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Astro is pointless, Almost nothing there left
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SUSdattebayo
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Jun 19 2025, 06:26 PM
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QUOTE(rooney723 @ Jun 19 2025, 01:00 PM) imagine last time want to watch 1 year old TVB dramas have to pay to have WLT, then want to watch instantly same time as hong kong then have to pay even more for AOD  now TVB free to let you watch you also dun wan dy maybe with naked scenes ok la
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Justin.Loong
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Jun 23 2025, 12:45 PM
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QUOTE(GravityFi3ld @ Jun 18 2025, 03:34 PM) like mega tv last time, slowly slowly dieded - same pattern astro going through now - a very slow death "Faced with stiff competition from the Astro satellite television network which was launched seven months later, combined with the failures to expand its content, Mega TV ceased operations on 1 October 2001 as a result, leaving Astro as the one and only pay-TV service provider in Malaysia. Following Mega TV's shutdown, many of its subscribers have been switched to Astro.[51][52][53] This comes after its parent company, the Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) on the same date announced to divested itself from its media arm, namely TV3 and New Straits Times Press (NSTP) and transferring them to Profitune, which primarily focused on multimedia business before it went on to become Media Prima a year later, in 2002.[54]" wikipeepeedia
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Justin.Loong
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Jun 23 2025, 01:52 PM
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QUOTE(WongTheThief @ Jun 4 2025, 10:48 AM) never subscribe to Astro but I heard once you get in it's difficult to get out just like hotel california and basically shit CS lol...
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Justin.Loong
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Jun 23 2025, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE(allomicro @ Jun 4 2025, 07:45 AM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Astro was already lacking content, now its trimming down even more.
Only reason we still have it is because orang tua kat rumah masih mau tengok, but honestly, I dont know what got already.
Warner TV, Food network, Animal Planet all sudah hilang. I mean it was barely anything, but at least was something la. The astro Movie channel keep putting on damn old movies. The tamil stuff all benda ambik dari youtube and put on as special show. Plus, last time at least can watch older episode on Astro go, now its only limited to the last two episodes. Then keep on repeating old stuff again and again. Some shows were good la, but keep repeating it again for what? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Honestly, dunno why paying so much for. Potong content but still cahrging more and more. Its just becoming more of a hub for your streaming service where they are more of promoting the convience of subscribing to many services with one bill. Sudah minta family potong sahaja tapi masih mau, but only see the drama which is also on disney plus. Burden by other peoples decision. QUOTE(DarkAeon @ Jun 4 2025, 07:52 AM) astro's value proposition has been spiralling downwards for decades, so many ppl stop using it. in return, to cut cost, they had to cut expenses, lower down their value even further it's a vicious cycle +1 QUOTE(Zot @ Jun 4 2025, 08:03 AM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « It depends on what you want to watch. Most new gen just like to watch movie and Astro do not own the right to the movie, thus those on HBO, Cinemax cannot be recorded. For Asia region, usually the HBO Cinemax normally stream older movie compare to other region. This is beyond Astro control. Even if you subscribe to Netflix, the Asia region will get different movie compares to other region. If you want the video like from US region, then you need to VPN. You will see different choices of movie. This is why Astro like Astro Go only have old movie or B Grade ones that they can store in their library. Other than that I probably go for news. The trend nowadays that those network like HBO, Cinemax and Netflix sign contract with production houses, thus you can only find certain series on specific network only. This forcrs people to sign with HBO, Netflix and Cinemax, not just one. Even Korean drama also can only be found on one network only This is why more and more local contents in Astro. Production houses has to compete with better contents to get slots on Astro for their drama or series. Those who are not watching local contents will find this is annoying. QUOTE(Imp Bron @ Jun 4 2025, 08:54 AM) Actually not just astro, cable tv business died all over the world. The market move to Netflix like platform with their own original series to maintain customer Astro however good at making local movies with it's astro shaw. Last time they released tv series High Council also it was a hit but the caveat is that tv series only viral after it released on Netflix
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GravityFi3ld
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Jun 23 2025, 02:01 PM
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QUOTE(Justin.Loong @ Jun 23 2025, 12:45 PM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
even their radio arm is struggling, asking us to advertise on their frequencies, those radio DJ careers hanging - any time kena karate chop sayonara
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