Media Prima

Media Prima Berhad

Type	Public
Industry	Mass Media
Founded	23 September 2003
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people	Datuk Seri FD Iskandar, (Chairman) Dato' Sri Amrin Awaluddin, (Group Managing Director) Datuk Seri Ashraf Abdullah, (Group Managing Editor) Ahmad Izham Omar (Chief Executive Officer, (Primeworks Studios)
Revenue	RM 1.40 billion
Net income	RM 137.08 million
Number of employees	5,000 (December 2015)
Divisions	TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9, Hot FM, Fly FM, One FM, Kool FM, New Straits Times Press, Primeworks Studios], Big Tree Outdoor, Media Prima Digital
Website	www.mediaprima.com.my

Media Prima Berhad ("Media Prima") is a fully integrated media company in Malaysia that has equity interests on television stations, newspapers, radio stations, and digital media.

Television stations in which it has an interest include TV3, 8TV, ntv7 and TV9. Media Prima owns 98 percent of The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), which publishes New Straits Times, BH and Harian Metro. Radio stations include Fly FM, Hot FM, one FM and Kool FM. The group also owns the production company Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd, which produces television and film content, and a group of outdoor advertising companies. Through its subsidiary Media Prima CJ O Shopping Sdn. Bhd, it operates a home shopping business, CJ WOW SHOP.

Owned and operated networks

Television

Name	Network Subsidiary Holding Company	Launch date	Channel (KL)	Broadcasting hours (UTC+08:00)	Runtime	Formerly known as	Languages
TV3	Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad	1 June 1984	12 VHF 29 UHF	24/7 MST	24 hours		Malay English (occasionally) Indonesian (Sinetrons and Indonesian movies only) Chinese (Movies only)
NTV7	Natseven TV Sendirian Berhad	7 April 1998	7 VHF 37 UHF	06:00-02:30 MST.	20 hours 30 minutes		Malay English Chinese
8TV	Metropolitan TV Sendirian Berhad	8 January 2004	27 UHF	06:00-01:45 MST.	19 hours 45 minutes	MetroVision (Channel 8/TV4) (1 July 1995 – 1 November 1999)	English Chinese Malay (some shows)
TV9	Ch-9 Media Sendirian Berhad	22 April 2006	33 UHF	06:00-01:30 MST.	19 hours 30 minutes	Channel 9 (9 September 2003 – 3 February 2005)	Malay English (occasionally) Indonesian (Sinetrons and Indonesian movies only)

Print

• New Straits Times Press (NSTP)
  • New Straits Times (English morning paper)
  • Berita Harian (Malay morning paper)
  • Harian Metro (Malay morning paper)

Radio

• Hot FM (Malay)
• Fly FM (English)
• One FM (Chinese)
• Kool FM (Malay)

Production and Distribution

• Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd
  • Grand Brilliance

Out-of-Home Advertising

• Big Tree Outdoor Sdn Bhd
  • Kurnia Sdn Bhd
  • UPD Sdn Bhd
  • The Right Channel Sdn Bhd

Digital

• Media Prima Digital
  • Media Prima Labs
• Laureate Group Sdn Bhd (acquired in 2015)

References

External links

• http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/list-of-companies/plc-profile.html?stock_code=4502
• http://www.mediaprima.com.my/corporate-responsibility/ftse4good/
• http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Business-profile?s=MEDIA:KLS