Zee Tamil launched on Singtel TV today but still no signs of eGG.


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Yes, FOX Sports News has ceased broadcast in whole of Asia fr Apr. 29, 2017

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/thehollywoo...orporation/amp/

Sounds like a On Demand (SVoD service)

last week news though:

http://www.casbaa.com/news/member-press-re...emand-services/

ITV CHOICE’S BIGGEST PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE ON ASTRO GO AND ON DEMAND SERVICES




ITV Choice and Astro further strengthen ties with best of British content ondemand and on Astro Go

London/Kuala Lumpur – [Wednesday, 31st May 2017] – ITV Choice is pleased to announce the launch of the channel’s critically acclaimed and much loved ‘best of British’ programmes on demand for the first time in Malaysia.

ITV Choice specialises in British entertainment and drama. From June 1 2017, Astro’s customers will be able to watch the top picks from ITV Choice curated specially for the fan of British shows. With high production values and story telling the selection of ITV Choice will start with Poldark, the recent and highly popular series based on the Poldark novels by Winston Graham that became a UK phenomenon and made its star, Aidan Turner, a household name in the UK. Also available is the multi-award nominated Victoria, the top-rated ITV drama in 2016, starring Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria in her early years from her ascension to the throne at the age of eighteen. All episodes of these shows will be available on demand and Astro customers will get to see the newest episodes first on Astro when they premiere in the UK later this year.

Other box sets from ITV Choice include:
•Poldark Seasons 1-2 – The acclaimed 18th century Cornish drama series that follows Ross Poldark (Turner) as he rebuilds his life after returning from the American War of Independence. Season 3 is in production and will premiere in August/September 2017.
•Victoria S1 – Jenna Coleman, vividly portrays the early years of Queen Victoria from her ascension to the throne to her intense friendship and infatuation with Lord Melbourne and courtship and early marriage to Prince Albert. Season 2 is in production and is expected to premiere in September/October 2017.
•Vera S1-7 – Crime drama series based on novels of the same name written by crime writer Anne Cleeves. Golden Globe winner Brenda Blethyn stars as detective Vera Stanhope, who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons as she solves a series of murder mysteries.
•Endeavour Series Pilot, 1-4 – Based on the award-winning and well-loved long running Inspector Morse series, the prequel is set primarily in Oxford and follows the eponymous police detective in his early career as he solves murder investigations. Shaun Evans stars in the title role.
•Brief Encounters – Comedy drama with a touch of glamour and gutsy humour about four women in the early ‘80s who juggle the pressures of their families and whose lives are turned around when they become party plan saleswomen.
•Tutankhamun – Sam Neill and Max Irons star in the true story of Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon’s search for the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun.
•Tina & Bobby – a mini-series starring Michelle Keegan and Lorne MacFadyen, this heart breaking love story portrays the highs and lows of the golden couple, Bobby Moore and his wife Tina Moore, and proves that “wags” are not a 21st century phenomenon.

Katherine Wen, ITV Choice Channel Director, said:

We are very pleased to work with Astro to provide a new way for their customers to enjoy the best from ITV Choice – with full boxsets of all previous series, viewers can catchup from the very beginning whenever they want.

Agnes Rozario, Vice President of Content, Astro, said:

Accelerating on our ambition to serve the increasingly digital lifestyle of today’s consumers is a key pillar for Astro. To this end we are driving connected boxes, on demand services and Astro GO so customers can experience the joys of binge watching box sets via our on demand services – from kids to Korean, movies to series including same day releases! And to drive personalised individual and mobile viewing, we are amplifying our ‘GO’ proposition by making Astro GO available to all customers as an extension of their subscriptions, providing an interactive multi-screen experience over their mobile devices. This is just the start of our British series line-up and we are delighted to be working with ITV Choice on this initial selection.

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Notes to editors

About ITV Choice

Part of ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV Choice is the big British entertainment channel with a great big heart. Available through Asia, the Middle East and Africa, ITV Choice is packed full of fresh award-winning dramas, brilliant game shows, star-filled entertainment and inspiring documentaries, all bought to you by famous faces from around the world.

About Astro

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro) is a Malaysian and ASEAN digital-first media and lifestyle company in the Digital, TV, Radio and eCommerce space.

