It is understood that the suspension is related to commercial issues on access fee payments between MYTV and Awesome TV, which have been brought to court.

Awesome TV CEO Adam Ilyas said the channel has filed for a review, which is pending before the Court of Appeal.

“Awesome TV has filed an appeal with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) appeal tribunal that has also not been decided,” he said in a statement today.

“The matter is still in court and has not been resolved. Pending the final outcome and as such, it is unethical and unlawful of MYTV Sdn Bhd to resort to suspending Awesome TV on their platform.”

Adam’s statement comes in response to MYTV’s announcement on its Facebook page that the Awesome TV channel on its platform will be suspended effective today following a decision by the court.

Checks on social media found MYTV viewers sharing images showing the Awesome TV channel not running.

“Channel 112 Awesome TV will not be broadcasted on the MYTV platform, starting from May 26, 2024 until further notice,” it wrote.

MYTV had previously stated its intention to suspend the channel from its platform starting Nov 2 last year because of commercial issues related to access fee payments between the two parties.

Awesome TV officially began broadcasting on Aug 1, 2020 offering local and international content. The channel is still available on Astro.

The local channel had previously come under criticism for its broadcast on job cut recommendations in the civil service, as well as reports alleged to be racially tinged.