well .... he is a wikipedia fan see here   who says they give rojak !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the surprises under saluran akan datang,,maybe he is the author!
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarai_saluran_Astro

For people who have been following this forum thread here a long time, already knew that guy who seemed to love attention and love to mix facts with rubbish... so we just ignore, don't reply, don't even mention his name and just treat like he is invisible ! LOL. Long time ago I already have shot many bullets at him about his rubbish... now forget it, why waste time on him?

For newer people who don't know him... will get confused and wonder how he got the info and maybe think he got special insider info, hehehe.

Wikipedia do contain real factual info which can be changed by anyone. I don't know... maybe this guy put the info there and with such people, Wiki can become polluted with rubbish.

I admire him for being thick skinned and keep on continue with his "whatever info". When people replied, there are occasions where he just ignored and keep on posting as though nothing happen, hehe. Oh Joshhd... you said advise this thick skin person to stop fantasising his own desire on Astro channels and providing false information? Don't waste time advising him. Long time ago... I commented and accused him to be a NJOI subscriber who don't pay monthly fees... he didn't deny it at that time.... so I can ASSUMED its true and thought "why request for new premium channels when he actually can't watch them?" Aah... maybe more new premium channels increase profits for Ass-teruk and then more additional "free" channels launched for NJOI ?

Ouch ! I have now wasted my time talking about him.

I was informed by my friend that the Info Banner advertising again re-appeared. Anyone who hate this... handam them in FB, email them, phone them and even temporarily suspend subscription for 2 weeks... do whatever you can to let them know your anger. Useless to complain? Yes, I agree but no harm trying because it cost almost nothing to do it, only your time.

Hehehe... he lost his credibility because he behave similar to Trump... all negative news on him are fake, but what he said are not fake eventhough he contradicts himself !

Regards. Keep on smiling.

I am not sure if someone with 5.1 home theatre system has highlighted this issue before or not. It is quite annoying that most dramas in Astro HD channels are not broadcasted in full 5.1 (no sound at left and right rear/surround speakers), even though I have set the decoder setting for Dolby Digital 5.1. However, advertisements in all HD channels and some Hindi programmes in Tara HD are aired in full 5.1 with amazing surround audio. Could this be another cost cutting by Astro that uses low bitrate for audio (2.0 stereo instead of 5.1 Dolby Digital) for some HD channels?

The CGI is getting impressive nowadays.
Wonder why this scene is not censored.

In certain states.........they claim this will encourage people to become homo...........

Astro sure dare to broadcast those biceps abs.....

Wall LAN socket is connected to switch, switch is connected to router.

Still can use switcher in this setting? Or else have to go for powerline adapter already.

Means connect a switch to another switch is fine. Correct?

Ya, those who stay rural areas and those cust illegally bring decoder cross boarder to brunei, thailand, indonesia and Singapore (Singapore nt sure coz custom very strict one if found astro decoder) use that legacy box.

As long as ur box don't rosak, then you can subscribe family pack with ALL Non HD. Somemore you can use ur Gold smart card (legacy smartcard) insert with other legacy box.

Great that those loyalty cust account really a legend.

Agreed. Too bad they have a short range of HD channels.
But, what makes it '#1', is that they use S-Band than Ku-band, so it resists from rain blackouts unlike Asstro.
Also, just like Astro, they have TV Everywhere and they even offer TV+Internet bundle, too.
Although it's not fiber optic, but a "Home Wireless Broadband" which is provided by mobile operators.

So, the S band has weaker bandwidth than Ku/C-band? No wonder Indovision has less HD offerings. At least S-band has no interference with LTE signals.

Well, there are other Pay TV providers in Indonesia that uses the Ku-band (or C-band) such as TransVision (which is the one that I'm using now), Big TV, Orange TV and a few others.
At least both Big TV and TransVision has more HD channels than Indovision.

