Television broadcasting in Burma began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

. Regular television service was first formally launched in 1981.

Most television channels in the country are broadcast from Yangon. TV Myanmar

Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television is the parent of state-run Myanmar Radio National Service, and a television channel. The television channels are broadcast from its broadcast center in Kamayut, Yangon...

 and Myawaddy TV

Myawaddy TV

Myawaddy is a Myanmar military-owned television network based in Yangon, Myanmar. It was launched on the 27 March 1995, in commemoration of the Burmese Armed Forces Day. Its programming is also broadcast over the AsiaSat 2 satellite. The average duration of broadcast is approximately eight hours...

 are the two main channels, providing Burmese language programming in news and entertainment. Other special interest channels are Myawaddy 1 (MWD-1) and Myawaddy 2 (MWD-2), Myanmar International, the English language channel that targets overseas audiences via satellite and via Internet, MRTV-4

MRTV-4

Myanmar Radio and Television 4, known as MRTV-4, is a Burmese state-owned television station and satellite television. It consists of 6 local channels and 14 foreign channels.-Channel details:...

with a focus on non-formal education programs and movies, and Movie 5, a pay-TV channel specializing in broadcasting foreign movies.