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TV Pendidikan

TV Pendidikan (English: Educational TV), also abbreviated as TVP (known as DidikTV KPM under Media Prima) is a Malaysian educational television network owned, produced and operated by the Educational Technology and Resources Division, Ministry of Education. The network airs educational programming for various school subjects. The network's affiliates has been changed several times, beginning with RTM (1972–1999), Astro (2000–2006), and TV9 (2007–2008), prior to 2020 relaunch.

In October 2018, the then-Education Minister Maszlee Malik announced that TV Pendidikan would be relaunched after years of long absence. The move persisted even with the change in Malaysian administration as the Ministry plans to take over most of the ntv7's timeslot under a rebrand as DidikTV KPM on 17 February 2021.

The network's origins dates back to the 1960s when an educational television pilot project, which would later become TV Pendidikan, started on 8 June 1965 and lasted for two weeks. The theme of the pilot project was "The Air Around Us", aimed at Science students and was presented in Malay and later repeated in English.

TV Pendidikan was officially launched on 19 June 1972 by the Second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein. It was later expanded to Sabah and Sarawak on 30 August 1976 and began colour broadcasts in 1979. In 1994, the Ministry of Information proposed that TV Pendidikan will become a standalone channel instead of programming block, which was later scrapped.

In April 1998, the then-Information Minister, the late Mohamed Rahmat announced the privatization of the network, where it planned to start in 1999 and only air for an hour. A study for its privatisation was being made. Plans for privatisation began as early as 1992, and "would have its own station". However, the plan for privatize the network did not materialized as TV Pendidikan is still owned by the Government.

From 3 January 2007 until 31 December 2008, TV Pendidikan was aired on Malaysia's terrestrial channel, TV9. Previously, TV Pendidikan was aired through satellite pay-TV operator Astro's Channel 28 (2000–2001) and Channel 13 (2002–2006), and Malaysia's terrestrial television channels TV1 and TV2 from 1972 to 1999 respectively.

In October 2018, the-then Education Minister, Maszlee Malik announced the relaunch of TV Pendidikan while stating that the Ministry of Education developing its own content.[citation needed]

TV Pendidikan was relaunched on 6 April 2020 after 12 years of absence and began airing on OKEY, one of RTM’s channels. The network made its comeback on RTM after two decades since its last broadcasting in 1999. As of 4 May 2020, The network also made its comeback on Astro since its last broadcasting in 2006 via Astro Tutor TV.

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