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Sky Net

Satellite TV company in Myanmar

Summary

Satellite TV company in Myanmar

Field	Value
name	Skynet DTH
logo	Skynet Logo.png
type	Paid satellite TV
currentowner	Shwe Thanlwin Media Company Limited
origin	Myanmar
introduced	November 2010
markets	Across Myanmar
website

the pay tv operator

SKYNET Direct to Home (DTH), is a pay TV operator that provides nationwide satellite television in Myanmar. Owner Shwe Than Lwin Media Co., Ltd. is part of a conglomerate with diverse interests in Myanmar, they launched the broadcaster in November 2010. SKYNET DTH broadcasts a total 80 channels via Apstar 7 satellite, provide internet services in the Pacific Asia region, and employ more than 2000 staff. Owner and chairman of SKYNET DTH is Sino-Burmese businessman, Kyaw Win.

Channels

Launching SKYNET DTH with 24 channels, including Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Hero I-League, Indian Super League, American Major League Soccer, Australian A-League, NBA, CCL, Saudi Professional League, Saudi Super Cup, Myanmar National League and other sports and entertainment and expanding to 80 channels with media rights for competitions held by UEFA (Euro 2012, UEFA Champions League, Europa League). SKYNET DTH started broadcasting all matches of the Air KBZ Myanmar Lethwei World Championship, Premier League, IPL from the 2013–14 season after acquiring rights from FA. SKYNET DTH also have media rights of FIFA competitions, enabling SKYNET to broadcast live the FIFA World Cup 2018. It also has media rights to all of WWE, which broadcasts RAW, Smack Down Live, NXT and other pay-per-view shows from WWE.

The 2021 Myanmar coup d'état saw SKYNET DTH stop broadcasting some international channels, like Fox Network (now is Walt Disney Asia Pacific), Lifetime, CNN, BBC and more. As of July 2025, the total number of channels is 54.

References

"Myanmar to launch Skynet DTH and MPS systems in November". Cisco-news.tmcnet.com.
(2010-10-07). "Myanmar to launch SKYNET DTH and MPS systems in November". Digitaltvnews.net.
[http://www.ipstar.com/en/where_myanmar.html] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-05-10)

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