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{{Short description|Malaysian television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = RTM TV Okey
| logo = Okey RTM.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt =
| logo_caption = Current logo, which is a revision of 2018 logo, used since 2019.
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| country = [[Malaysia]]
| area = * Malaysia
* [[Singapore]]
* [[Brunei]]
* [[Thailand]] ([[South Thailand]], particularly [[Songkhla Province|Songkhla]], [[Narathiwat Province|Narathiwat]], [[Yala Province|Yala]] and [[Satun Province|Satun]])
* [[Indonesia]] ([[West Kalimantan]], [[Riau Islands]] and [[North Kalimantan]])
* [[Philippines]] (particularly southern [[Palawan]] and [[Tawi-Tawi]])
| network =
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| headquarters = *[[Angkasapuri]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
*Bangunan Kompleks Kementerian Komunikasi Sabah, Jalan Lintas, [[Kepayan]], [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Sabah]], Malaysia
*Bangunan RTM Sarawak, Jalan P. Ramlee, Taman Budaya, [[Kuching]], [[Sarawak]], Malaysia<br>{{small|(secondary cum regional productions)}}
| language = * [[Malay language|Malay]]
* [[English language|English]]
* [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
* [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
* [[Bajaw language|Bajau]]
* [[Dusun language|Dusun]]
* [[Kadazan language|Kadazan]]
* [[Iban language|Iban]]
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
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| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]
| timeshift_service =
| owner = [[Radio Televisyen Malaysia]]
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| sister_channels = * [[TV1 (Malaysian TV network)|TV1]]
* [[TV2 (Malaysian TV network)|TV2]]
* [[Berita RTM]]
* [[Sukan RTM]]
* [[:ms:TV6|TV6]]
| founded =
| founder =
| launch_date = *{{Start date and age|2000|02|01|df=y}}<br>{{small|(trial broadcast RTMi)}}
*{{Start date and age|2006|04|11|df=y}}<br>{{small|(official broadcast RTMi)}}
*{{Start date and age|2009|03|16|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[Muzik Aktif]])}}
*{{Start date and age|2011|04|11|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[TVi (Malaysian TV network)|TVi]])}}
*{{Start date and age|2018|03|21|df=y}}<br>{{small|(TV Okey)}}
*{{Start date and age|2019|04|01|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[MYTV Broadcasting|myFreeview]]) ([[HDTV|HD]])}}
| replaced =
| closed_date = *{{End date and age|2009|03|15|df=y}}<br>{{small|(RTMi)}}
*{{End date and age|2011|04|10|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[Muzik Aktif]])}}
*{{End date and age|2018|03|20|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[TVi (Malaysian TV network)|TVi]])}}
*{{End date and age|2019|03|31|df=y}}<br>{{small|([[MYTV Broadcasting|myFreeview]]) ([[SDTV|SD]])}}
| replaced_by =
| former_names = *'''RTMi'''<br>{{small|(1 February 2000 - 15 March 2009)}}
*'''Muzik Aktif'''<br>{{small|(16 March 2009 - 10 April 2011)}}
*'''TVi'''<br>{{small|(11 April 2011 - 20 March 2018)}}
*'''TV Okey'''<br>{{small|(21 March 2018 - present)}}
| terr_serv_1 = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[MYTV Broadcasting|myFreeview]]
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 110 (HD)
| online_serv_1 = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} RTMKlik
| online_chan_1 = [https://rtmklik.rtm.gov.my/live/okey Watch live]
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'''RTM TV Okey''' (stylised as '''OKEY''') is a Malaysian [[free-to-air]] television channel operated by [[Radio Televisyen Malaysia]] dedicated to [[East Malaysia]]ns and urban youths.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/21/new-tv-channel-exclusively-featuring-sabah-and-sarawak-launched/|title=Najib launches new TV channel for Sabah and Sarawak|last=Yusa|first=Zam|date=21 March 2018|work=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="alifah2019">{{cite news|url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/02/22/rtm-bernama-merger-on-the-cards-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001916/https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/02/22/rtm-bernama-merger-on-the-cards-2/|title=RTM-Bernama merger on the cards|last=Zainuddin|first=Alifah|date=22 February 2019|work=The Malaysian Reserve|archive-date=24 February 2019|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref> It was launched on 21 March 2018 and airs programmes in English, Malay, and East Malaysian languages such as [[Bajaw language|Bajau]], [[Dusun language|Dusun]], [[Coastal Kadazan dialect|Kadazan]] ([[Sabah]]) and [[Iban language|Iban]] ([[Sarawak]]).<ref name="jiffar2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/347782/tv-okey-set-feature-more-local-dialects-sabah-and-sarawak|title=TV Okey set to feature more local dialects in Sabah and Sarawak|author1=Olivia Miwil|author2=Suzianah Jiffar|date=21 March 2018|work=New Straits Times|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>
The channel's name is an acronym for “'''o'''pportunity”, “'''k'''nowledge”, “'''e'''xperience” and “'''y'''ours”. It also broadcast selected sport events.
