IPOH: Television viewers who witnessed the transition of analogue to digital broadcast last night should optimise the new technology to increase their knowledge and contribute towards building a sustainable community.
Effective midnight on Monday, the analogue broadcast for the country’s northern and eastern regions, covering Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Penang, Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu was shut off and replaced with digital broadcast.
The transition from analogue TV to myFreeview digital TV was done in stages with the analogue switch off for the central and southern regions on Sept 30. For Sabah and Sarawak, the transition will be done on Oct 31.
Perak Communications, Multimedia, Non-governmental Organisations and Information Committee chairman Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd Munaim said free myFreeview digital TV decoders will be given to recipients of Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH), especially those in the B40 group.
As such, those who are eligible for the free myFreeview digital TV decoders are advised to collect the item at either the office of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), penghulu (village head) or their respective state elected representative before end of November, he told reporters after watching the analogue switch off at the Perak MCMC office here.
He said some of the recipients had yet to claim the free decoders because they did not know its use.
“We are heading towards a digital life, so we have got to incorporate it in our daily lives and my hope is for all the people in Perak, especially in the rural areas, to take advantage of this myFreeview TV programmes,” he added. – Bernama
