To be fair, Eridivise is held by Fox Sports so had nothing to do with Astro. But Astro have just dropped the league and not replace it with another.

I'm done with Astro
Already terminated, and not the least bit feeling withdrawal syndrome, ha ha.

But yeah, even though watching live football at mamak also consider Astro, but at least I am not paying!

Astro COO Henry Tan: Local is the new premium as Hollywood risks being ‘oversold’
Henry Tan, the COO of Malaysian pay-TV giant Astro, has said that locally produced content now commands a greater premium than Hollywood formats, which he says are in danger of losing their value due to piracy and being “oversold”.
In an interview with Mumbrella in Kuala Lumpur, the outspoken executive said that Astro’s content packages with local signature shows see a stronger uptake than Hollywood offerings, which are now effectively sold as add-ons.
“In the last few years, as we’ve strengthened our local offering, we’ve found that local content packages have seen the strongest take up among our customers. And we’ve found that with some of the international Hollywood content, take up comes from smart packaging or bundling,” said Tan.
“So if you give the consumer a choice, the first pack they’ll take is the local one, because of the local signature shows,” he said.
“The way we sell Hollywood packs is to bundle it with local content for a nominal sum,” he said.
“The trend has reversed. Ten years ago, Hollywood was the main driver and the local content was the nice to have. Now Hollywood is the add on.”
Tan said that customers are not willing to pay for Hollywood content on Astro’s platforms if they can get it faster and cheaper in pirated form, and a deal with content creators in the US now means that some shows will be shown on Astro channels on the same day as in the UK or the US.
Though local content is more expensive to produce than shipping it from overseas, home-grown television delivers better ROI for Astro, Tan said, since local shows can be promoted through live events and roadshows to introduce the stars to their fans.
“The value perception is fast changing,” Tan said. “We have to redefine the value that customers are willing to pay for.”
Western formats, which still feature strongly on Astro’s channel line-up, are at risk of overexposure, Tan suggested.
“If I were to be brutal, I would say that Hollywood is in danger of being oversold, meaning it is so readily available everywhere that it may lose its premium value,” Tan said.
“Like anything in life, if something is common and easily available, it no longer commands a premium.”
Piracy is the biggest threat to Astro’s business, Tan said.
“In the old days, piracy was offering the product at a lower price. Today’s piracy is a real challenge for any legitimate content creator around the world – the access to pirated free content,” he said.
“This is a challenge not only for us, but for OTT [over-the-top] operators, as consumers who are used to the OTT space are also well versed in pirated methods.”
As well as persuading Hollywood to release its content sooner, Astro has tackled piracy by introducing more live shows, such as sport, reality TV and singing competitions.
On the subject of Malaysia’s economy, which has been hit by a dip in consumer confidence following the introduction of goods and services tax as well as ongoing political upheaval, Astro may see a slowdown in the paid portion of its business this year, Tan conceded.
“Given the economic challenges in the coming year, we think the pay portion of the business may slow down. But were are very buoyant about our free offering, Njoi,” Tan said.
“We are optimistic that Njoi will grow significantly. And we think Astro will move from reaching 65 per cent to 80 per cent of the population, largely driven by Njoi.”
The full interview with Tan is to run on Mumbrella next week.

BE PREPARED FOR MORE LOCAL HOMECOOKED CHANNELS. DUE TO ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN, ASTRO IS HANGING ON YHE LAST THREAD: NJOI. HOW WILL IT SURVIVE ONCE MYTV LAUNCHES NATIONALLY IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.

I cant wait 4 the day 2 come

Eh, the rest of channels that's already in HD only(MTV, nick, AFC etc) still didn't get HD releases...stuck with letterboxed version.

MTV, NICK, CARTOON NETWORK, LIFETIME, NAT GEO WILD, FOX SPORT 2, FOX SPORT 3, EUROSPORT, AFC HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO HD ELSEWHERE BUT ASTRO.

hope more channels in HD soon ...

dont know if you guys noticed or not..
but the new Stadium astro commercial, there's an input on astro cricket channel..
did any of you guys see that?

pernah dengar la kalau x silap nnt dorg nk wat 1 pakej ( SPORT FOCUS ) ..dlm pakej tu ada wwe network..setanta n astro cricket..

ini linknya klau xsilap http://www.broframestone.com/2015/07/astro...dan-cricket-hd/

oh, okey..
like pack mustika la nie~

Haha. Yet another bangla channel.