==History==
Previously, Radio Televisyen Malaysia had operated Televisyen Malaysia Rangkaian Ketiga ("[[Radio Televisyen Malaysia#1946–1969: Early history|Television Malaysia]]'s Third Network") which subsumed operations of Sabah TV from Sabah's state government that ran from 1970 to 1975 and had spread its airwaves to Sarawak later in the merger, ''Rangkaian Ketiga'' was later dissolved in 1984.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barlocco |first1=Fausto |title=An Inconvienient Birth: The formation of a modern Kadazan culture and its marginalisation within the making of the Malaysian nation (1953–2007) |journal=Indonesia and the Malay World |date=March 2013 |volume=41 |issue=119 |pages=132 |doi=10.1080/13639811.2013.766010}}</ref>
Between 2006 and 2018, three test channels were launched by RTM as part of its Digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting trial on selected households and pay television network [[Astro (television)|Astro]] channel 180<ref name="Bernama">{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=394530|title=RTM Introduces New Channel On Astro|publisher=Bernama|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mynewshub.cc/utama-sensasi/rtm-lancar-stesen-tv5-rai-ulang-tahun-ke-71/|title=RTM Lancar Stesen TV5 Rai Ulang Tahun Ke-71|language=Malay|publisher=My News Hub|date=31 March 2017|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> RTMi, RTM Muzik Aktif (Active Music) and TVi (TV Interaktif/TV Interactive).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2011/04/07/new-tv-channel-to-focus-on-sarawak-sabah-%E2%80%94-rais/|title=New TV channel to focus on Sarawak, Sabah — Rais|website=theborneopost.com|date=7 April 2011|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref> RTMi was a channel that broadcast [[TV1 (Malaysian TV network)|RTM1]] and [[TV2 (Malaysian TV network)|RTM2]] programme previews for 5 hours daily from 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until 12:00&nbsp;a.m.,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/2235120/rtm-cuba-siaran-digital-september|title=RTM cuba siaran digital September|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=15 August 2006|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/1736274/digital-tv-project-for-all-on-track|title=Digital TV project for all on track|author=Rozana Sani|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|date=2 April 2007|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref> RTM Muzik Aktif was a music channel that airs mainstream and independent Malaysian music as well as music-oriented programmes<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/4422932/rtm-perkenal-muzik-aktif|title=RTM perkenal Muzik Aktif|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=7 March 2009|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/4434217/rtm-aktifkan-muzik-tempatan|title=RTM aktifkan muzik tempatan|author=Elrafaei Sapi|publisher=[[Harian Metro]]|date=18 March 2009|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/4494059/muzik-aktif-dapat-sambutan-hangat|title=Muzik Aktif dapat sambutan hangat|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=23 March 2009|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref> while TVi was a channel that promoted East Malaysian culture.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/4998385/saluran-tv-khas-untuk-sabah-sarawak|title=Saluran TV khas untuk Sabah, Sarawak|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=7 April 2011|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2011/04/07/new-tv-channel-for-sabah-and-sarawak|title=New TV channel for Sabah and Sarawak|date=7 April 2011|agency=[[Bernama]]|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/5008763/tv-i-saluran-khas-tawar-program-ikut-selera-kehendak-remaja|title=TV-i saluran khas tawar program ikut selera, kehendak remaja|author=Ibrahim Yahya|publisher=Berita Minggu|date=10 April 2011|accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref> There were plans in the early 2010s to launch separate focused television channels for Sabah and Sarawak by RTM, but eventually they were not realised. In Sarawak, however, the state television plan was later undertaken by Sarawak Media Group, which launched [[TVS (Malaysian TV channel)|TVS]] on 11 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww1.