Radio Televisyen Malaysia

Background

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) (English: Radio Television of Malaysia) is the national public broadcaster of Malaysia. Established on April 1, 1946 as Radio Malaya, it is the first and the oldest broadcaster in the country. Currently, it operates 6 television channels (including TV1 and TV2) and 34 radio stations nationwide.

1st Logo (December 28, 1978)

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Logo: Superimposed over live-action footage, we the the RTM logo with the inner border being teal and the outer border changing color.

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A horn fanfare.

Availability: Extinct. This only appeared when color TV broadcasting in Malaysia launched.

2nd Logo (1978?-1987)

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Logo: On a blue background, we see the RTM logo from the time (an eyelid-like symbol with the outside being yellow and orange, the sclera being teal, and the pupil being blue), with PERSEMBAHAN above it, depending on if it's uppercase or lowercase.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the program or none.

Availability: Appeared on programmes of the time, such as Anugerah Seri Angkasa.

3rd Logo (December 27, 1987-late 1990s?)

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Logo: Against the space background as seen in the RTM1 ident, an orange flash appears. The RTM logo from the time (a globe symbol within a silver square and a blue banner with rtm on it horizontally covering part of it) zoom in. The channel's slogan, "Teman Setia Anda", then writes in underneath the logo, followed by an orange line under the text.

Technique: CGI. The space background is taken from Cascom, an American motion graphics company.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic fanfare with a group of people singing "RTM... Teman Setia Anda! (RTM... Your Loyal Friend!)"

Availability: Extinct.

• This was shown accompanying the RTM1 ID as a flagship ident.
• It has also been said that this logo appeared before the beginning of any newscast of the company's channels, particularly Dunia Jam 10 (The World at 10) and Berita Perdana (Prime News).

4th Logo (1987?-July 31, 2004)

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Logo: Appearing at the end of the credits of the program, the RTM logo appears, usually below the penerbit and the name of the publisher. The copyright information may or may not appear at the end of the bottom.

Varaint: Some shows have "untuk" above the RTM logo.

Technique: 2D animation of the logo either entering the screen via the credits scrolling, zooming in, fading in, appearing simply, or none.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared at the end of original programs that aired on the company's channels, such as Debu-Debu Di Jalanan.

5th Logo (1996)

Logo: TBA

Technique: 3D CGI.

Music/Sounds: A portion of Creative Enterprise, Pt. 1 composed by Mel Dean, Jean Claude Madonne, Sammy Burdson.

Availability: So far, it's known to have appeared on 1996 episodes of Istimewa Bersama.

6th Logo (August 1, 2004?-2021?)

Logo: TBA

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Appears on several programmes of the time.

7th Logo (2011-2016?)

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Logo: On a black background, we see the rtm logo flying to the center in two different ways, depending on the logo.

• One variant shows the colored square-thorns spiraling around to the left of the screen as the rtm logo flies to the center of the screen with a reflection appearing below. As the logo then does a full turn, Persembahan appears as the letters get close together. As a light flashes at the top right of the m, copyright info and the company's website URL appear at the bottom right of the screen, depending if the letters appear one by one, or they fade in.
• Another variant shows the logo spinning until it settles its position, forming a trail which disappears rapidly. Different copyright info from the other variant fades in underneath the logo.
  • There is also a reanimated version of this variant, where an orange light is present as the logo spins and a blue light flashes as the copyright info wipes in.

Variant: A still variant exists where the logo is in 2D.

Technique: 3D CGI for the normal variants.

Music/Sounds: Either none or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared at the end of original programs that aired on the company's channels at the time, such as Titik Sentuhan.

8th Logo (2015-2019)

Logo: TBA

Technique: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Same as before.

9th Logo (2019-March 31, 2021)

Logo: TBA

Technique: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Same as before.

10th Logo (April 1, 2021-2023)

Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Same as before.

11th Logo (2023-)

Logo: TBA

Technique: 3D CGI.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Current.