any sos for rebrand?

Those channels are exclusive on Astro Go/Njoi Now platform only.

Both MTV Asia and Animax on Astro is not transmitting in actual 16:9 video. It is still actually in 4:3 video, but without letterbox. So when you watch on your HDTV, it will look like it is in proper shape.
But on Astro Go, you will see that it is in 4:3 shape, so you need to change the video size/aspect ratio options manually.
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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.

Yet another Report @ complains against HBO channel movie
 

Hai. Tiada siaran percuma yang dibuka sempena Merdeka ye. Namun anda boleh akses 40program baru bertemakan Malaysia melalui On Demand, Astro Go dan NJOI Now bermula pada 15/8/17 - 16/9/17. ^Aida

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yup i know about that. but the another pic i take from indonesian group shows tv3 have letterbox means tv3 on M3C are output the real 16:9 format. unlike myfreeview and astro that still in 4:3

read at wikipedia tv3 broadcast in 4:3 or 16:9

some program 4:3, some program 16:9 ?? it can??

Sorry that you feel that way.... I'm not being cheeky, it's just that since you guys discussing about HDCP, the thought of stripping HDCP just came into my mind after I explained about HDCP, so I just share that info lo... I didn't meant to somewhat change the topic or rudely interrupt you, jamesleetech. Hope you don't take it to heart.

But, previously I wasn't sure about the reason why HDCP will be used everytime when HD content is on HDMI although I am aware of it. It's just that I didn't bother much about it, since I know how to strip HDCP. But after you explained the reason, I find it total makes sense, so I agree with your points and I trust your words. So sorry if I offended you in any way and I do not intent to do that... 

Regarding the HDMI splitter (the pic I showed on earlier post), the picture quality will be the same, no audio/video quality change for both HDMI outputs from HDMI splitter. It's just that, you need to plug to power source all the time to use it. Without power, both HDMI outputs will display nothing. Even with the splitter on, the "blank screen" will still present when tuning from SD to HD channels. However, conventional HDMI splitter that can strip HDCP (like the picture I showed you) are usually HDMI version 1.3 (especially like what you said, those cheap ones and some of them didn't even state which HDMI version it supports). So I think, most probably the HDMI splitter won't work if the video input is UHD/4K resolution.

But in this case, the "blank screen" won't mean anything to the display device since HDCP has been stripped by HDMI splitter.

So in other words, yeah, there's no way you can prevent that "blank screen" when tuning to HD channels on HDMI output from Astro box. Actually, that "blank screen" is nothing la... For me, it's no big deal to me...

Actually don't needed to watch Astro First..
Can get it online & its uncensored too
That's why many don't subscribed to min package only..

Bye bye J welcome K

Japan entertainment is dead

Korean all the way😄😄😄👍👍👍

time to #portoutastro to where?

Ahh yes.. Watch with kids gonna be issues if uncensored.. Didn't think about that aspects

Including BM subtitled?? Hello... English don't understand kah!? Its worldwide language.. No wonder the JB hospital thingy became issues.. Miscommunication of the singki & Malai staff.. Thanks to lack of English skills

Original feeds for most of English paid/subscription channels do not offer English subtitles, including the ones at Measat 3/3a C band. I know cuz I manage to find it out, by opening Powervu channels on Measat C band. However, non-English language channels that shows Korean and Japan programmes like One HD and Gem HD, do have English subs.

You won't see Indian language subs is because India has their own Indian feed or South Asia feed instead of Asia feed for paid English language channels. Therefore, you will see English subtitles available, as well as many other Indian language subs like Tamil, Hindi, and many more on selected channels. You shall know this if you tried Videocon d2h.

Those pay TV channels you see from various satellites like Measat and Asiasat, are not meant for us to watch "illegally for free", you know? It is the source for pay TV providers to get the channel, to be offered to the customers.

Why it is possible for us to open Powervu channels from Measat, and some other satellites, is because the Powervu encryption itself has been compromised, hence enabling newer consumer-level satellite receivers able to decrypt/open Powervu channels and watch it like a normal TV channel, for free, as long the Powervu keys are entered correctly. So far, this 2 leading encryption systems used by broadcasters, Powervu and Tandberg (aka "Director") has been compromised, and you can say that it is because this 2 encryption doesn't use smart card to decrypt channels, resulting an easier way for the professional crackers to crack open the channels.

Those widely used ones like Irdeto, Videoguard, Conax, etc. requires smart card to decrypt (just like Astro) in the proper way. For example,  Irdeto are commonly used by Fox Networks Group channels such as National Geographic, Star World, Fox Movies, etc.
Unless you got the access to the smart card that needed to open those original feed channels such as from C band satellites, which only pay TV providers has it, there's no way you can watch it on your own. How about card sharing (cline)? The owner still need to have the smart card (that only pay TV providers and broadcasters have) to decrypt the channels. So still, you can't watch it.

