Give free thing + refresh contract = still considered as free thing
"If I give you something free, then I shall get something else in return "
Happy birthday to you...

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You call it "circumvent", they called it "solution" 😎

Must be major bug detected after software deployment or something lor...

Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia price hike will not affect Astro packages
https://soyacincau.com/2024/03/25/disney-pl...o-impact-astro/
https://www.facebook.com/mysoyacincau/posts...WyMoSBgXJLwymvl

This post has been edited by joshhd: Mar 25 2024, 09:05 PM

Probably no one there bothers to maintain it, or do some cleanup?

Can, but it'll be the same price as what you see on TVBAnywhere+ website, which is RM19.90 and RM39.90.

Might as well subscribe with TVBAnywhere+ directly, instead of going through Unifi billing, unless you prefer everything consolidate into 1 Unifi bill

Short answer is no. Unifi TV customers won't be getting free access to Euro 2024.

Even if you get access to SPOTVNOW from Unifi TV, you still need to subscribe to Euro Season Pass of RM42.99, just like any other SPOTVNOW users.
If you're CelcomDigi user, you can get promo price of RM29.99, but that promo last until 13 June only.
https://www.lowyat.net/2024/322532/uefa-eur...otv-msia-guide/

Watching whatever sports content in Singapore is pretty much always expensive, and it has always been like that.
Their population is already not as high as other neighbouring countries, hence potential subscriber base & demand won't be high...

Also, Singapore has a higher cost of living and higher average income levels compared to its neighbouring countries. This could lead to higher pricing for discretionary spending, such as sports content subscriptions.

This post has been edited by joshhd: Jun 14 2024, 01:16 AM

That RM29.90 promo for CelcomDigi subscribers has ended. Now it has reverted to the original RM42.99 price.

This applies to which other countries, besides Malaysia?

Pauses for few seconds, then only it able to play smoothly but temporarily.
It means the network bandwidth allocated from their end is low?

'Unifi Sports 8' channel earlier was showing footages that was meant for broadcasters to see... Around 12:30am.


After the Skateboarding event ends, this slide were put up for broadcaster to see. Obviously it's not for general viewers to see.


After some time, 30 seconds countdown timer were shown, that beeps once in every second.
Then on the last 3 seconds, it went black screen and no audio. It is to give cue / marker to the broadcaster that the following event is going to start.
Again, not meant for the general viewers to see.


Then it shows some random surfing video footages (as stated on the slide earlier), with no audio.
I believe this is meant for broadcasters to record it, so that they could use some of the footages for promo purposes.
Still, not meant for the general viewers to see.

The perks of watching Olympics from Unifi TV is, you may come across some originals and "almost unattended live feed" from the content distributor (likely is unintended one)
That doesn't last long though. Minutes later, Unifi cuts the live feed for that channel and then start looping some Unifi TV and Olympics related promos.
Well, can't expect them to keep a close monitor on all 18 channels for 24/7 cuz I can imagine that it'll be a boring job to do

It's not just Unifi Sports 8 specifically... I notice other Unifi Sports channels (that shows Olympics) are like that too.
But then, they keep looping the same Unifi UniVerse, Unifi Business and other Unifi related ads in 3 different languages, and some Olympics promos. It's even boring cuz it's repeating again and again.
Honestly I rather see them showing the unattended live feed as-is. I find that much interesting instead.

This post has been edited by joshhd: Jul 28 2024, 01:16 AM

PSA: Olympics matches that has Malaysian contingents in it, are made exclusive to Astro platforms only?

Earlier when I was watching Astro Arena (801), soon after Lee Zii Jia won the badminton match, it shows this on-screen graphics/overlay.

As you can clearly see above, this on-screen graphics/overlay is in Malay rather than in English. So definitely it is "custom made" for or by Astro, and that is not what the rest of the world see.
Also, it clearly stated that the matches is "EXCLUSIVE ONLY ON ASTRO CH801, STADIUMASTRO.COM & SOOKA"
Neither of the 16 dedicated Olympics channels from Astro, or 18 Unifi Sports channels, or any of the RTM / RTMklik channels are showing this match. But only Astro Arena channel 801 are showing it.

Because they know many of us are interested to watch sports matches that has Malaysian contingents (based on the past viewership numbers?), so it seems that as long the sports matches has Malaysian contingents in it, they made the matches to be exclusive within their platforms only (Astro/NJOI/Sooka) till the point that you can't watch it on RTM and Unifi TV platforms. 😐

So if anyone asks how come cannot watch Olympics sports matches that has Malaysian contingents in it, on either RTM or Unifi TV platforms, now you know why.
I'm not sure is this applies to ALL sports matches, or only a select matches are made exclusive to Astro only. We'll just have to continue observe to find out...

This post has been edited by joshhd: Jul 28 2024, 06:39 PM

Astro Arena, actually can watch for free...
Free and legal sources are limited to 720p only.

If you want free and 1080p, then you have to go to "I know you know" websites...

RTM claims that they will now broadcast Olympics matches involving Malaysian athletes

https://www.facebook.com/RadioTelevisyenMal...cuCN1itLzEuy6Ml


"menayangkan semua perlawanan utama melibatkan kontinjen negara"
Before you get excited, look at the keyword "perlawanan utama" (main matches)...
It's not "semua perlawanan" (all matches).
So it seems to suggest that only the "main ones" (the major or big ones?) will be aired on RTM platforms... Therefore it is still, NOT ALL matches that has Malaysian contingents/athletes in it, will be aired on RTM platforms (including RTMKlik)...

Although RTM didn't explain what "technical issues" they were facing, but this comes after numerous complaints (from netizens?) that RTM have been showing badminton courts (and other sports) of other country's players rather than Malaysian players

Also, would Unifi TV implements a "broadcast rights blackout" on TV1 or TV2 during that Olympics live match, is still yet to be seen.

This post has been edited by joshhd: Jul 31 2024, 02:49 AM

Today finally get to see some Olympics matches that has Malaysian contingents on OKEY and Sukan RTM, particularly badminton matches.
TV1 and TV2 channels continues their usual programming, hence the "broadcast blackout" won't happen on Unifi TV then.

Also, they should’ve covering all Malaysian contingent in action from the start; RTM is owned by Malaysian government after all.
But "someone out there" wanted some of the matches with Malaysian contingents to be exclusive on their platform only, and then call it "Home of Sports", you see...

So what was the issue? Your fibre cable issue?

Hmm yes...

For Multicast IPTV service, whenever there's fibre cable issue (e.g. poor fibre signal readings from FDP), you may experience interruption like this too (e.g. pixelation, image freeze, etc.).
That goes the same for the already-discontinued Astro IPTV service back then.

Unifi TV is 25fps only, while Astro's one is 50fps.

Unless Unifi TV really offers 50fps streaming someday, it won't be fair to compare the picture quality with Astro.