First Myanmar

24-hour Free-to-Air Channel

In May 2004, a new channel named MRTV-4 was broadcast to public for a two-hour-a-day program schedule with the cooperation of Myanmar Radio and Television under the Ministry of information. In 2005, it broadcast a six-hour-a-day program schedule with a looping system was introduced. It broadcast free to air for Yangon and neighboring areas in 2006, and for Mandalay and neighboring areas in 2007. In April 2009, MRTV-4 became a 24-hour-free-to-air TV channel and is currently the most popular TV channel in Myanmar.