iFlix launched in Malaysia at May/2015, RM8 on-demand video-streaming service 
Jan 14 2015, 03:43 PM, updated 11y ago
iFlix has also revealed its monthly subscription rate which has been set at only RM 8 per month .
Interestingly, iflix didn’t actually ask for any payment details during sign-up at this moment. Instead, users are given a 15 days trial for the service and they will have the option to pay for either monthly or yearly subscription fee only when the trial period is over. However, iflix didn’t announce the actual annual subscription fee at this moment.
In case you have not signed up for the iflix Private Preview session, you don’t have to worry as it still can be done so via its front page.Once registered, you will receive an invitation email with a link to sign up. An account lets you stream on two devices at a time, and allow up to five devices to be registered, though the device count is not yet active. Once it is, you can only change one registered device every 30 days.
Besides the web player, you can access iflix on Android and iOS. The fully-featured iflix will have HD videos, subtitles, and a way to cache videos (on the mobile apps) for offline viewing. However as of now, all three features are not yet present. Each video of 90 minutes in length is around 700MB in size, and the bitrate varies according to the quality of your connection.
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A new startup called iFlix Asia, under the Catcha Group, will be launching its services here as soon as March of this year and it already has an office in Mid Valley City.THE new Asian-based video-on-demand company to be launched by Young Rich Lister Patrick Grove.
According to a report in the The Australian(paywalled), iFlix has already negotiated deals with Warner Bros, MGM, Primeworks Studios, RedBull TV and Starz for content. This will allow iFlix to compete with cable and satellite television operators in the Asian region.
Aside from Western programmes, iflix will also bulk up its collection with Asian programmes, ranging from Cantonese-language Hong Kong dramas to South Korean hit series, in order to compete head-on with its bigger and more established rivals, it was reported.
The initial Malaysian service will offer 10,000 hours content of which, 40% will be from US, 30% from Asia and the final 30% will be from the domestic Malay market. iFlix intends to implement the same formula for the future, in the other regions that it launches in.
iFlix Asia believes that its streaming service can play an important role in addressing the rampant piracy issues that is besieging this region. It believes that the iFlix’s low price point and the advent of mobile devices+connectivity will stave people away from purchasing content in illegal forms.
At launch, the iFlix service will be offered at US$ 3 (~RM 11) a month with no contract and will allow subscribers to stream on 5 devices per account; 2 simultaneous streams. iFlix will also offer something that Netflix currently does not offer; the ability to download content now and play them later. iFlix Asia is calling this a revolution in entertainment .
Grove plans to expand iflix into other parts of Southeast Asia over the next three to six months and is betting big on the region’s booming smartphone usage, which could hit 700 million by 2019, according to a report.
“One of the things we love about Southeast Asia is that it’s now a bigger market than America. 700 million people here want to be entertained on their phones, but there are only 280 million people in America,” the entrepreneur-investor said. “Netflix can be the pre-eminent product in the developed world and iflix will be the equivalent in the developing world over the next two years.”
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