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Worrisome words from the Khazanah MD
Written by M.A. Wind
Sunday, 06 November 2011
"Pay television operator Astro All Asia Networks plc is best taken private at this stage of its development, the chief of its major shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd said.

"We feel in its current stage of development with high definition television and the Indian investment, it is time when it needs to be taken off the market. I think you get better value ... but the debt market gets developed as a result," managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar told reporters on the sidelines of the Invest Malaysia conference yesterday.

"But you can see the track record of the Usaha Tegas group ... they eventually go back for a listing," he said, referring to the recent re-listing of the group's Maxis Bhd.

Khazanah, which owns about 21.4 per cent of Astro, together with other owners Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd and Bumiputera foundations had on March 17 offered to buy out minority shareholders of Astro at RM4.30 a share.

Astro closed up 2 sen at RM4.28 yesterday."

This post has been edited by smileguy: Nov 6 2011, 04:31 PM

Lucky u got free channel, me had to take superpack

And, what is it for us?

Does the HD movie channels have subtitles ?

Just hoping at least thier attitude and offerings are revamped and things turn better for subsribers.

Astro so slow offering new channel.. Just look at StarHub new channel offering.

In malaysia starting one channel is such a big deal but over there its a small matter infact just a routine to please customers!

Official CN Asia HD logo (hopefully)

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Nov 7 2011, 08:10 PM

would like to ask how much the Astro contractor will charge if I want to re-lay the astro cabling from Living room to my TV room.. the existing cable to not long enough...
or is that better for me to terminate the current account and re-apply a new account to get free installation?

Can juz extend cable...
Juz get a co-axial cable connector/joint & xtra cable as needed. Then juz join new to old cable.
If not wrong, new acct not FOC. RM199 as new subscriber?

This post has been edited by zeone: Nov 9 2011, 08:29 AM

or maybe i just request to upgrade to PVR, then can get the free extension in this case

f.y.i.

Singapore – StarHub’s VOD service, On Demand, is expanding its content offerings, with the Pay-TV operator entering new licensing agreements with three new studios.

This deal includes current and archived movies from 20th Century Fox, NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Studios; HD content from Disney, NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television; and movie debuts the same day as their DVD release.

The operator, along with Fox International Channels (FIC), also announced that the FX and tvN channels will be re-tiered to their basic groups, available immediately to viewers at no extra charge. The latter, along with FOX Family Movies will also be available in HD from 28 November.

great u still can be watch HBO and cinemax and star movies right

should we say bye bye to YTL - Sezmi? Because Sezmi already closed on 26th September.

OMG are u sure!

"Indah khabar dari rupa"

Looks like there is an hidden agenda, they get the licence then take off but they retain mobile services,look at mitv they retain u mobile,now YTL but they retain yes !I wonder what about Nilamas but nilamas has no mobile services!

hi guys,

Just checked in wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Astro_channels

and i can see 2 new tamil channels? anyone can confirm if it is true or when it will arrive? vijay will sure attract more subscribers!

204 Astro Thendral Tamil classic movies channel.Coming Soon
205 Vijay TV Tamil entertaiment channel.Coming Soon

Has anyone applied astro byond PVR recently?
Applied on 26th last month but till now astro claims no stock. Was told it would take 5 days.
They offered me kfc voucher rm30 for the delay

This post has been edited by borneo: Nov 10 2011, 10:49 PM

Same case like myself..received the same excuse & voucher...
applied since 18th last month...no call from installer yet...