Myanmar Radio and Television
Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) evolved from the Burma Broadcasting Service, which began radio operations in 1936 during British colonial rule. The organization, which broadcasts television from Kamayut, Yangon, and radio primarily from Naypyidaw, claims its TV signals reach 92.7 percent of Myanmar’s population and its radio coverage reaches 100 percent. The military government that took power in 1988 renamed the service Myanmar Radio and, in 1997, rebranded it as MRTV. The network launched a television service in June 1980 and switched to digital terrestrial broadcasting with DVB-T2 in October 2013. MRTV expanded its multiplex system to include additional channels in February 2015 and March 2018, and as of 2014, Myanmar Radio broadcasts 18 hours daily on FM stations nationwide.
