Media Prima Berhad

Type	Public limited company
Traded as	MYX: 4502
ISIN	MYL4502OO000
Industry	Mass media, entertainment
Founded	23 September 2003; 19 years ago (2003-09-23)
Headquarters	New Straits Times Press Balai Berita, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Radio and Television Sri Pentas, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Key people	Datuk (Dr) Syed Hussian bin Syed Junid (Chairman)[1] Rafiq Razali (Group Managing Director)[2]
Revenue	RM 78.35 billion
Net income	RM 14.87 billion
Number of employees	5,384 (December 2022)
Divisions	• Television: TV3, DidikTV, 8TV, TV9, Wow Shop, tvN, tvN Movies • Radio: 8FM, Buletin FM, Fly FM, Hot FM, Molek FM • Other divisions: Audio+, New Straits Times Press, Primeworks Studios, Big Tree, REV Media Group, iQIYI, WeTV Malaysia, Tonton, Bilibili
Website	www.mediaprima.com.my

Media Prima Berhad, doing business as Media Prima and stylised as media prima, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment conglomerate with business interests in television, print, radio, out-of-home advertising, content creation and digital media. The Group operates five television channels — TV3, DidikTV KPM, 8TV, TV9 and Wow Shop and also five radio stations – Buletin FM, Fly FM, 8FM, Hot FM and Molek FM. Media Prima is also the owner of New Straits Times Press, Malaysia's largest newspaper publisher with five national news brands – New Straits Times, Berita Harian, Harian Metro, Sin Chew Daily and Guang Ming Daily.

The company was formed in 2003 out of the demerger of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) media assets, namely Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (which runs TV3) and The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, which the latter held since 1993.^[3] The Group currently ranks third in Malaysia in digital reach following the 2017 acquisition of REV Asia Holdings, one of Southeast Asia's leading digital media groups.^[4] In 2018, Media Prima became the number one choice for mobile content ahead of Google and Facebook.^[5]

Business divisions

Media Prima Television 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.

WOWSHOP 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.^[6][7] 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.^[8] Tonton is the group's Over-the-top media service (OTT) which covers viewers across multiple devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones.^[9]

Media Prima Audio

Media Prima Audio (formerly known as Media Prima Radio Networks and later Ripple) is an audience-focused digital media, broadcast and commerce company.^[10] It includes five radio broadcast brands – 8FM (formerly One FM), Buletin FM (formerly Kool FM), Fly FM, Hot FM, Molek FM and a podcast platform – Audio+ (formerly Ais Kacang).^[11] 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 Radio.^[12]

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 – New Straits Times,^[18] Berita Harian and Harian Metro,^[19][20] as well as their respective weekend editions.^[21] Apart from News brands, New Straits Times Press also owned subsidiary Print Towers Sdn Bhd, tertiary education reference website Mind Campus^[22] and learning portal FullAMark.^[23]

Out-of-home advertising

• Big Tree^[24]
  • Kurnia Outdoor
  • UPD
  • The Right Channel
  • Gotcha
  • Big Tree Seni Jaya

Production and distribution

• Primeworks Studios
  • Primeworks Distribution
  • Alternate Records & Talents

Media Prima's content creation arm, Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd, is one of Malaysia's production houses with content output in diverse categories covering television, cinema, and digital platforms.^[25] While it starts producing television series as early as 1984, Primeworks only began to identify themselves by introducing their own logo in July 2008 to distinguish from Grand Brilliance, another Media Prima subsidiary which was established in 1995.

Digital

• REV Media Group^[26]

REV Media Group consists of the following brands:

Integrated Solution Provider

• Media Prima Omnia^[45]

Former

• TV3 Ghana (1999–2011)

Board of Directors

• Group Chairman
  • Datuk Seri (Dr.) Syed Hussain Aljunid
• Group Managing Director
  • Rafiq Razali
• Independent Non-Executive Director
  • Abdullah Abu Samah
  • Dato’ Sivananthan Shanmugam
  • Datuk Phang Ah Tong
  • Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen

Senior Management Team

• Group Managing Director
  • Rafiq Razali
• Group Chief Financial Officer
  • Rosli Sabarudin
• Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Omnia)
  • Datuk Michael Chan
• Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Television Networks & Primeworks Studios)
  • Dato' Khairul Anwar Salleh
• Chief Executive Officer (New Straits Times Press)
  • Mustapha Kamil Mohd Janor
• Chief Executive Officer (REV Media Group)
  • Samuel Wee
• Chief Executive Officer (BIG TREE)
  • Shukor Ariffin
• Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Audio)
  • Nazri Noran
• Acting Chief Executive Officer (WOWSHOP)
  • Datin Norashikin Habibur Rahman

Incidents

2018 bomb threat

On 28 August 2018, Media Prima's Sri Pentas headquarters was forced to evacuate following a false bomb threat. The police gave an order to evacuate the company's office at 10.30 pm. About 200 Media Prima employees were evacuated from the building. They were allowed to re-enter the building after two hours of inspection. The police did not find anything suspicious.^[46]

Following the cancellation of Nightline, TV3 aired the announcement about the incident. Royal Malaysia Police's bomb detector unit arrived at 11.40 pm to handle the case. The Fire and Rescue Department received the phone call from the police at 11.19 pm following the incident. The case was investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code, and the police found it was a false bomb threat.^[47] Two men were arrested in Temerloh, Pahang on 29 August 2018.^[48]