If TM wanna bid the EPL rights.., hmm.. first they first need to EXPAND THEIR COVERAGE TO WHOLE MALAYSIA... even in very very RURAL AREA like what Astro does...

TM , offers nothing soooooooooooo interesting it may find problems marketing morever going nationwide seems to be impossible in the near future, what they can do go nationwide using streamyx until HSBB is made availiable nationwide. Even RTM which boasted HD postponed !!

wah.. last nite I dream of RTM in HD... hahahaha

what year was that I dun know.. forgot to look at the calendar in my dream...

RTM Digital only...not HD

RTM HD
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RTM HD Launched Trial2008, 2009
Owned by Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Picture format 1080p (HDTV)
RTM HD is an upcoming high-definition television channel provided by RTM. The service was initially run as a trial from 2009, it started during the Beijing Olympic Games.[1]

world first in HD transmission

maybe that's why it was delayed; they are waiting for the codec

on another note, if TM IPTV decide to throw 205m GBP at EPL (kiasu, must be more than SingTel), you think EPL cares how many people can watch?

how many people do you think are watching EPL via MioTV in SG? roughly the population of the high GDP contributing areas, perhaps...

so TMnet doing the same for their limited area is not impossible. Slightly stupid maybe... but IF they did, the rest of us are f*d

oops.. TQ

even now the quality of rtm1 and rtm2 is not bad...better than the private local company.....

shit ~ now cannot watch astro.. heavy rain now ~

Different codecs maybe? Maybe RTM using H264 instead Media Prima TV using MPEG2?

check this out

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Malaysia:+As...sia-a0209502945

especially this para:

Well, the rich people wants HD now...

2 things I want to give my opinion on:

1. TM are really digging their own graves. They lost the EPL bidding last year to Astro. They then probably used the money set aside for the EPL bid to sponsor Man United. That is a lot of money. They also got a deal with England Football Association to display the England team logo on their products for one year. What is the point of that? If so eager to sponsor football team then sponsor 1MALAYSIA la..then they launch IPTV but only selected areas. High GPD only. U dont have EPL, U don't have what Astro has, U only have what some people want but still not going nationwide. History shows that those not going nationwide usually gulung tikar not long after launch. Remember MiTV anyone? TM should launch IPTV with HSBB with Streamyx if they want a high number in customers. They should spend their money on expanding HSBB nationwide than spending millions and millions of ringgit on Man U and the England team logo.

2. Astro own the rights for EPL foe another 3 years ending May 2013. But dont count on TM getting the rights for IPTV after that (if it even exist by then). Astro has admitted in the past huge number of customers they have signed up coz EPL..they even paid more than their budget this time around. If in the future Astro has to put every ringgit of money they have on the line, its maybe for the EPL. So TM has to find something else that Malaysians want that Astro dont have. Dont plan for a win in war in three years time when u cant even win a battle right now.

This post has been edited by dxjb: Mar 23 2010, 03:34 PM

bro,i buy you thoughts



TM only hav one thing left inorder for IPTV to be famous, ie, giv free viewing for a year on steamyx so Astro dun hav the revenue fr Byond

Astro Arena is available to all Astro subscribers no matter have sports package or not..

In my opinion, its better to have a monopoly in cable tv. Football fans will be pissed if they had to choose between world cup + champions league in one company and EPL + EURO in the other...


and without the monopoly economic of scale, price per subscriber for those sports package would be astronomic....

Well said TM bang b...

RTM HD probably wont be available until mid or late 2012...

HD world is just so damn expensive... to get a HD Beta Camera alone can buy me at least 2 proton cars..

Astro arena currently very boring =S