Astro IPTV will be put in place once YTL starts operation..IPTV will become Astro's weapon in hand..thats my opinion only..

What little I've seen of IPTV's in Malaysia suggests that it's for people who like SD and HD-lite - or can't tell the difference.

Astro's strength is not IPTV or the potential of IPTV. It's the exclusive broadcast rights and the wide area in which it can operate. I've said it before in my dissection of YTL's plan for Yes IPTV. It can only work when you have enough signal repeaters on the ground; otherwise it can only cover high population areas only.

As far as the LAN port is concerned, I wished that Astro would allow the transferring of the recorded programs to the home network. But hell would have to freeze first before that happens.
fuad

Sanjeev Kapoor, Astro JV set to launch FoodFood channel

 
Indiantelevision.com Team


(29 November 2010 9:30 pm)

  
MUMBAI: The Malaysia-based Astro All Asia Networks (Astro) and Turmeric Vision (TVPL), the television company owned by Sanjeev Kapoor and Alyona Kapoor, is gearing up to launch food concept channel – FoodFood.
The JV between the two companies will mark the entry of Astro into the Indian media broadcasting industry.
The company is looking at FoodFood as the most "gastronomically loaded lifestyle" and entertainment concept available across TV, mobile and web.


The company said Monday the TV channel is scheduled to go on air in early 2011. It will be in high-definition (HD) and will feature Hinglish content that will be produced and packaged in India, making the shows relevant to the Indian audience.

Hinglish?   HD channel? for 2011. Still got 2 HD remaining channel to launch before 2011 target.

HINGLISH mean: Hindi+English=hinglish??? 

MEASAT Helps Solar Shines Like A DIVA

[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) announced that Solar Entertainment Corporation (“Solar”) has expanded its platform with three new channels; NBA Premium HD, DIVA Universal and NBC Universal. The new channels are distributed through the MCPC network in the Philippines via the MEASAT-3 and MEASAT-3a satellites.

Solar is a Philippine-based media company with cable channels, Free-TV Channels (Solar TV/RPN, ETC/SBN and 2nd Avenue/RJTV) and also in the film distribution business. The film distribution unit is the local affiliate for United International Pictures.

“A customer since 2004, we are proud to have been able to support Solar’s expansion over the last 6 years,” said Yau Chyong Lim, Senior Director, Sales and Marketing, MEASAT.

NBA Premium HD is a television specialty channel in High Definition that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. Both DIVA and NBC Universal are owned by NBC Universal Global Networks. DIVA and NBC are television channels specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, crime and investigation genre.

Right...
On the other news:

Astro, please bring in NBA TV HD for money sake...

My Byond PVR HDMI output was diabled since last week. I am still able to watch the HD channels on analog out. Called up the Astro CS a couple of times and was told that they are performing system migration and my account was deactivated for the HDMI out. They are still working on trying to activate back my HDMI output but do not know when it can happen. I am really curious. Is this possible? Anyone else having this problem?

Thats rubbish, log into cfm.org lodge your complaint and request for waiver of HD fee for lost hours.System upgrade has nothing to do with HDMI port.

Maybe they use Maxis HSBB instead?

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Added on November 30, 2010, 4:59 pm
Maxis HSBB is sux because their monthly bandwidth is only 40GB and their will throttled you to 0.5mbps when limit reach. Speed also not reach as their mention  

I mean for Astro IPTV capable of using Maxis HSBB... Just like UniFi reserves 8Mbps for their IPTV HD channel stream...

Thats rubbish, log into cfm.org lodge your complaint and request for waiver of HD fee for lost hours.System upgrade has nothing to do with HDMI port.

check your astro byond system version, see if HDMI is on

astro is able to switch on or off Byond's HDMI port via satellite

Rais, MCMC chief to join PM-telco meet over 700MHz band

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s meeting with telco chiefs upset over YTL Communications Sdn Bhd allegedly getting the prized 700MHz spectrum will have two more guests — Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim and regulator Tan Sri Khalid Ramli.

The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), which Khalid chairs, broke its silence by clarifying that YTL Communications only has an individual licence for content applications service provider (CASP) to provide subscription-based Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services using their 2.3GHz WiMax network for five years.
Rais is the Minister for Information, Communications and Culture. YTL Communications executive director Datuk Yeoh Seok Hong told The Malaysian Insider last week it was going to operate the service on the 700MHz band, which Singapore’s The Straits Times newspaper said was causing a furore among local telco chiefs.

“The minister and the MCMC chairman are joining the meeting,” a source told The Malaysian Insider hours before the MCMC statement was issued on 28th Nov.

It is understood that the telco officials attending the meeting have  prepared their arguments on the allocation of the spectrum, and how they should access it, rather than MCMC itself.

Industry observers said MCMC’s denial would mean it was not necessary for the prime minister to meet the telco chiefs over the issue.

“It seems strange for them to meet the PM and object over YTL’s spectrum when MCMC now says it never assigned the spectrum,” an industry source told The Malaysian Insider.

The MCMC in its statement also clarified that it was assessing a detailed business plan by YTL for the “roll-out of digital pay TV and not 4G mobile services as reported”.

“MCMC would like to iterate that no spectrum assignments has been issued to YTL Communications Sdn Bhd in the 700MHz spectrum band for pay TV broadcasting, hence the reports and commentaries on a spectrum issuance are inaccurate,” it said in the statement issued late last night.

The MCMC also said that under Malaysia’s National Spectrum Plan, “700MHz spectrum band is allocated for broadcasting service and not for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) or 4G mobile services as speculated in the various media articles and reports”.

“The ownership of all spectrum bands remains at all times with the Government of Malaysia,” it said.

Yeoh had said that YTL Communications, which launched its YES 4G WiMax service last week, had applied for the 700MHz spectrum from the MCMC for its pay-television service together with US-based Sezmi Corporation.

“We got the spectrum because we want to introduce it quicker than the MCMC plan for full digitalisation of the television service by December 2015.

“But they can always move us from that spectrum later once there is full digitalisation, which will free up 300MHz between the 400MHz and 700MHz spectrum,” Yeoh had added.

The MCMC statement contradicts Yeoh ’s version of the spectrum they will use for their hybrid television service.

He had said the spectrum given to the firm will enable it to offer more channels and compete with Astro, which offers 119 channels including high-definition television. Astro began its service in 1996 with a 17-year exclusive licence.

(reedited to current time)