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anyone still holding it since IPO?

Astro's 2Q net profit jumps to RM137.66m, 1H up at RM265.99m
http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/index.php?o...08141&Itemid=79

Second Interim Single-Tier Dividend of 2.25 sen per ordinary share of RM0.10 each

EX-date 02/10/2014
Entitlement date 07/10/2014
Entitlement time 05:00:00 PM

Registrar's name ,address, telephone no
Symphony Share Registrars Sdn Bhd
Level 6, Symphony House
Pusat Dagangan Dana 1
Jalan PJU 1A/46
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel No: 603-7841 8000

Payment date 20/10/2014
Entitlement indicator Currency
Currency Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Entitlement in Currency 0.0225

Third Interim Single-Tier Dividend of 2.25 sen per ordinary share of RM0.10 each

EX-date 24/12/2014
Entitlement date 29/12/2014
Entitlement time 05:00:00 PM
Payment date 12/01/2015

whoo share price suddenly drop to 2.92 from 3.30 on friday! What happened?!

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd expects its home shopping joint venture with South Korea’s Go Home Shopping Inc to generate RM500mil in annual revenue by 2019.

Astro said the 24-hour shopping service was on Astro TV (Channel 118), Astro On The Go as well as GO Shop’s online and mobile platforms.

The total capitalisation of the JV company is RM70mil and is estimated to generate RM500m in annual revenue over five years.

Astro said this was its foray into e-commerce where Malaysians could “shop anytime, anywhere 24/7 via any mobile, tablet and PC of their choice”.

Astro expects Go Shop to be a strong catalyst for Astro in terms of future earnings growth as it targets 4.3 million homes and 17 million consumers.

Fourth Interim Single-Tier Dividend of 2.25 sen per ordinary share

EX-date 10/04/2015
Payment date 29/04/2015

Astro 1Q net profit up 31% to RM168.3m, pays 2.75 sen dividend
http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/a...-sen-dividend-0

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd, the country's largest pay television provider, plans to quadruple its registered individual users to 3 million within the next five years, from 800,000 currently.

“Malaysians are sophisticated consumers, increasingly watching content outside the home, online and offline. Today, we see a rising demand for Video on Demand services, [and] Astro’s new On Demand (OD) is our new complementary way of consuming content, at home or on the go,” she said during the launch of Astro’s latest OD today.

Astro currently has a customer base of 4.6 million customers, or approximately 65% penetration of Malaysian households.

http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/a...?type=Corporate

Astro's satellite broadcast exclusive right until February 2017
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1626468

This morning I read that Netflix has arrived in Malaysia, first thought that came to mind, Astro is going down.

Any thoughts?

Astro is unchanged at present, satellite-pay TV and live streaming Netflix is in a way two different things. Maybe their Astro First may be affected from Netflix's entry. Think iFlix is the first one to go down, so called for the name with the suffix -flix.

http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/w...?type=Corporate

Just played around with Netflix, problem is that, at present, there are quite few movies to watch. Netflix is more towards TV series/shows for now at least. May not happen in the short term but it could affect in the long run. Same with iFlix.

For Astro, at least they have BPL, news channels (but then who watches them nowadays) and local contents with Chinese, Tamil shows. Those contents are safe for now too unless Netfix starts showing those local contents but then don't think Netflix will focus on these segment.

anyone who has used:

astro
hypptv
iflix
netflix

will know there is no future for a.



becos it is just incapable of innovating, cling on to old ways to charge users.

it can hang on to supersports and maybe wahlaitoi while spending millions fighting pirates, that's all.

u can get uhd 4k contents on netflix.

even dvd/bd shops will soon close or downsize, just like photo print shops in the 90s.

i am surprised a seems to have no plan how to rejuvenate itself.

I guess management is rather traditional in astro, one can even say Malaysia as a whole no hope for innovation at all.
You know what's gona happen next, astro will petition and request that the gov ban netflix to secure their future.

yep, like what happened with uber.

really, the mindset of many is still very feudalistic, unprepared for e-commerce.

I think Astro still can survive even Netflix come to Malaysia coz our internet connection still very slow.

some IB report also state the same thing! Slow internet is good for astro

Gomen said we like slow internet

I just tried Astro on the go on a smart tv, the interphase is all screwed up, 90deg out of orientation, can't access full menu, slow...

TM's Iflix quite ok, a bit lacking in navigation ease, some videos lack subs.

