they just rename the ZZ HD to WLT HD

got a feeling that the existing QuanJia HD will be Taiwanese content oriented as soon as AEC HD rolls out

anyway, AEC is nothing but a platform for the BenDiQuan - local Astro inhouse Chinese (mandarin speaking) artists with various variety shows, but however inhouse made cantonese speaking contents including beauty pageant, Battleground, ASQ, still airs in WLT instead.

With the introduction of cantonese HKTV drama in SHX soon, the inhouse Chinese channels branding will be more confusing and overlapping ever.

do you guys realize that recently Astro been practicing on self-censorship more frequently on TVB dramas air in WLT?

they have blurred out the gore scenes, the "nudity" poster, rude words (not even profanity)

looks like they are even more asspicky than RTM/Mediaprima combined

somebody in assteruk gotta get warning for "accidentally" posting the unrightful content

I know why, it is because they want to keep the cost as low as possible, by using the same output feed to push to both HD and non-HD channels (means same piece of video playout server), if you tune to Ch301 and Ch324 you will notice the letterbox has been put in place. Same trick has been in place for SuperSport for quite some time

seriously, I don't think these 2 "new" HD channels line up is anything worth to be applauded of, this is something we should already have long time ago.


so you hope astro further reduce their cost?

which makes me wonder..
is AOD/WLT's channel manager an active member of MCA? perangai mcm anjing jilat p* tuan

if they tried to do that on the upcoming HKTV series which contains a lot more controversial contents than TVB .. I would rather download from torrent and downpack astro

does Brunei customers pay buck for a buck fees? eg. B$155 vs RM155..

otherwise.. I can only say fucuk to them.. who gives a shiet to that dark age country

though we may heading towards that direction in the near future as well ...

PS/ even we don't see this kind of ridiculous lvl of censorship on local FTA channels

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Nov 16 2014, 01:22 PM

SG policy is always mandarin first
even in cinema all cantonese movies has to be dubbed in mandarin

btw switching to the new HD channels takes tad more time than other existing HD channels

isn't that by the end of 2017 Syed Mokhtar's PSSB will launch an FTA terrestrial broadcast with more than 20 HD channels, totally free of charge

if the timeline is real, astro should have started to worry yesterday

quite unlikely, Bijan is not that close to AK anyway
gone were the days where TVs used to dominate our time at home

hate to say that but Astro's OTT (AOTG) and VOD service has been improving lately, they knew they won't be in the game for long if they just stick all of their resources on traditional satellite DTH, now the infra is there, leaving only quality contents which is lacking somewhat

oh ya, the recent venture into home shopping / eCommerce reflects their intention to diversify their portfolio, whether or not it will become successful is dubious as of now. They also have presence in online publication as in Stadium Astro which is quite a cash cow in their online ads revenue

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Nov 19 2014, 10:56 AM

by then they should not charge additional fees for those who activated HD features

cukur Malaysians finally got "FTA" HD channels

hmm Media Prima is busy offering VSS to their employees, from One FM DJs until NTV7/8TV production crews including several newscasters

don't think their financial situation is tiptop now

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Feb 3 2015, 08:29 PM

rumor or not, at least, several DJs and newscasters left in such a short period is something vivid

btw, current NJOI lineup not inclusive of AEC HD? why can receive SD but not the HD?


AEC already is a big recycle bin full of recycled contents from channels such as Shuang Xing and Hua Hee Dai

measat and astro are 2 different companies

this is nothing other than mere tech preview / show-off

astro till date still yet to phase out the 90s mpeg-2 SD broadcast

satellites are owned by Measat, not by Astro

although all of them belongs to AK

at the same time, AK use alot money to bail out 1MDB liao... oh wai..

after comparing the recent news program between Media Prima ntv7/8tv with AEC

you'd feel astro news is more "Watchable", eg. fair coverage was given towards Bersih rally, unlike erm... TV3 and Bernama

Media prima is nothing but UMNO's running dog, now this has extended to NTV7 and 8TV

nevertheless, Astro did have good records at helping out Chinese schools through charity roadshows and fund raisings all these while, they should be given credit for that, especially after the 916 red shirt rally

Awani and AEC both under different entities

Awani is a company of its own

haih, path of journalism in malaysia is always full of thorns, journalists have to be kuat jilat bijan's ass and swallow own conscience in order to survive, look at what happened to The Edge now, suspended 3 months, considered zero income for the past three months for them