NEW DELHI: Worldview Broadcasting Channel (WBC), a news network, claiming to be Malaysia‘s first free-to-air news and current affairs channel, has launched its trial transmission in Malaysia.

WBC launched its three-hour daily telecast within the Malaysian capital‘s Klang Valley. It plans to increase this to six hours by February towards eventually having 24-hour transmission.

It is slated to officially launch in 2012 and plans to reach the rest of Malaysia by April, before eventually going international.

It presents a host of current affairs programmes as well as local and foreign documentaries. Its programming includes business, talk shows and sports.

WBC‘s viewers will be able to watch live news reports from around the world, presented from a Malaysian perspective in Malay, English and Arabic.

The station will also feature programmes on lifestyle, culture, history, science and technology.