You read the news. Astro offers VSS to its employees, and then Astro applied loan of RM300mil from bank. What's next?
Well, since they gonna lose a lot of their staffs, so who's gonna do the job?
Therefore, you will lose some of its in-house channels very soon.
I got a pretty detailed information from a "trusted source" so allow me to share this early news to you guys:

Channel Cessation and Consolidation Exercise

Astro Shuang Xing (CH307)
- This channel will cease on 27 August 2023 @ 11:59pm
- If you bought a-la-carte Astro Shuang Xing channel (e.g. 3 days/7 days/30 days), you will receive prorated refund that will be credited to your NJOI prepaid balance within 7 working days, based on the remaining duration of your entitlement.

Astro Quan Jia HD (CH308)
- This channel will rename to Astro QJ from 28 August 2023 @ 12:01am.
- Channel number remain unchanged at CH308
- Astro QJ channel will become part of 'Variety Pack' from 28 Aug, as a replacement for Astro Shuang Xing.

Astro Xiao Tai Yang (CH304)
- This channel will cease on 3 September 2023 @ 11:59pm
- Astro AEC (CH306 HD /346 SD) will have dedicated Astro Xiao Tai Yang timeslot from 21 August 2023 (i) Weekdays: 10am to 11am; (ii) Saturday: 10am to 10:30am
- The SD version of the channel (CH344) will be ceased for old NJOI customers as well.

PRIMEtime (CH704)
- This channel will cease on 4 September 2023 @ 12.01am

Showcase Movies (CH413)
- This channel will rename to SHOWCASE from 28 August 2023 @ 12:01am.
- This channel will no longer a 24/7 movie channel. Selected locally-produced and international TV shows will be shown on the channel as well.

Astro Tutor TV (CH601)
- Astro Tutor TV SK (CH601) will cease on 4 September 2023 @ 12.01am, while Astro Tutor TV SPM (CH603) will rename as 'Astro Tutor TV' at the same time.
- After the cessation, both primary and secondary school syllabus subjects, plus some other educational programmes, will be shown only on that one remaining Astro Tutor TV channel, CH603.
- There will be dedicated timeslots for pre-school, primary school and secondary school related programmes.

Astro Best
- Astro will migrate/merge/consolidate Astro Best movie rental platform to become only Astro First. Which means, all the latest English, Hollywood movies, that were supposed to be on Astro Best, will be on Astro First for good, starting 23 August 2023.
- Say goodbye to Astro Best's price of RM12.72 per movie. Since it is now on Astro First, so the English movies will be RM15.90 as well, same as any other Astro First movies. Price may differ if there is some promo or bundles or something.
- That also means, Astro Best portal (CH 481) will be ceased as well. There will only be Astro First portal (CH 480) moving forward.

Timeline
23 Aug 2023
Astro Best Astro First

28 Aug 2023
Astro Shuang Xing
Astro Quan Jia HD Astro QJ
Showcase Movies SHOWCASE

4 Sep 2023
Astro Xiao Tai Yang
PRIMEtime
Astro Tutor TV SK
Astro Tutor TV SPM Astro Tutor TV

NJOI HD Pack, from 13 to 11 channels
Now, you get 13 channels by subscribing to NJOI HD Pack.
But 4 Sept 2023 onwards, the number of channels will reduce from 13 to 11, and the price remain unchanged, which is not surprising.

1. CH 105 — Astro Prima
2. CH 106 — Astro Oasis
3. CH 124 — TVB Magic
4. CH 201 — Astro Vaanavil
5. CH 304 — Astro Xiao Tai Yang
6. CH 306 — Astro AEC
7. CH 321 — CCM (SD)
8. CH 335 — CCTV-4
9. CH 401 — HITS Movies
10. CH 501 — Astro Awani
11. CH 704 — PRIMEtime
12. CH 706 — HITS
13. CH 801 — Astro Arena

NJOI free to view channels, from 16 to 15 channels

1. CH 101 — TV1 (HD)
2. CH 102 — TV2 (HD)
3. CH 103 — TV3
4. CH 111 — GO Shop (HD)
5. CH 114 — TV AlHijrah (HD)
6. CH 118 — GO Shop (HD)
7. CH 122 — TVS (HD)
8. CH 123 — Awesome TV (HD)
9. CH 146 — OKEY (HD)
10. CH 147 — ntv7
11. CH 148 — 8TV
12. CH 149 — TV9
13. CH 303 — GO Shop 2 (HD)
14. CH 502 — BERNAMA TV
15. CH 601 — Astro Tutor TV SK (HD)
16. CH 603 — Astro Tutor TV (HD)

104 astro ria not included for free channel ?

ch 501 astro awani in HD is available for all

as i know Celestial Classic Movies (CH321) doesn't have hd version , only available in SD, but the image ratio is 16:9

When I subscribed NJOI that time they said is life time. But without announcement they discontinued?

all sd channel is unable to view including CCM

Hi. today my njoi showing 8tv in 4:3 ratio instead of usual 16:9 and the video quality like 640x480.. TV1 still 16:9..
anyone experiencing the same issue?

A new trial project for future NJOI service will now commence.


Source: My NJOI app
Source: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage...DlRVUNLUElXWi4u

Those who are interested can fill in the form here.

Ok la, at least something 😉🔥

better than nothing.