nevertheless Malaysian viewers name it as TV4 as it was the fourth free-to-air television channel. It was first broadcast in Malay language with original transmission hours from 9am to midnight.
Resulting from the Asian financial crisis and intense competition from other channels (especially ntv7 which launched in 1998), MetroVision quietly closed on 1 November 1999. The operator promised to re-open the channel in March 2000 after a supposed "signal upgrade" but it failed to materialise.
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