Hurr

Star chinese channel, Nat Geo People, HGTV and astro cricket spotted at astro channel list website. http://www.astro.com.my/whats-on/channel
Just hope don't put it on add-on pack just like korean pack one(except astro cricket on sport focus pack)

This post has been edited by sky3742: Aug 22 2015, 11:17 PM

Nice!

Cantik

Just to update on my post from last week.

There is NO Italian Serie A on any channels on Astro this weekend as mentioned by one member of LYN on my thread last week. This weekend, Serie A season started and it isnt on Astro

French Ligue 1 is also missing for the 3rd week running so that pretty much confirms that Astro is not showing it.

But what is a shock is that Spanish La Liga is also not shown! Previously, it was shown on Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 but as the season has started this weekend, not one match is shown and Fox Sports have not been advertising it at all.

To summarise the leagues that Astro is covering for this season, compared to last season:

Barclays Premier League (of course still there)
German Bundesliga - Last season Astro Supersport - this season Fox Sports
Italian Serie A - Last season Astro Supersport 4 - this season not shown
Spanish La Liga - Last season Fox Sports - this season not shown so far
French Ligue 1 - Last season Astro Supersport 2 - this season not shown
Dutch Eridivise - Last season Fox Sports - this season Fox Sports 3
English SkyBet Championship - Last season Astro Supersport 2 - this season not shown so far
English Capital One League Cup - Last season shown from Round 1, this season Round 1 not shown and Round 2 and will also not be shown
Champions League - Last season all of Astro Supersport channels, this season same

So as you can see, there are 3 leagues that are missing. 2 held by Astro last season and one held by Fox Sports. Haven't checked Astro's FB but I would think fans of thse league would be mad. Price hike but content reduced.

This post has been edited by dxjb: Aug 24 2015, 12:33 AM

Suddenly all channels available!!!

Do you all know that?

Yes. Available from 22 Aug-31 Aug

Haha. Potong astro FTW.

beIN Sports extends European football across the US
| 20 August 2015
beIN Sports has renewed its exclusive broadcast rights for three of the top football leagues in the world - Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1 - and will deliver them across the US from the 2015-2016 season.
Renewing its bet on international football , all matches will be available on beIN Sports, beIN Sports en Español and beIN Sports Connect, the network's live streaming platform.
"We at beIN SPORTS are thrilled to announce the renewal of these three great competitions, and we are very happy that we will continue to provide sports fans with the world's best sporting events," said Yousef Al-Obaildly, deputy CEO of beIN Media Group. "With so many exclusive live matches, beIN SPORTS continues to provide the content that passionate soccer and sports fans crave."
Ready to kick off tomorrow (21 August), La Liga is the top football league in Spain, with star-studded talent including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr, James Rodriguez and Luis Suarez.
Serie A, Italy's first division, also kicks off this weekend. The top matches to watch this season include three-time defending champions Juventus who face last year's runner up Roma on 30August, as well as the Milan Derby, on 13 September.
France's Ligue 1 started on 7 August and features the rivalry between Olympique Marseille and three-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Barcelona, the reigning European champions, start their La Liga title defence with revenge on their minds when they visit Athletic Bilbao on Monday morning (Singapore time).
The match will be an opportunity for Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Co. to put an ever-improving Bilbao side in their place, after Ernesto Valverde's men posted a 5-1 aggregate victory over Luis Enrique's aristocrats in the Spanish Super Cup.
It is a potentially explosive encounter, but football fans in Singapore will not be able to watch it on TV.
Fox Sports Asia, which has had the local rights to the Spanish top flight since 2012, was not successful in securing a deal this time around. The channel, which is available on both StarHub and Singtel TV, will not screen any La Liga matches this season.
The New Paper understands that the Asian rights to the league were secured by beIN Sports, which does not have a channel in Singapore. Owned by Qatari Sports Investments, beIN is a global network of sports channels founded in 2012.
When contacted, a spokesman for Fox Sports said: "Fox Sports has been officially informed by (Spanish communications group) Mediapro that it has not been successful in renewing its broadcast rights to the Liga BBVA in Singapore.


DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR ASTRO TO BROADCAST LA LIGA, SERIE A AND LIGUE 1 IS BY STRIKING A DEAL WITH BEIN SPORT?

This post has been edited by izwanikhsan: Aug 24 2015, 07:40 AM