Is it true that Warner TV channel's exclusive licence with Hypp TV has over? Or you're just assuming?

HyppTV Everywhere? RM1/day = RM30/month? Lol? Nope.

“There is a track record of overseas companies launching their OTTs and surviving. If Astro had stayed still, they may survive for another 10 to 20 years at best. It is better to evolve now and suck up the pain rather than risk becoming obsolete,”

Invest million RM(waste money now) for new online strategy & streaming now than lost million of customer(Million of money)in the future...


“The main concern is the Android box that one can find if you walk into a digital mall … Just pay RM600 once off, which is RM300 for the box and RM300 for the installation, and you will have access to many channels under the sun. Just like that and one can get the same Astro channels and content as the OTT players and even exotic stuff. Piracy is a bigger threat to pay-TV operators and OTT players alike,” she says.


Digitalising Astro

This year, Astro is going full on into its digitalisation initiative. Another clear target is for the group to be 75% digitalised by the end of its financial year ending January 2018. 

What digital? If want to be digital give us other FOX SPORTS 2 & 3 HD!! We wait almost 4 freaking years!!! And you still don't want to give HD feed for that channel!! And please made lower price pack for these sports channel by introduce this packs (FOX SPORTS PACK(1,2&3 in HD) for RM15.90/month)!!
  Not all Sports fans watch EPL okay...

No... Nothing gonna do with 4K TV. No need to think until that far.
It's all about aspect ratio and video quality. Initially the channel is in SD 4:3 but now the channel provider provides the channel in HD 16:9. But Astro still offer the same channels in 4:3 without stretching/remove letterbox, so letterbox will appear at all times in order for 16:9 content to display correctly on 4:3 TV. But it won't look good for 16:9 TVs as viewers will see stretched image+letterbox.

Things become worse when the channel is airing a 4:3 programme in 16:9 HD channel. Pillarbox will be added from channel provider + unnecessary letterbox added from Astro = windowboxed (black bars on top, bottom, left and right sides).

Astro has this hidden agenda to display letterbox for 16:9 content on 4:3 channel is for the sake of marketing of HD service. If Astro transmit the channel in native 16:9 aspect ratio, majority of the customers won't be able to see the difference between SD and HD, making HD service (RM26.50/month) no longer a good selling point, and no longer something that is easier to persuade customers to subscribe to.

You can try compare it yourself with Astro Arena channel. Astro Arena is one of the native 16:9 SD channels on Astro. Make sure you're watching from HDMI. Ask yourself, how BIG is the difference you see between CH802 (SD) and ch802 (HD)? Now you know why Astro is reluctant to display all of its SD channels in natove 16:9? Astro only handpicked several SD channels to be in native 16:9 (NHK World, Bloomberg, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Astro Arena, Eurosport, FYI) and nobody knows what's the reason behind it.

When it shows letterbox, you will see the difference and having the tendency to subscribe to HD service because of its pictures quality differences. And eventually, Astro earn money.

Yes you're right.
Not to say no difference between 801 and 802. It's just that the difference is not very obvious for every viewers to notice. Did you know that there are people that cannot differentiate between SD and HD, and they think that both SD and HD are the same thing? Astro aware of this, and that's why they're deliberately find ways to make us customer to be able to see the obvious difference compared over SD and HD. Then only Astro can earn more money mah... This is called, marketing.

Haven't slam astro for its super blurry filter usage and low bitrate video........

Method of reducing bitrate = apply blurring filter = easier for encoder to compress = lower file size due to more reference frame usage.

smileguy - Warner rojak, yum yum :-)

Here is another piece of news .... seems like tvN Movies also coming soon to astro even though already on Hypp TV

http://worldscreen.com/tvasia/cj-em-astro-...ce-partnership/

"Tschaik Lee, chief strategy officer at CJ E&M, added, “CJ E&M has put efforts to leverage global footprints with strategic know-how in the content creation arena and expertise in the global media business. Astro is a strategic partner for us, as the media group is no stranger to Korean entertainment, having established strong relationships with the major Korean media and entertainment groups with collaboration in Malaysia and beyond. We are thrilled to co-work with Astro in positioning the world’s first and only Korean blockbuster movie channel, tvN Movies, general entertainment channel tvN Asia and our original content amongst its audiences in Malaysia and across the region through multiple platforms to create and deliver new trends with amazing experiences.”

really disappointed..

thinking "true" Warner TV.. but from new reports suggest it's Astro "rojak content"

Slightly more delayed than on HyppTv one...

The JV includes co-ownership and joint production of Asian content for Warner TV.

WOW WB TV 1 MAY 2017

It doesn't sound like its a astro feed for Warner TV ....  But the channel will feature some co-production fr both parties.

There are 2 Warner TV feeds now, Warner TV SEA and the other one being Warner TV Philippines - difference being some difference in prime time programs. Is the EPG already uploaded on astro boxes? If you see American Ninja Hero at 7pm on weekdays and not 'The Big Bang Theory', then that is the PHIL feed.

No HD indicated on the channel logo, btw.

Wait why I can't watch warner tv? It said your package doesn't include this channel?
I already opened variety package preview but no luck.

Is Coming soon slide on TV in HD or SD .... that would be a giveaway right?

not going to happen 

In case you didn't know it, astro Go now add 6 channels into their lineup alongside Warner TV.
which include Makkal TV, Astro bella, TV ALHIJRAH, TVB XINGHE, CCTV4 and KAH LAI TOI.
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But don't know it's website error or not, Astro Go might have TV9, BINTANG, TVi, Celestial Classic Channel, BNC, NAT GEO WILD, HISTORY HD in their lineup.
If this true, there will be 14 astro TV channels will be added to Astro Go soon.

Yes too glad that Warner TV included in variety HD(or any Super Pack) not ala carte.
I know that Warner TV on hypptv everywhere price (for anyone) as low as RM1/day(3 channels in a pack include Warner TV) but too bad VOD need to buy ala carte and that linear channel only can watch 2 hours before live tv.
For astro it's on OD, astro GO and can record on TV.

 

only this time Astro did the right thing 

next would be adding & upgrade more HD channels

after astro stop showing Sony Be channel, it has not been replaced with anything worth it.

But question, why the next episode of The Flash Season 3 Ep 20, and Supergirl Season 2 Ep 19 is not in this week's schedule?? I just saw Arrow and Gotham

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Not saying that free astro go channel preview until end of May?
Why I saw (buy)icon on top of warner tv?
I'm on wah pack(with korean pack) btw.

astro staff entitled :- free breakfast every morning, free astro for our own house, medical cards, free claims for family members like hospital bills, free points systems, free vouchers for shopping

seems like Astro gonna add another channel on their lineup   



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