[2] The channel was first launched on 1 August 2001[3] was financed with a $1 million grant from Japan and is broadcast on the Shin Corp Thaicom 3 satellite.

[6] According to Ye Tun, assistant manager of Myanmar International, the purposes of the channel are threefold: "to inform, to educate and to entertain the public and broadcast healthy programs".

[7][8] A government official said the channel was launched to provide an "objective response" to international media reports about Burma.

The channel has news exchange agreements with CCTV, NHK, Arirang TV and CFI.

A news programme broadcast slides reading "VOA and BBC, sky full of liars.