ART Variety is probably for Arab expats in Malaysia.
So it's unlikely to be shutdown anytime soon.
Unless, if the viewers started d*cking about that channel.

they dont have to hide their satellite as install satellite in sg is not illegal
correct me if im wrg

Let me think. So that astro in-program ads might be like these pic below?
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For example, TVN put a new drama ads below logo during program, or suddenly pop-up spiderman during show in Animax/promote a program from another channel.

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Hi, I was wondering if I Can link multiple astro go account to a smartcard?

Haha. HyppTV replace MTV Live HD with MTV Asia HD. Why not say in press release that you will replace the channel version?.. 

And, Paramount Channel HD, MTV Asia HD & Nickelodeon SD launch!

Don't care if the channel in SD. Because in future if more demand for sure TM will upgrade to HD. What i don't like it is why they terminate MTV Live HD..

When DirecTV owns Turner... they control Pay TV channels such as WarnerTV, HBO, etc. I don't know, show me which channels owned by DirecTV and Turner are FTA (Free-To-Air) channels. Do DirecTV also have another FTA service similar to Assteruk NJOI?

What Assteruk is doing is control the Satellite Pay TV and then get to also enjoy FTA market which directly compete with TV3, NTV7, etc. Is that fair? Maybe you are right to say its fair but I think its not healthy for assteruk to enjoy both markets at the same time. Then also got IPTV Pay Cable TV too !

As I mentioned before with the Bakery example. The only bakery allowed to sell cakes in Malaysia also buys restaurants, Fast Food outlets, buy flour producing factories, buy sugar cane plantations and produce sugar... so that bakery controls all the cake sales, and even sells flour and sugar too AND that is not healthy situation in my opinion.

I want to ask these questions. Do DirecTV put so much advertisements into the channels and even put into EPG and BIG banners? Did any Singapore Pay TV put in such EPG and banner ads? Honestly, I don't know the answers. If yes, then DirecTV is also acting the same as Assteruk.

Actually I do NOT care... if DirecTV behave the same way, if any company got monopoly, if anyone bought other companies, if any company expand to multi-product markets such as "if Proton bought over TV3", etc. Why I don't care? Because the commercial world is always like this. If I am the CEO, I will also do the same thing when given the opportunity! It's all about making more profits, its normal.

What I care is for myself, as a consumer. If I feel that its not worth it to buy, then I don't buy. If I have a good reason and its not worth it, I will still buy. If its worth it, then of course I will buy. This is what a consumer normally behave. DirecTV buys Turner?... what consumers care is whether its worth it to pay if more channels are added because of the purchase of Turner. Better still, more channels with no additional increase in subscription !

The question on assteruk is whether people feel that its worth it to continue paying with all the repeats, more poor content than good ones, advertisements which is now becoming more and more uncontrolled and ridiculous. Its nothing wrong to still continue even when its not worth it because people have lots of different good reasons and I have heard many of them. No need to explain it.

A person can be "forced" to pay assteruk because he has old parents who depend on assteruk as the only entertainment AND there is no other good alternative too. No problem with that. Ya, can blame monopoly BUT don't forget that we also partly contributed to this problem too.

If a company have monopoly on durians, the price will keep on increasing when people still continue to buy... its a fact. Monopoly will not cause price increase when people boycott it. When I loved my nephew so much, its not wrong to buy for him his favourite durians BUT I will also accept that I am also to blame for the price increase. I won't just push ALL the fault to monopoly. Yes, I blame myself for supporting assteruk for around 19+ years but luckily I have cancelled now. Is NJOI worth it? Maybe I will take it. At least I don't pay to "enjoy" advertisements appearing everywhere on the screen !

The original content provider adds in their own tiny ads on other shows and then assteruk... adds in much more with commercial breaks after every 15 minutes lasting 5 minutes each, shows ads logo at corner, shows ads in EPG, pop-out big banner ads for a few seconds at least twice in 1 hour... WOW! Maybe in the future, pop-out announcements (Hari Raya, etc) with ads will appear at the bottom of the screen in the middle of a movie/show which is still continuing so can anyone "tahan" this if it happens?

