beIN Sports Secures The Rights To Broadcast Formula One In Malaysia
https://www.lowyat.net/2023/293066/bein-spo...ights-malaysia/
Good news to Unifi TV customers, bad news for Astro.

Speedtests on your Ultrabox connects to Astro's streaming servers, and I suspect its servers has capped it to around 30Mbps per user, which is just enough for streaming 1 4K UHD channel at a time.
Even if you use LAN cable or you subscribe to 800Mbps fibre Internet, don't doubt yourself that you can't reach that kind of speed on your Astro boxes. So don't compare with the ones you see on speedtest.net

Are there difference between astro binded netflix vs the standard netflix?
Short answer is no. No special treatment here. You can use the same account to login across your devices as well.

Pretty much everything you need to know about Netflix on Astro, are all here: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=105799269

I know disney hotstar, astro box version is not the same as installed version on your tv, the tv version is better as some contents can be streamed as 4K but the box version cannot.
The Disney+ Hotstar App on Astro boxes are rubbish, max Full HD and Stereo audio only, and Disney is the one to be blamed.
I suggest you use Disney+ Hotstar App on your smart TV to enjoy its shows in 4K UHD and Dolby 5.1.

i already posted about it here https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=106450447

In any case, F1 going to Astro was always going to just be a stop gap, since the rights are sold as a package for this region by the FOM. BEIN didn't want to pick it up until the rights formerly held by Fox Sports ran out last year, (2022) which is why FOM were forced to allow the rights to be picked up by individual provider in each country for half of 2021 and all of 2022.

Once the previous rights has ran it's course, only then BEIN came in to for a new deal with the FOM.

Wonder 4K UHD still be available or not

i think astro will broadcast in 4K as well bah

Bein provides 4K feed for La Liga to Astro. It's likely they will also do so for F1

see what astro reply later bah...

Hey guys, elsewhere in ContentAsia

this astro really good, not broadcast KO VS ROMEN REIGN match at all...haiz...

My eye very bad, cannot read someting this small

Deswai I subscribe directly to WWE Network. I cannot tahan astro cutting out all the good parts from PPVs. But now WWE Network also very expensive (9.99 USD is near RM50 now, haiz)

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Jan 29 2023, 12:51 PM

Can describe what kind of "good parts" that Astro cut it off?
I thought WWE is already rated 18, so definitely it is already not meant to be viewed by kids, so what else they want to cut?

I once subscribed to both WWE Network International and Astro's version. Usually they cut out US commercials (Verizon, Slim Jim, stuffs that are not sold and not paid for commercial slot in Malaysia). But there are times Astro just cut/censored out some parts from shows or matches, like a few years back, there was a dude who attacked Bret Hart during his hall of fame induction. If you watch the original WWE Network feed, you would see the attack before the feed was cut and shown to something else, but Astro just removed that incident altogether.

Also sometimes since Astro has to replace the original US commercial with local ones, they would overrun the local commercial and in turn, have tu cut out extra parts from WWE's broadcast, such as entrance, people interacting after matches, etc. Just a few seconds here and there, but if you watch both, you would notice it

I presume for today, since the Royal Rumble overran by A LOT, they didn't realise that it's still not finished, and Astro moved on to the scheduled next program, but then realised that it's not yet finished, and only show the last match 30 mintues later

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Jan 29 2023, 01:25 PM

See for yourself
https://www.contentasia.tv/eNewsletter/2023..._5_Feb_2023.pdf

If you ever encounter this, straight away file a complaint to MCMC.
Very good in slotting in ads, and also very good in cutting other unnecessary things.

IMO I think the government should do something about this, like create a policy that ensures pay TV providers are not allowed to unnecessarily modify or tamper the original content.
What I see is, pay TV providers love to use the excuse of "complying censorship guidelines" and then end up do some extra that negatively affect viewer's experience, yet it is financially benefitting them.
Otherwise, the government should impose a ban for pay TV providers from manually slotting in ads onto the TV channels, unless it is their own in-house channels.

Yes. the speed test through Astro is way low than speed test on Unifi or 3rd party.

this is among the reason I change from Unifi to Astro... but since Astro put in 4K... we'll see until my subscription ends... who will do better

So, this is new. Seems like HITS Now will soon be the modernized version of HITS, with recent shows from the 2000s as compared to their main channel which mostly airs classic shows.
Interesting. Can't wait for the Feb 6th launch,

4K sports event video unifi TV still can't deliver.

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Jan 30 2023, 03:43 PM

so difficult to cancel astro subscription; can only do via phone, on hold for 30mins, verification on all details, why cancel, have to wait for Astro to return call to get cancellation ID within 3 days, billing cycle on 8 Feb

if dont get cancellation ID, then another month to pay ?