Of course u can ! With postal votes in hand we hv to just dream of changing the present ruling party !

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Added on December 2, 2010, 6:20 am

1Malaysia, 1HD...lets make it better!

RTM ? They were supposed to roll out Digital but couldnt now talking HD ? To me end of the day Astro wld be number one and maybe the country's national paytv !

RTM = Rancangan Tak Menjadi.............  

One tell tale sign as to whether it will happen is how much details given out in the report. If it's just a general phrase like "HD in 2015" then it's more likely to be empty talk with lots of room to get out of it. But if it's very detailed like who were the consultant, what specific HD standard to be used, how to go about it etc, then there is hope. Otherwise just treat it as hot air similar to kids saying....I can fly like superman.

Agreed. If they means to full broadcast in HD at 2015 then right now they already have to start something. But I don't see any any news that they will shoot all their crap drama in HD.

wonder y there is no news abot media prima channel in HD?

because later people in kampung who religiously watching gov proganda on buletin utama lodge police report because their favorite channel become smaller with space on top and bottom on their 4:3 tv.

Astro insists on arbitration for satellite dish dispute
December 02, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — A unit of media giant Astro has insisted on arbitration for a RM1.34 billion lawsuit over satellite dish technology, prompting the High Court here to postpone its decision on the case proceedings to December 10.

Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd (MBNS), which is licensed by Astro to provide satellite transmission, submitted a bid for a stay of proceedings to settle the case involving the use of its high-definition broadcast receiving equipment.

The court was supposed to decide on whether the case should go through arbitration or normal court proceedings today, as well as consider AV Asia Sdn Bhd’s bid for an injunction to prevent MBNS from using confidential information related to its satellite dishes.

It has also postponed the mention date for the application by Tele System Electronic Sdn Bhd — the second party named in AV Asia’s lawsuit — to strike out the suit.

The defendant today submitted the application to stay on the proceedings while the plaintiff submitted its application to settle the case through a normal court hearing.

Judge Datuk Azahar Mohamed had fixed the mention date for both bids as well as the decision on whether there will be a stay on the proceedings on December 10.

MBNS’s lawyer Nahendran Navaratnam told reporters today that the fact that AV Asia is suing another party does not mean that the agreement made earlier can be voided.

He told the court that an agreement was made between MBNS and AV Asia that if there was any breach of contract, the case will go through arbitration.

However, Nahendran said the agreement drafted between the two parties was "so widely drafted" that it is not specific enough to void in this case just because the plaintiff is suing another party, which was the plaintiff's argument.

The RM1.34 billion lawsuit was filed in September against Ananda Krishnan’s Astro subsidiary for breaching a “non-disclosure agreement” pertaining to the use of rain fade technology in the satellite television operator’s B.yond satellite dish.

The suit was filed by AV Asia against MBNS which enjoys an exclusive licence for satellite transmission.

AV Asia claims in its suit that MBNS had breached a mutual non-disclosure agreement with the private company over its technology to reduce rain fade.

Rain fade refers to the absorption of satellite or radio signals by rain or snow. Astro’s signals are frequently interrupted by rain.

AV Asia’s injunction against MBNS and Tele System Electronic, which was filed on October 27, sought to restrain MBNS from supplying satellite dishes that relied on such confidential information in their manufacture to its customers.

The injunction further asked the court to bar Tele System Electronic from using any confidential information supplied by AV Asia to MBNS under the mutual non-disclosure agreement between the two dated August 1, 2008.

An Astro spokesman had responded to the allegations by saying that the HD service has been available since last December and “the alleged use of confidential information is incorrect and strongly denied”.

In its preceding suit, AV Asia claimed MBNS had divulged confidential information to Tele System Electronic which the latter used to design and test MBNS’s satellite dishes.

The television support equipment provider also said that these dishes were almost identical to its satellite dishes.

AV Asia had said that in May 2008, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had recommended MBNS to conduct studies on the use of satellite dish size and design to reduce rain fade problems.

In June 2008, AV Asia requested a Japanese company, Maspro, to conduct research and development to develop a satellite dish with reduced susceptibility to rain fade for the Malaysian market.

Maspro is involved in the manufacture, sale and construction of television reception equipment, antennas, satellite receivers and communication devices, among others.

AV Asia and MBNS then executed a mutual non-disclosure agreement dated August 1, 2008 related to the exchange of confidential information.

In February last year, MBNS subsequently told AV Asia that it would issue a purchase order to AV Asia upon the latter signing MBNS’s standard vendor contract.

AV Asia claimed that in May 2009, MBNS instead invited bidders to submit tenders to supply satellite dishes to it that were similar to the one in the non-disclosure agreement.

It further claimed that MBNS disclosed certain confidential information to bidders in its second tender exercise in July last year.

According to AV Asia, MBNS’s customers did not have to install a new satellite dish to receive HD transmission, and that this information was withheld by MBNS from its customers.

Instead, it claimed that the Astro B.yond HD product required consumers to install both a new decoder and satellite dish to receive HD programmes, at an added premium of RM20 monthly.

AV Asia is seeking damages for loss of profit as a result of being unable to commercialise its satellite dish amounting to RM1.34 billion and damages for research and development costs totalling RM4.4 million.

On other news:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...e-dish-dispute/

If av Wins if astro wins