Bernama TV

Bernama TV (formerly known as Bernama News Channel)[1] is a Malaysian free-to-air news television network . It is owned by Bernama, a government news agency. It airs news programmes that are related to local and international business, lifestyle, sports and entertainment.

Bernama TV
Launched1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)
Owned byBernama
Picture format1080i HDTV
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay
English
Mandarin
Tamil
Broadcast areaMalaysia
HeadquartersWisma Bernama, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Formerly calledBernama TV
(2008-2016)
Bernama News Channel
(2016-2019)
Availability
Terrestrial
MyFreeviewChannel 121 (SD)
Satellite
AstroChannel 502 (SD)
Astro NJOIChannel 502 (SD)
IPTV
Unifi TVChannel 631 (HD)
Streaming media
YouTubeBernama News Channel Live
iflixWatch live (Malaysia only)
Logo briefly used by the channel from 2016 to 2019.

BNC news bulletins were initially aired on Astro Ria, Astro Prima, Astro AEC, Astro Wah Lai Toi and Astro Vaanavil, but they have since been integrated to one Astro network. Its news content is primarily broadcast in Malay. However, there are also news bulletin in English, Mandarin, and Tamil since 2018. Other shows that are broadcast on BNC flagship talk-shows like Malay-medium "Ruang Bicara" as well as English-medium "The Nation" and "Bernama Today".

On 25 May 2016, BNC went into a major rebrand, rebranding itself from Bernama TV to Bernama News Channel (BNC) only to revert to its' original logo and name 3 years later, in October 2019.[1]

Bernama TV staff were 'offered' to ink contract with Gem Bytes Sdn Bhd on October 14, 2019.

Notable people

Noramfaizul Mohd Nor worked for Bernama News Channel as a TV camera operator when he was killed 2 September 2011 covering a humanitarian mission to Somalia.[2] He was the first Malaysian journalist to be killed while on assignment abroad.

Datuk Ibrahim Yahaya, former Director-General of Radio & TV Malaysia (RTM), who is also a long-standing journalist, and Media Adviser to the former Minister of Information, Communications & Culture, Malaysia. He was the CEO of Bernama News Channel.

References
  1. "Bernama TV Rebrands As Bernama News Channel". Bernama. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. CNN. "Malaysian journalist killed in Somalia." 3 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011 CNN Archived 22 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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