This is a list of assets owned by Media Prima Berhad, a Malaysian media and entertainment conglomerate based in Balai Berita, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Assets and subsidiaries

Media Prima Content & TV Networks Media Prima owns and operates five free-to-air television channels, each of them functioning under their own branding and subsidiaries. TV3 and NTV7 were established long before Media Prima exist, while others, 8TV and TV9 were formed through the group's acquisition of defunct television companies.

Name Company Language Notes Ref.TV3Sistem Televisyen Malaysia BerhadMalay and English Launched on 1 June 1984. Both New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad and its owner company are the founding members of Media Prima. NTV7Natseven TV Sdn BhdMalay Launched on 7 April 1998 (as NTV7). Shifted to education channel on 17 February 2021 (as DidikTV KPM). 8TVMetropolitan TV Sdn BhdChinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien) Launched on 1 July 1995 as MetroVision and ceased operations in 1999. Relaunched as 8TV on 8 January 2004. TV9Ch-9 Media Sdn BhdMalay Launched in September 2003 as Channel 9 and ceased operations in February 2005. Relaunched as TV9 on 1 April 2006. Drama SangatSkyten Marketing Sdn BhdMalay and Chinese Launched on 27 October 2017.

Wow Shop is the group's teleshopping network. It was established on 22 February 2016 as CJ Wow Shop, a joint venture with Korean conglomerate CJ Group's subsidiary, CJ E&M. The teleshopping network became a fully owned subsidiary after the group bought CJ's remaining 49% stake. Apart from TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9 and Malaysia's No.1 edutainment channel, DidikTV KPM, Wow Shop is also available in two purpose-built channels on my Freeview.Wow Shop's official website Tonton (formerly gua.com.my and later Catch Up TV) is the group's Over-the-top media service (OTT) which covers viewers across multiple devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones.

Media Prima Audio

Media Prima Audio (formerly known as Media Prima Radio Networks and later Ripple Media or simply Ripple) is a radio broadcasting subsidiary of Media Prima. It includes five radio broadcast brands – Eight WuXian (formerly One FM, 8FM and Eight FM), Kool FM (briefly Buletin FM and Kool 101), Fly FM, Hot FM (formerly WOW.fm and WaFM), Molek FM and a podcast platform – Audio+ (formerly Ais Kacang). As of November 2021, based on the October 2021 Gfk Radio Survey, Media Prima Audio is the most popular radio network in Malaysia with over 5 million listeners and 57 million digital listeners since its rival, Astro Audio. However, Media Prima does not have Tamil-language radio stations, unlike Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and Astro.

Name Company Language Notes Ref.Fly FMMax-Airplay Sdn BhdEnglishLaunched on 3 October 2005Hot FMSynchrosound Studio Sdn BhdMalayLaunched on 6 February 2006Eight WuXianOne FM Radio Sdn BhdChinese (Mandarin, Cantonese)Launched on 19 January 2009Kool FMKool FM Radio Sdn BhdMalayLaunched on 1 March 2016Molek FMMalayLaunched on 1 January 2022

New Straits Times Press Media Prima owns more than 98% equity interest in the New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), which owns three of Malaysia's most recognised print and online news brands – namely its namesake the New Straits Times,New Straits Times' official website Berita Harian and Harian MetroBerita Harian's official websiteHarian Metro's official website and their respective weekend editionsNew Straits Times Press' official website as well as an online newspaper archive, KLiK. Apart from news brands, NSTP also owns printing subsidiary Print Towers Sdn Bhd, tertiary education reference website Mind CampusMind Campus' official website and learning portal FullAMark.

Out-of-home advertising

Big TreeBig Tree's official website Kurnia Outdoor UPD The Right Channel Gotcha Big Tree Seni Jaya

Production and distribution Primeworks Studios Alternate Records & Talents

REV Media Group REV Media Group (formerly Alt Media and later Media Prima Digital)"Media Prima's purchase of Rev Asia for RM105m a positive move, says RAM Ratings", "TheStar", 12 May 2017. is a new media subsidiary of Media Prima which consists of the following brands:

8Coin (English)8Coin's official website Audience Plus (English)Audience Plus' official website IGN Southeast Asia (English)IGN Southeast Asia's official website JUICE Online (English)JUICE Online's official website Mashable Southeast Asia (English)Mashable Southeast Asia's official website Kongsi Resipi (Malay)Kongsi Resipi's official website My Game On (Malay)My Game On's official website MyResipi (Malay)MyResipi's official website Oh Bulan! (Malay)Oh Bulan!'s official website Sirap Limau (Malay)Sirap Limau's official website Vocket (Malay)Vocket's official website Rojaklah (Chinese)Rojaklah's official website Tantan News (Chinese)Tantan News' official website Viral Cham (Chinese)Viral Cham's official website SAYS (English and Malay)SAYS' official website TechNave (English, Malay and Chinese)TechNave's official website TontonTonton's official website Tonton XtraTonton Xtra's official website Media Prima Labs

Integrated Solution Provider Media Prima Omnia

Art gallery Galeri Prima

Former assets

Divested Malaysia Institute of Integrative Media (formerly Akademi TV3; 1995–2003) - sold to SAL Group of Colleges in 2003 MPB Primedia (Philippines; 2008–2009) - sold to MediaQuest Holdings in 2009 TV5 Network (formerly ABC Development Corporation; 1992–2015) TV5 Philippines (formerly ABC/Associated Broadcasting Corporation/Company; 1960–1972, 1992–2008) TV3 Ghana (1997–2011) - sold to Media General Ghana Limited in 2011 Berita Publishing – formerly part of the New Straits Times Press prior to Media Prima's establishment in 2002; sold to Alaf Positif in 2000 and ceased operations in 2015 Malay Mail - sold to Redberry Media Group in 2012 Asia Honour Paper Industries (formerly Malaysian Newspaper Industries; MNI) - sold to Asia Honour Hong Kong in 2020

Defunct or inactive Mega TV – Malaysia's first pay-TV service; ceased operations in 2001 Ambang Klasik – formerly a subsidiary of TV3; ceased operations in 2002 Emas – a pay TV channel that airs classic television programs from Media Prima archive; ceased broadcasting in 2014 The 8 Unit (also known as Media Prima Talents) - Media Prima's talent agency; inactive since 2015 Grand Brilliance – formerly a TV production unit of TV3 and later a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Prima; merged with Primeworks Studios in 2019 to create a new licensing, production and distribution company under the Primeworks Studios name.

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