TV3 Live Streaming – Watch TV3 Malaysia Online
TV3 has sat at the top of Malaysian television since 1984. Its evening bulletin sets the national conversation. Its drama slots pull the largest audiences of any channel in the country.
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Full TV Malaysia Channel List
Below is the complete lineup. Pick a channel and start watching.
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LIVE45TFNote: TV3 sits on myFreeview channel 103. Here, it sits right at the top.
About the Channel
- Registered name
- Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad
- Owner
- Media Prima Berhad
- Launched
- 1984
- Position
- Malaysia’s first private television station
- myFreeview channel
- 103
- Picture
- HD
- Language
- Malay
- Headquarters
- Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama
- Official platform
- Tonton
A Day on TV3
Regular viewers know the rhythm by heart.
Malaysia Hari Ini opens the morning. Running since the mid-1990s, it mixes light news, studio guests, cooking and health segments, and it remains one of the most durable formats on Malaysian television. Cartoons follow for children before and after school.
Wanita Hari Ini and lifestyle programming take the late morning, aimed squarely at a female audience. Around midday the tone turns practical, with food and travel shows such as Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan sending presenters to hawker stalls and small-town kitchens.
Afternoons lean on repeat drama and the midday bulletin. Then the schedule tightens.
Evenings are where TV3 earns its reputation. The main news hour lands first, and the drama block runs straight after. That stretch is the most watched window on Malaysian television.
Late night carries telemovie premieres, the English bulletin, and the occasional documentary.
Buletin Utama
Ask any Malaysian to name a news programme and this is usually the answer.
Buletin Utama has anchored TV3’s evening schedule since the channel’s early years. National politics, court cases, crime, weather and sport all fit inside a single sitting. Government announcements often break here before they reach print.
What keeps it dominant:
- An evening slot that has barely shifted in decades
- Reporters stationed across every state
- Live crosses from Parliament, courts and disaster sites
- A presenting style that stays formal without turning stiff
The Other Bulletins
Buletin Utama draws the attention, though it is not the only news TV3 produces.
Buletin Pagi covers the morning, written for viewers catching up on the night before. Buletin 130 delivers a shorter midday round-up. Nightline closes the broadcast day in English, with a quicker and more international read than the Malay bulletins offer.
Each edition assumes a different viewer. That is the point.
Drama Is the Channel’s Backbone
No Malaysian broadcaster commits more airtime to drama than TV3.
The channel runs original serials, weekly telemovie premieres and long-running family sagas. Casting draws from the top tier of Malaysian television actors, and successful series often stretch across several seasons.
Genres in steady rotation:
- Family sagas – inheritance disputes, sibling rivalry, village life
- Romance serials – arranged marriage plots and slow-burn courtship
- Thriller and mystery – usually held back for the late slot
- Telemovies – self-contained films made for a single evening
- Festive specials – extended episodes built around religious holidays
Titles rotate every few months, so the lineup you find will differ from one season to the next.
Variety, Music and Documentary
Drama and news dominate. The remaining hours carry a wide spread.
Melodi covers the local entertainment industry – celebrity interviews, film releases, gossip and award coverage. It has been running for decades and remains the reference point for Malaysian showbiz news.
Muzik Muzik and Jangan Lupa Lirik handle music, the first as a composing competition with a long history, the second as a lyrics-based game show built around Malaysian pop.
Majalah 3 takes the documentary slot. Its reporting runs longer and digs deeper than a news package allows, covering social issues, historical subjects and investigations.
Bersamamu profiles families in hardship, with viewers contributing directly. Few programmes on Malaysian television have run as long or raised as much.
999 works through real criminal cases, reconstructing investigations for a general audience.
Elsewhere in the schedule:
- Helo Doktor – medical questions answered on air
- I Can See Your Voice Malaysia – singing guessing game
- Famili Duo – celebrity family competition
- Tanyalah Ustaz – live religious question-and-answer
- Home shopping segments spread through quieter hours
Where TV3 Came From
Malaysian television was state-run until the mid-1980s. TV3 ended that.
The station launched in 1984 as the country’s first private broadcaster, operating a handful of evening hours from a base in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. Transmission stretched into the mornings in 1994, and Malaysia Hari Ini arrived with it. A move to purpose-built studios at Sri Pentas in Petaling Jaya followed in 1995, and the schedule eventually filled the full day.
Media Prima now runs TV3 alongside several sister channels, with Tonton serving as the group’s streaming arm.
Why TV3 Stays on Top
Plenty of channels have launched since 1984. None has displaced TV3.
Part of the reason is timing. Arriving as the first private broadcaster gave the station a decade to build habits before serious competition existed, and viewing habits are stubborn things.
The rest comes down to where the money goes. Drama is expensive, and TV3 spends more of its budget there than any Malaysian rival. That buys recognisable actors, longer seasons and production values that hold an audience through a full evening.
Scale helps too:
A newsroom with national reach
Reporters in every state mean fewer stories bought in from agencies.
Cross-promotion across the group
Media Prima runs TV9, 8TV and a set of radio stations, so a new TV3 series gets promoted across all of them.
Slots that never move
Viewers know when the news starts and when drama follows, without checking.
Programmes measured in decades
Malaysia Hari Ini, Melodi and Buletin Utama have outlasted most of the competition entirely.
Ratings do shift, and streaming has pulled younger viewers elsewhere. Among households that still watch broadcast television, though, TV3 remains the default.
Questions Viewers Ask
Who owns TV3?
Media Prima Berhad. The station is registered as Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad.
What channel is TV3 on myFreeview?
Channel 103.
Is TV3 broadcast in HD?
Yes, the channel runs a high-definition feed.
How long has Malaysia Hari Ini been on air?
Since 1994, when TV3 first extended broadcasting into the morning.
What makes TV3 different from Drama Sangat?
Both belong to Media Prima. TV3 runs a full mixed schedule with news and current affairs. Drama Sangat carries drama almost exclusively.
Does TV3 show live football?
Occasionally. Media Prima picks up selected national matches, though dedicated sports channels carry far more.
Are TV3 dramas subtitled?
Most Malay drama airs without subtitles. Imported films sometimes carry them.
Can I watch TV3 episodes after they air?
Not from a live stream. Tonton holds the catch-up library for Media Prima programmes.