According to reliable source, ABN Xcess should be launching its services somewhere April / May this year.
The channels subscription fees are way cheaper than Astro and one of my colleague is a beta tester for ABN Xcess channel and all that he could say was some of the channels are totally new even Astro doesnt offer it. The quality and UI is excellant as well.

That is why Astro is going all out to upgrade current customers normal decoders to Byond as it comes with a year contract and once u accept the Byond offer, you will not be able to switch to any provider till your contract ends.