Netflix is far superior... Easy to navigate, fast, reliable, HD.

Hate to think local expertise is that poor but come think of of it... with talents leaving, no surprise.

Not only slow internet... slow tech, slow hands, slow catchup.

But fast charges, fast collection.


It will not last 10 more years, my guess...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 31 2016, 06:49 PM

And inconsistency in speeds and coverage...

10 more years

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd announced that it has won the rights to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) matches for the next three seasons from 2016/17 to 2018/19.

The agreement will see all 380 EPL matches every season being made available live on Astro TV in full high definition and on all mobile devices via Astro on the Go (AOTG).

http://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...-three-seasons/

Astro forms subsidiary in Hong Kong to create, distribute content

Astro the winning Card-BPL broadcast

Astro the winning Card-EPL broadcast

Astro Radio remains top radio network in Malaysia
http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/a...?type=Corporate

Billionaire Ananda Krishnan exploring taking Astro private
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...-taken-private/

typical of AK style.. list, then take private, then list again

Despite unofficial news on taken private, price remains unchanged

too bad..
was thinking TM might merge their HyppTV with Astro one to create big Media giant in Malaysia

all the hope gone for now

BUY, TP RM3.01

http://cdn1.i3investor.com/my/files/dfgs88...--251225456.pdf

Bump..

Dropped to all time low..

2.06

AK take private.. Cheap cheap now???


Disclaimer : Just my personal speculation.. Any investment decision is your own...

You only need a steady speed of 5Mbps to be able to watch HD video content. Nowaday UNIFI is offering up to 100Mbps. Telco through 4G network >10MBps speed. Which part is slow ?

Don't forget congestion issues on mobile network..

Then many rural areas still no internet access....

Rural area (not under coverage by telco) only consist of less than 1% of the total population.
There is no way Astro can reverse the profit decline. NJOI prevent the adex revenue from slipping thru increase of net subscribers, but paid subscriber revenue keep decreasing and content cost will keep growing. Its a fact that cannot be change.

This post has been edited by Singh_Kalan: Mar 31 2018, 11:50 PM

Astro announced its earnings results on Wednesday, emerging stronger in its third quarter (3Q) financial year (FY) 2019 with net profit of RM178.2 million, up 282.4 percent from the same quarter last year.

Astro to offer VSS to staff
https://www.malaymail.com/s/1701111/astro-t...er-vss-to-staff

Astro to offer VSS to staff
https://www.malaymail.com/s/1701111/astro-t...er-vss-to-staff

Astro facing hard times.

And really, who watches cable TV anymore?

Astro is a trusted brand to over 23 million individuals in 5.5 million Malaysian homes, entertaining customers through both Pay-TV and NJOI, freemium proposition.

well majority those rural areas which lack of internet connection...
not everywhere have high speed broadband

Any further news on the privatisation?

so far no news..

what I heard, AK sold some assets in Germany. the $$ to be used for Bumi Armada funds / capital injunction

In addition Astro Radio is also part of Astro media empire even though the contribution is small compared to pay tv.Another growth area is home shopping which they cleverly promote to their shareholders by giving them Goshop vouchers

How many actual paying subsciber left with astro i wonder

well the latest report mention total 5.7m customers... assuming 60/40 for Njoi & Paying.. should be around 2.2mil+ Paying subscriber

Cool.. i believe there are still new customers coming on board albeit not as big numbers as those days.

New subscribers are mostly from Njoi..
Paid one already to the max... No more market...

Wow.. looking good

2.31% increase only..
if 23.10%.. then we talk

Haha.. that time too late dy

something must be cooking...
tree won't shake if no winds...

incoming PayTV+Telco Mega Merger of the year?

New housing area still showing astro dish aplenty. Good sign?

Astro dish but decoder is not astro one
Position towards West?

Yup west.. ohh the dish can use for others? I didnt know

yes. can use those "open sources" one..
astro dish is high quality one vs those China make one.. even thai one subpar...
that's what my friends always say.. No wonder those unused astro dish high demand

Hehe... now i know. I might still have one dish in the store

Citi downgrades Astro, sees few synergies in potential Maxis M&A
http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/citi...ential-maxis-ma

seems like high dividend yield for now. not so good future prospects, limited growth & more competition

Now left 0.90 cent still holding?

Bad outlook bad news

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/684807

Long time already ppl know 🤦‍♀️ since Netflix was in Malaysia back

Luckily EPF sold off before the higher lows