Telecommunications Reforms In Malaysia

Lee, Cassey

doi:10.1111/1467-8292.00203

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“…For example, the Broadcasting Act did not have provisions that could ascribe conditions for the licensing of Internet and satellite broadcasters. As such, the Act was repealed in 1998 and replaced by the Communication and Multimedia Act (Lee, 2002) [18].…”

Section: Broadcasting Act (1984)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is entrusted with the role of promoting and regulating the communications and multimedia industry and to enforce the communications and multimedia laws in Malaysia. Hence, it has the power to approve, amend, or revoke broadcasting and other licenses (Lee, 2002). The MCMC is also given the task to implement and promote the government's national policy objectives for the communications and multimedia sector.…”

Section: Communication and Multimedia Act (1998)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Internet and Social Media in Malaysia: Development, Challenges and Potentials

Wok¹,

Mohamed²

2017

The Evolution of Media Communication

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The penetration of the Internet and social media has helped Malaysia abreast with the other developed countries. Nonetheless, being a multicultural country, Malaysia has to ensure her multiracial population lives in harmony and peace. This happens with the integrated help of media control and regulations exercise in Malaysia: the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA), Film Censorship Act, Broadcasting Act, Communication and Multimedia Act (CMA), and media ownership control. Many researches have been conducted pertaining to the Internet and social media that have been published locally in line with the development of the Internet and social media in Malaysia. Similarly, new media is also subjected to being controlled through methods such as controlling the Internet, blocking and filtering, and content removal. The chapter also looks into the impact of the Internet and social media on civil society, thus creating a momentum to promote toward giving suggestions for future research involving not only theories but also models using more sophisticated analyses. More research can be done and the future of research is bright. Other areas that can be looked at are the impacts of the Internet and social media on the young populace of the nation.

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Section: Broadcasting Act (1984)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Communication and Multimedia Act (1998)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet and Social Media in Malaysia: Development, Challenges and Potentials

Wok¹,

Mohamed²

2017

The Evolution of Media Communication

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“…The Malaysian government holds a single unit "golden share" which uses it to veto on essential decisions that is relate to national interest consequences [16]. Golden share define as a set of Government's special authority and legal constrictions on privatize firms [8].…”

Section: Golden Sharesmentioning

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Ownership patterns and control of top 100 Malaysian listed companies

Ahmad

Mustafa

2017

SHS Web Conf.

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Abstract. The incentive of this study stems from the significance of protecting minority shareholders' rights. It analyses the most dominant ownership structure practices within listed firms in Bursa Malaysia (BM), in which controlling shareholders (CSs) hold control on many firms despite relatively small portion of investment. Malaysian firms are characterised by high levels of concentrated ownership with families owning more than 70% of the listed firms in BM [9]. This study finds that the separation between cash flow rights (real investment) and control rights (voting rights) for Top 100 Malaysian listed firms is accomplished through pyramidal ownership and golden share arrangements. Hence, the divergence between cash flow rights (CFRs) and voting rights (VRs) exacerbates Type II Agency problem. This study calls for future studies in the area of accounting and finance to introduce and operationalise new measurement of Type II Agency Cost in order to better understand the agency conflicts within this unique market. It also better explains the state of the minority shareholders in the BM.

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“…Five years into operations, Metrovision was struggling and was "temporarily" off-air by 1 November the same year (1999). In 2002, the Ministry of Finance owned 30 per cent of the consortium that operated Mega TV while a subsidiary firm, Sri Utara, an investment arm of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a political party in the coalition government, owned another 5 per cent of Mega TV (Lee, 2001). They resumed broadcasting on Thursday 1 January 2004 as 8TV after being bought by Media Prima Berhad.…”

Section: Sistem Television Malaysia Berhad (Tv 3)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Section 12 of the Bill lists functions of the Media Council. Some 581 journalists signed a petition stating that opposition to these laws was growing and the advocated that the government create a national press council to regulate the industry (Lee, C. 2001). Apparently, their petition fell on deaf ears because there has not been a council created to review the press laws to date.…”

Section: Government Policies By Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Haji Abdul mentioning

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A Broadcasting History of Malaysia: Progress and Shifts

Latif¹,

Mahmud²,

Ali³

2013

ASS

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This paper aims to delve into the history of broadcasting in Malaysia since the 1980s. We will go down memory lane and see the inception of the first private television station in the country -Sistem Television Malaysia Berhad (STMB) or better known as TV3 which received its licensed in 1983. This paper also looks at the question of ownership as there are strong political and economic ties between the government and the media. While privatization is a goal in the business sector, a free press without government restrictions is not. The government controls the presses and the publishing enterprises throughout Malaysia. Privatization of this television station was one of the initial efforts to transfer media ownership from the government to the private sector. That was in the initial stages of development. Now TV3 sits under Media Prima Berhad, a company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia and is Malaysia's leading integrated media investment group. It currently owns 100 per cent equity interest in TV3, 8TV, NTV7 and TV9. In addition, Media Prima now owns more than 96.85 per cent equity interest in The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) (NSTP) Berhad, one of Malaysia's largest publisher which publishes three national newspapers; the New Straits Times, BeritaHarian and Harian Metro. It also owns three radio networks, Fly FM, Hot FM and One FM. This paper also looks at Malaysia's first cable network popularly known as ASTRO. ASTRO is the brand name of the Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay television service. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia and Brunei. Astro is an acronym for All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator. Astro is owned and operated by MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks. The other entity under study is Radio Televisyen Malaysia or better known as RTM, a government owned television network.

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Telecommunications Reforms In Malaysia

Cited by 25 publications

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Internet and Social Media in Malaysia: Development, Challenges and Potentials

Internet and Social Media in Malaysia: Development, Challenges and Potentials

Ownership patterns and control of top 100 Malaysian listed companies

A Broadcasting History of Malaysia: Progress and Shifts

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