And minus the Disney+ part. Although, I'm expecting D+ to launch in Singapore in around 2021 and we still have 2 months left before that year.

Oof. Did they leave from Vietnam as well?
Welp, looks like FX's fate has just started counting down, now that FNG has decided to stop airing promos from the channel on their other channels as well.

My biggest rumours might have come true that FX and Fox Crime might be leaving Asia very soon. Fox Crime has been airing repeats with no new programming since last 2018.
I'm afraid that FX could follow suit and end up ceased broadcast in 2021.

But, let's hope that FX could have a second chance soon and let's put these rumours aside as rumours that might come true sooner or later.

That's an actually good offer that Astro should offer to its loyal subscribers.

Also, I looked at the T&Cs, on KA's offer, and they said they should paid all the bills (and penalties, if any) and don't forget the power adaptor, remote and HDMI cable.
Why? Because this offer is only valid for HD decoders only, not legacy decoders. And must be in working condition.

And if they're eligible for a buyback, they would get B$50 cash per STB. That's around 152.35 ringgit or 530,889 rupiah.
That's quite a lot for an unused set-top box.

I don't think that would work. Could be exclusive to On Demand only.
Heck, just add Prime Video to the Astro roster of VOD, that should work, or not.

Wait, what? After over 23 years, Astro finally dropped those Disney channels?

Is this a possibility that Disney+ is coming to Malaysia soon?

So that means... The remaining countries to have Disney Channel Asia left is the Philippines, Indonesian, Thailand, and Vietnam.
I can definitely sense of who's leaving next, since Disney+ is coming to Singapore next year.

Huh, interesting. A bug happened before the new kids channel is coming tomorrow.
Imagine previewing the channel entirely before it goes to the slide again.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK-9Y0coyBU

(This one was on Boomerang which was supposed to be launched on Dec. 15.)

I think they're not affected by this. This was Starhub's decision. Not Star India's. Not FNG's.
While Starhub's decision to drop all Star India channels was pretty much a cost-cutting decision in order for Indians to subscribe to Hotstar SG, I'm sure that Singtel still have the right to keep them for their subscribers.

Well, at least they did their best to put on Dora and T&J on the stills.
And they are (allegedly) "politely" telling them that they still have choices other than Disney, because Disney+ could be coming to Malaysia in the next 12 months.
Not this whole "Please be informed *insert channel name* has ceased transmission" thing that got many Astro subbers confused and trying to find answers in the past.

Meanwhile in Indonesia, not sure if Disney+ Hotstar will probably rebrand to just Disney+ once Star comes to the platform, or they just stay that way.
Seeing how some contents don't usually fall under Disney+, but under Hotstar's moniker. Besides the Disney+ Originals, ofc.

Oof, after almost 8 years... I wonder where my favorite shows went after CC's away...

Let me guess, carriage agreement?

Possibly, they'll move to Paramount+, but not sure if they'll be available in the S.E.A region anytime soon.
For now, we'll just watch on Netflix, then.

So, about Comedy Central closing down in Asia.
Does the channel itself air its own 'farewell message' as well?

HBO India did, and it was real sad.

EDIT: Do check on CC Asia's FB page if they did show those farewell messages.

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Even my pay-TV provider is silent and they didn't know what channels that are going away from the lineup.

Like recently, they just replaced the old-as-heck Fashion One channel (old, because they repeat the same contents from years ago) with the TV5MONDE Style channel which has more modest content, but it's mostly in French, although there should be some subtitles in some programs.

I wonder what comes up next after Comedy Central ceases on my platform.

Nice, Astro made Comedy Central's shows available on demand. Then Singapore and Indonesia, how?

I would suggest that Astro should add, or at least, replace DMAX with Insight TV (insight.tv), and HGTV with Makeful. These two can be a plausible alternative had if Discovery closed their channels in Malaysia.

CI... I'm not sure, because it's the only crime-focused channel on Astro.

Ooh, neato. When Comedy Central ceases, Paramount Network arrives to the rest of Asia!
Why? Because Philippines already have Paramount Channel few weeks in advance before Singapore does. (And Thailand, too.)

Oop, my bad. Forgot to tell you why.

Today, CC Asia will be shutdown at midnight. And, in the Philippines, Cignal TV has already launched a new channel, Paramount Network just a few weeks back (on Jan. 4). And from the lineup, it is looking promising, featuring shows never aired before, as well as some Comedy Central shows.

(Sauce: https://cignal.tv/channels/209/paramount-network)

So, I'm guessing that this will replace Comedy Central in some platforms. But Astro? Not so much, as they have said "NO NEW REPLACEMENT CHANNELS" when the closure was announced.

Now that Comedy Central has ceased in Asia, I wonder if y'all have slides regarding the closure?

This should bring back the good old Star TV days. The reason why Disney did this was because they saw the word 'Fox' relates to their news outlet, Fox News and his owner, Rupert Murdoch, which was notorious for his heinous actions.

One person even told Variety that "I think the Fox name means Murdoch, and that is toxic.", which was why it was the reason Disney wants to remove the 'Fox' brand off their channels, and replace it with Star.

Seems plausible enough.

Good question.

According to the BBC, "Disney wants Fox's business to create a larger suite of movies, television shows, and sports, as it invests in its own online streaming platforms to compete with Netflix and Amazon."

Then Disney dropped the Fox brand, so that Fox could focus more on their broadcast network in the US, as well as their news outlets as mentioned earlier. Disney picked up the 20th Century division where Fox had left off, to avoid confusion with the “Fox Entertainment” brands, though Disney can legally use the Fox name.

For example, Fox Searchlight was renamed to Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox was rebranded to just 20h Century Studios, and so on. And now, Disney has planned to rebrand their Fox channels to Star, as Disney+ will introduce the Star brand later this month.