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NTV7
Natseven TV Sdn Bhd, operating as NTV7 is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel owned by Media Prima Berhad. The third private commercial TV station in Malaysia at the time of its launch, the network focused on the urban area with various types of programmes, dramas and news. As of October 2021, NTV7 is now become the second most-watched television station in Malaysia with about 15% of its viewing share, together with TV9, despite the declining viewership of 2 free-to-air television channels.
The Sarawak company Nasional Televisyen (NTV), from Kuching, was given the green light from the Malaysian government on 5 June 1996. Under the conditions, the station would broadcast nationwide, 18 hours a day in various languages, with a minimum quota of 60% for national content. The station was owned by Mohd Effendi Norwawi's company Kenyalang Jasa Sdn Bhd. Encorp Group, another company that also owned by Effendi, holds 60% of equity interest in NTV. It planned to launch on 31 August 1997, but postponed to 25 December 1997.
Prior to NTV7's launching, the channel launches its official website in March 1998.
The channel was launched on 7 April 1998 under the entity of Natseven TV Sdn Bhd by Effendi, broadcasting daily from 6 am to 1 am the next day. Its launching ceremony was officiated by the then-fourth Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad on 22 May 1998. At the time of its establishment, its headquarters was located at Hicom-Glenmarie Industrial Park in Shah Alam, Selangor. It also had a studio in Kuching, Sarawak. Its first day started with the then-prime minister attending a prayer service for Eid ul-Adha prayers at a mosque in the state of Kedah. NTV7 at launch employed a staff of 250 people, with broadcast centres at Shah Alam in Selangor and had a transmitting network of ten stations, reaching peninsular Malaysia and the cities of Kuching in Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. There were already plans outlined for the station to go national "within a year". The slogan "Feel Good with NTV7" had the aim of creating "a happy and more enlightened" Malaysia. For years, the channel started and ended with the James Brown song I Feel Good, which became a part of NTV7's branding.
In 2001, NTV7 began using a variation of the Circle 7 logo used by the American broadcast network ABC for its several owned-and-operated and affiliated stations; the logo would stay in use until 2018.
On 19 January 2003, NTV7 aired a special tribute to the nation's longest-serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad at 8pm.
In 2004, NTV7 was restructured to make the motorsports events as its key revenue generator.
In 2005, NTV7 planned to be listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, but it would said that it "depends on the nation's media industry's current situation".
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NTV7
Natseven TV Sdn Bhd, operating as NTV7 is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel owned by Media Prima Berhad. The third private commercial TV station in Malaysia at the time of its launch, the network focused on the urban area with various types of programmes, dramas and news. As of October 2021, NTV7 is now become the second most-watched television station in Malaysia with about 15% of its viewing share, together with TV9, despite the declining viewership of 2 free-to-air television channels.
The Sarawak company Nasional Televisyen (NTV), from Kuching, was given the green light from the Malaysian government on 5 June 1996. Under the conditions, the station would broadcast nationwide, 18 hours a day in various languages, with a minimum quota of 60% for national content. The station was owned by Mohd Effendi Norwawi's company Kenyalang Jasa Sdn Bhd. Encorp Group, another company that also owned by Effendi, holds 60% of equity interest in NTV. It planned to launch on 31 August 1997, but postponed to 25 December 1997.
Prior to NTV7's launching, the channel launches its official website in March 1998.
The channel was launched on 7 April 1998 under the entity of Natseven TV Sdn Bhd by Effendi, broadcasting daily from 6 am to 1 am the next day. Its launching ceremony was officiated by the then-fourth Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad on 22 May 1998. At the time of its establishment, its headquarters was located at Hicom-Glenmarie Industrial Park in Shah Alam, Selangor. It also had a studio in Kuching, Sarawak. Its first day started with the then-prime minister attending a prayer service for Eid ul-Adha prayers at a mosque in the state of Kedah. NTV7 at launch employed a staff of 250 people, with broadcast centres at Shah Alam in Selangor and had a transmitting network of ten stations, reaching peninsular Malaysia and the cities of Kuching in Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. There were already plans outlined for the station to go national "within a year". The slogan "Feel Good with NTV7" had the aim of creating "a happy and more enlightened" Malaysia. For years, the channel started and ended with the James Brown song I Feel Good, which became a part of NTV7's branding.
In 2001, NTV7 began using a variation of the Circle 7 logo used by the American broadcast network ABC for its several owned-and-operated and affiliated stations; the logo would stay in use until 2018.
On 19 January 2003, NTV7 aired a special tribute to the nation's longest-serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad at 8pm.
In 2004, NTV7 was restructured to make the motorsports events as its key revenue generator.
In 2005, NTV7 planned to be listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, but it would said that it "depends on the nation's media industry's current situation".