It is Malaysia’s No. 1 online media company with 5.8 million unique visitors per month across the digital platforms of its entertainment and lifestyle brands. The company serves 21 million individuals in 5.1 million households, or 71% of Malaysian households, who are able to watch Astro content on all screens and on demand, be it TV, laptop, tablet and phone.

NJOI, the company’s subscription-free TV service, offers all Malaysians free access to 28 TV and 20 radio channels on TV and mobile devices. With its subscription-free model, NJOI has been well-received, with over 1.6 million Malaysian households enjoying the service. NJOI will continue to drive the company’s market reach.

Astro Radio includes Malaysia’s highest rated stations across key languages and there are available on both terrestrial and digital channels, reaching 15.6 million weekly listeners.

Astro holds the distinction of the ‘Gold’ award in the Media and Entertainment category at the Putra Brand Awards for 7 consecutive years from 2010 to 2016, including the ‘Brand of the Year’ award in 2012, the ‘Brand Icon’ award in 2013 and the ‘Malaysian Marketer of the Year’ award in 2016. Astro Kasih is the company’s CSR arm, whose award winning programmes have been recognised for its innovation and life changing impact on the community it aspires to serve.

IC, thx for the update. There is no on demand/catch up for itv Choice over here on Singtel TV. Only the actual channel in HD, but it has Chinese Subts, though.

Probably, ITV do away with BM subtitles to save money.

not byond related but on Astro though, shopping for astro ... :

http://www.televisionpost.com/news/astro-i...nce-digital-tv/

Astro in talks to acquire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Digital TV

Posted on: 09 Jun 2017 10:28 AM TelevisionPost Team

MUMBAI: Malaysia-based Astro, which has a 20% stake in Sun Direct, is in talks to buy out Anil Ambani’s direct-to-home (DTH) business housed under Reliance Communications.

Astro is in the process of valuing Reliance Digital TV, the DTH arm of Reliance Communications (RCom).

With RCom sitting on a mountain of debt, it is looking to sell its non-core assets including the DTH business.

Astro is carrying out due diligence of Reliance Digital TV. Valuation is being worked out by the two entities, the Times of India quoted a source as saying.

RCom, which has a total debt of close to Rs 45,000 crore, has got a seven-month reprieve from lenders to put its house in order. The company is planning to reduce its liabilities by 60% with the Aircel merger and the sale of tower assets to Brookfield. It is also looking to unload its DTH business to cut its debt.

Incidentally, T Ananda Krishnan owns stakes in both Sun Direct and Aircel. So, Krishnan and Ambani could be working out two deals. Krishnan’s Maxis Communications is the largest owner of Aircel, which is being merged with RCom’s wireless unit. In the merged entity, Aircel and RCom are going to have equal shareholding.

RCom has been mulling hiving off its DTH business for a long time. In 2013, Reliance Digital TV and Sun Direct were exploring a merger. The match between the two is an ideal one as both of them are located on the same satellite.

Reliance Digital TV is a minor player in the growing DTH business, which is witnessing consolidation with Dish TV and Videocon d2h merging to create a distribution behemoth having 28.31 million subscribers, as on 31 March.

Reliance Digital TV, on the other hand, has a meagre 2% share of active DTH subscriber base, according to the TRAI report. As on 31 December, the active DTH subscriber stood at 62.65 million. Sun Direct has a 10% share of total active DTH subscriber base.

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Just an update on the launches here, Stingray Music, was made available on Singtel TV yesterday, available on ch 800. Similar to the radio offerings on astro.

https://www.singtel.com/about-Us/news-relea...e-music-station


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No problem

Unless astro considering broadband services via DTH ..... Believe India DTH operators are considering the same.

Not really astro replated but since Viacom is one of astro's parners ..... just fyi, no mention if the 3 chs (Paramount, NICK & MTV Asia] are in HD .... starts Aug. 1:

Viacom Intl Media Networks to expand channels in Malaysia
Posted on: 20 Jul 2017 04:23 PM TelevisionPost Team

MUMBAI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom and HyppTV, a IPTV service by Telekom Malaysia Berhad, have announced their collaboration to launch Paramount Channel for the first time in Malaysia.