I have a friend in the advertising profession who told me that ads are much more effective when it pops-out in the screen when a show is still continuing because we will definitely notice it so those 3 to 5 seconds ads costs a lot and helps to get better income. Compared to the regular 3 to 5 minutes commercial breaks, people pay less attention and usually notice the first ad that appear during the break. Aah... when the TV series Game Of Thrones is still continuing with an action scene, you will definitely notice the Coca-Cola banner ad that pops-out at the bottom !! Coca-Cola pay more, assteruk get more income... we lost the fun of watching that TV episode !! Mmm... dengan banting Sukan SEA tiba-tiba muncul dibawah skrin dengan iklan... saya ada perasaan lebih banyak banting seperti ini akan muncul pada masa hadapan. Jangan-jangan tekaan saya betul loh ! Apa nak buat apabila ramai ada sebab-sebab tertentu untuk teruskan bayar... bukan salah untuk teruskan bayar tapi keadaan tak akan berubah dan mungkin jadi semakin teruk loh. Ingat... ini bukan NJOI, ada bayaran langganan tiap-tiap bulan. Bayaran kami tak cukup... mesti "nikmat" lagi banyak iklan, hehehe.

The reason why any company treats customer service and after sales support seriously is because they want their customers to be satisfied which will later generate more sales for them. Any bad image from their neglect in this area can turn against them when sales are affected. This scenario changes when the relevant Regulatory Bodies don't do anything AND when any company gets the monopoly and controls almost all the market. Anyone (including me and you) who becomes the CEO of such company will do the same thing as what is happening to Assteruk... so its expected and "normal" behaviour loh.

Politics, elections and monopoly are different from consumer purchase of products and services.

In elections, a politician who is corrupt and bad can still remain in power eventhough the majority didn't vote for him. Its because voting fraud and dirty tactics can be used to twist the results to his favour.

There is no such thing as tampering the votes or "election fraud" to make any company make more profits ! Whatever any company does... such as advertising, improving product quality, reduce prices, etc... won't help when customers actually don't buy ! Yes... politics, corruption, monopoly, mismanagement, inefficiency, uncontrolled wastage of resources, etc etc... ALL obviously affects the consumers BUT the purchasing power is still in the control of the consumers. Our govt can't point a gun at us to force us to buy anything !

Whatever has been talked about, rant about, complained about or any other opinions expressed here are always good to have in creating awareness and lively discussion. BUT... when it comes back to the DECISION to BUY/PAY or not, only the consumers holds the KEY on whether ANY company survive, prosper or die ! Of course bad politics and monopoly can really make consumers hurt BADLY but the actual purchase decision is still with ... you guessed right... consumers.

I am sorry for being too harsh and blunt by pointing the finger directly at ourselves (include me), not monopoly, not politics BUT its a fact that many may choose to ignore. I can accept it and understand if anyone here got angry for what I have said. For consumerism... we can together actually correct it but choose not to do it.

I welcome everyone here to continue the rants, the opinions, the condemnations, the finger pointing and sharing of all sorts of knowledge and info. Yes, nothing wrong. Also nothing wrong if have whatever good reason to continue paying Assteruk. BUT... deep inside our brains, do remember that we can together EASILY force Assteruk to change by deciding to act with MASS termination and unfortunately, many chose NOT to do it. Consumer power on any company is still with us but we don't use it. When a person don't use such power, can shout and complain but must also accept that such decision to pay is actually the real cause of the problem.

Whenever I bought durians for my nephew who loves it... I deserve to feel guilty and deserve to get "punished" by paying the expensive price. Of course I am not wrong to do it because I want to show my love to my nephew whom I care very much. Ya, I will grumble, will rant, will even curse the sellers BUT I know nothing will happen when I still continue to buy.

Even for NJOI, Assteruk cannot do anything IF we choose not to buy the decoder/dish for the NJOI service. If I get really furious, I may not even get NJOI !!

Regards.

Nickelodeon in HyppTV in full native 16:9 feed.

Astro still have black bars.