It is a common thing for pay TV all around the world to somewhat lower the bitrate till the point they prefer, before deliver the channels to customers. The bitrate they chose, are depending on the capability for them to deliver the channels to customers. E.g. If their satellite transponders bandwidth are limited, they need to lower the bitrate a little bit to make sure it has enough room to accommodate other or new channels in the future. There are technical things that is scarce or limited for them, and we as customers, we don't know what is it. And sometimes, high in bitrate may make some of the technical things inefficient. That's why pay TV won't offer 100% original video quality from source, but they'll make sure majority of the customers are satisfied with the HD picture quality by not lower the quality too much.

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Why Malaysia is one of the countries in the world that ban the private use of parabolic dishes? Why our very good gov try to restrict people of the alternative ways to watch TV content? Because if they made parabolic dishes legal, we can freely watch TV channels from other satellites that we like to aim at, meanwhile our gov cannot control what we're able to watch from other satellites which is "out of their control/league", our gov is "afraid" that if many people watch TV from C band, no much ppl will subscribe to Astro to watch nice programmes already lo.

So, they can make sure all (if not, almost all) of the people will go to the "proper" way to watch good TV channels in the country, and that is..... subscribe to pay TV services like Astro. Of course, this context may not be effective today, because we can get lots of alternative content from Internet. Despite Internet, Astro still earn a lot of money.

In the news, gov will say those ridiculous statements (especially Utusan Malaysia) of watching TV through parabolic dishes, the TV content are not censored and contains pornography, hence causes negative impacts to Malaysians. FYI, you won't see pornography channels via satellite, and if you do, it is encrypted and it won't be made free-to-air. As for censorship, different country has different censorship rules and regulations. And how is our Malaysian censorship board look like? Take HBO Malaysia and HBO Asia as the reference, which we already discussed about it previously. So how can they simply compare censorship implied by other countries with our country, like comparing apple and apple? To scare off Malaysians, parabolic dishes are made illegal and...
As far as I know, they can seize your equipment because you install parabolic dish with the excuse that these non-compliant equipment are not approved by MCMC or SIRIM (unless it is supplied by Astro). So, there are no "proper, explicit law" that ban the private use of parabolic dishes in Malaysia. Correct me if I'm wrong.

But then if you wonder, why Sarawak is somewhat, the only state in Malaysia where parabolic dishes are "legal"? Sarawakians can enjoy unofficial freedom to install parabolic dishes as they please, and since many Sarawak people are poor and many of them not willing to pay Astro every month, you can say that they put Sarawak an "unofficial exception" to this case, and also some other political reasons. So in that case, our gov won't put Sarawak as the "main source" of income for Astro already lor...

In conclusion, it is believed that our gov may be investing "some money" to Astro, where if Astro earn lots of money, some of the profits may go to the gov's pocket. So yeah, you can say that the money you pay monthly to Astro, some of the portion may go in to our Jibby's wallet. To maximise profits, gov ban private use of parabolic dishes, so that ppl gt no choice but to subscribe Astro to watch nice channels (in a legal way for the country), and then make them the only DTH provider in Malaysia (monopoly), and gov won't kacau Astro on how Astro treat customers by increasing package prices while giving lots of excuses, and also poor customer service but then, Astro excels in billing (if you know what I mean). So, this is called, crony.
Hope my explanation helps you to understand more on what's happening in the pay TV market in Malaysia.

that true?
bcoz i look at astro web,Maya HD must add hd service
plan to subscrib Astro. now study about package

So it is confirmed.
Bye Star World Asia.
No more STAR English channels in Asia

Agreed. There got Bloomberg, Euronews, Al Jazeera on Youtube. It is HD and live. If you got interest in Mandarin news, there got HD news from China and Taiwan.

No 60fps.... Don't forget, we Malaysia use the Europe TV standards, so it is 50fps.

Do you actually know that all TV channels you see on Malaysian TV including Astro, Hypp TV, digital TV, etc. are all 50fps (PAL)?
Malaysia follow Europe one.... or you can say, we follow UK standards one.

60fps (NTSC) is common known for America or Japan standards.

So, don't expect for 60fps. Expect 50fps instead.

Man, Astro subscribers are still salty (angry) over their horrid service.
While here, we barely even complain about their service. At least, I'm happy with mine.

Also, I'm glad mine (Transvision, that is.) will have PVR in the next 3 months.
Wish they also add 4K channels and Dolby support soon.

In Malaysia, it's more likely to never happen. Sadly.