As part of the same agreement, two more Viacom channels, MTV Asia and Nickelodeon, will also join the HyppTV service from 1 August. This will extend Viacom’s suite of channels available on the platform, which already includes Comedy Central Asia and Nick Jr. All five Viacom channels will also be available on HyppTV’s mobile app, HyppTV Everywhere. Details about the packaging and price plans will be announced in the coming weeks.

“Expanding the reach of Paramount Channel, MTV and Nickelodeon with HyppTV in Malaysia, enables us to meet the growing demand for our differentiated and high quality content to TM’s subscribers. We are delighted to bring Paramount Channel to Malaysia for the first time with TM, as we continue to expand the footprint of the fastest-growing brand in VIMN’s international portfolio. Paramount Channel offers audiences one of the most unique and creatively-curated movie viewing experiences. We look forward to offering a truly engaging programming line-up with our great content which HyppTV audiences will love in Malaysia,” said Viacom International Media Networks Southeast Asia senior VP, GM Paras Sharma.

Commenting on the collaboration, executive VP, New Media, TM Jeremy Kung said, “We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Paramount Channel in Malaysia, first on HyppTV. This will strengthen the family programming line-up for viewers in Malaysia. We are also pleased to add Nickelodeon and MTV Asia to the mix, which will enable us to continue to reach our kids and youth audiences.”

After first announced in Apr, the launch of eGG delayed till today on Singtel TV.
edit: not sure why the pixs turn out this way, sorry

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No news from Starhub so far .... a lot of other channels ceased on Singtel with no replacements, TEN Cricket (not renewed, channel is still available on Starhub), Life Inspired (We read in the news, the company winding up) & Fashion TV (ending this month, not renewed).

Any replacements channel for Life Inspired, that is ending on astro?

From what I heard from a fren from HBO, HBO Malaysia SD / HD is a dedicated feed with all versions of movies edited to Malaysia standards, hence there is no delay what so ever or ad insertions. For this particular incident, it could be a wrong insertion on HBO part or the scene was not edited out by mistake.

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Astro apparently gives good money to HBO to “lock-in” the HBO and Cinemax channel. For HBO, the movies are sent in advance to astro for censorship vet and astro will provide a cutting list on the cuts required for the HBO Malaysia channel. HBO will edit the movie based on this list and scheduled it on the Malaysia feed channel. So, when the feed then goes direct from Singapore thru astro and direct to viewers home.

Cinemax will still be censored by astro, hence the 1 hour delay. There is no dedicated Cinemax Malaysia feed, hence when the Cinemax movie starts, you can see a sudden Malaysia rating logo animation inserted (with no Cinemax logo) before the actual movie.

This is what I know so far.

yes, they do, Singapore takes the Asia feed (General censorship feed which excludes Malaysia) .... the movies still gets censored, to a lesser extent.

OK sure, let me ask..... BTW, I know for dialogue wif the F word, HBO replaces the word (audio insert) wif another safer word.... I noticed the same also done by FOX Movies n FOX Action Movies

I dun understand ..... So the MTV Asia in astro is a zoomed in image of the 4:3 letterbox video?? So it's a fake 16:9 impression?

Sorry for the late reply, the localized feed happened for a long while already ... He can't remember the exact years.

As for when it will end, that one is confidential agreement, he is not sure.... I believe as long as astro thinks HBO has value, astro will continue paying for exclusive rights.

Look at the situation in SG, HBO n the sister chs still not on Singtel, Starhub is paying high minimum guarantee to HBO to keep competitor out.

No contacts in Discovery but I suspect it's to tailor diff programs to the country viewing habits. Likewise, AXN have a MAL/Asia feed and a dedicated SG feed.

Not sure where to share this, so posted here ... Announced an hour ago The Outdoor Channel Asia launches on tonton next month


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Guess this kind of confirms astro mentality.


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Sorry for the late confirmation ..... Both astro chs On Singtel are still in SD. On another post on the Thai DTH feed, just google and realized the Boomerang ch is a dedicated Thai feed.

Other updates: Singtel dropped AMC HD and [V] India. For the latter, STAR is pulling the ch out fr Southeast Asia... Now TV HK has also ceased the ch.


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