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&dt=0607&pub=kosmo&sec=rencana_utama&pg=ru_05.htm|title=Kita bakal 'mabuk' TV|author=Amree Ahmad|language=Malay|publisher=Kosmo!|date=7 June 2009|accessdate=10 September 2018|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910204104/http://ww1.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&dt=0607&pub=kosmo&sec=rencana_utama&pg=ru_05.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/sarawak-macam-anak-tiri-stesen-tv-siaran-percuma-161367|title=Sarawak macam anak tiri stesen TV siaran percuma|language=Malay|publisher=Astro Awani|date=27 November 2017|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref>
TV Okey was launched on 21 March 2018 in the evening at Hilton Hotel in [[Kota Kinabalu]], Sabah and officiated by the then-[[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]], [[Najib Razak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2018/03/323258/tv-okey-dilancar|title=TV OKEY dilancar|date=21 March 2018|publisher=[[Harian Metro]]|author=Suzianah Jiffar and Olivia Miwil|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2018/03/402206/tv-okey-guna-bahasa-tempatan|title=TV OKEY guna bahasa tempatan|author1=Suzianah Jiffar|author2= Olivia Miwil|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=21 March 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2018/03/402203/tv-okey-khusus-untuk-sabah-sarawak|title=TV OKEY khusus untuk Sabah, Sarawak|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=21 March 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/tv-okey-saluran-baharu-di-sabah-dan-sarawak-171072?|title=TV OKEY, saluran baharu di Sabah dan Sarawak|author=Ruzaini Zulkepli|publisher=[[Astro Awani]]|date=22 March 2018|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref> On 1 April 2019, TV Okey has started its [[high-definition television|HDTV]] broadcasting in conjunction with RTM's 73rd anniversary, and available exclusively through [[MYTV Broadcasting|myFreeview]] [[Digital terrestrial television|DTT]] service on Channel 110.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.utusan.com.my/berita/2021/02/12-saluran-tv-baharu-bakal-disiarkan-mytv/|title=12 saluran TV baharu bakal disiarkan MYTV?|author=Amree Ahmad|publisher=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|date=9 February 2021|accessdate=23 January 2022}}</ref> Beginning 6 April 2020, [[TV Pendidikan]] air on the channel daily under the Kelas@Rumah (Class@Home) programming, marking its return to RTM after 20 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/04/582412/rtms-tv-okey-brings-classes-home|title=RTM's TV Okey brings classes home|author=Loong Wai Ting|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|date=8 April 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2020/04/672763/covid-19-slot-tv-pendidikan-di-saluran-tv-okey-bermula-isnin-ini|title=COVID-19: Slot TV Pendidikan di saluran TV Okey bermula Isnin ini|author=Mohd Anwar Patho Rohman|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|date=4 April 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/04/581325/tv-pendidikan-begin-monday-rtm|title=TV Pendidikan to begin Monday on RTM|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|date=4 April 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref>
==Logo history==
<gallery>
File:RTM TVi.jpg|TVi logo (2014–18)
File:TV Okey RTM.png|Old logo of OKEY (2018–19)
File:Okey RTM.png|Current logo of OKEY (2019–present)
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[TV1 (Malaysian TV network)|TV1]]
* [[TV2 (Malaysian TV network)|TV2]]
* [[Sukan RTM]]
* [[Berita RTM]]
* [[Television in Malaysia]]
* [[Radio Televisyen Malaysia]]
== References ==
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== External links==
* {{Facebook|tvokey.rtm}}
* {{Instagram|tv_okey}}
* {{Twitter|tv_okey}}
{{Radio Televisyen Malaysia}}
{{Television in Malaysia}}
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