Astro
Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay TV service
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| December 2 2024 | Began leasing ABS-CBN Corporation's soundstage in Philippines and introduced Astro One with three new packages: Entertainment, Sports, and Epic. |
| November 18 2024 | Announced discontinuation of Astro Warna and Astro Premier as linear TV channels, merging them with Astro Prima and Astro Citra respectively. |
| October 17 2024 | Revamped sports content lineup, replacing SuperSport channels with Astro-branded sports channels like Astro Premier League, Astro Football, Astro Badminton, and Astro Sports Plus. |
| May 25 2024 | Launched Malaysia4Palestine, a special channel in partnership with RTM to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Palestine, featuring various Malaysian artists. |
| 2023 | Astro won the Platinum Media Network Award at the Putra Brand Awards 2023 |
| October 12 2023 | Go Shop ceased operations as part of the company's strategic realignment. |
| 2022 | Ended operations in Brunei. |
| 2022 | Astro became an Internet Service Provider and launched Astro Fibre, offering standalone broadband services for both residential and business customers through BIZfibre. |
| 2022 | The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission began issuing Content Applications Service Provider (CASP) licenses to 35 broadcasting companies, with four approved to deliver satellite television content. |
| 2022 | Astro received Platinum Awards in three categories at the Putra Brand Awards 2022: Media Network Award, Communications Network Award, and e-Commerce Award |
| 2021 | Partnered with Netflix to expand content offering by making Netflix service available on Astro's platform. |
| June 2021 | Introduced Astro Ulti, a full high-definition (FHD) platform intended to replace Astro B.yond. |
| April 1 2020 | Rearranged channel numbers to prioritize its 100 HD channels. |
| 2019 | Astro won the MIRA Awards 2019 for Best Company for Investor Relations |
| 2019 | The Malaysian government proposed regulations on Android-based set-top boxes, which raised concerns about potentially enhancing Astro's market dominance. |
| 2019 | Partnered with Chinese streaming platform IQIYI, acquiring exclusive rights to distribute their content in Malaysia. |
| 2019 | Astro entered a partnership with sister company Maxis, leading to the introduction of Astro & Broadband. |
| December 2019 | Launched the ultra high-definition (UHD) platform Astro Ultra at the end of the year. |
| November 2019 | Astro launched the Ultra Box, its first self-installable set-top box compatible with satellite and broadband/Wi-Fi, featuring 4K UHD viewing, cloud-based video recording, and video-on-demand content. |
| January 2019 | Collaborated with Media Prima and DiGi Telecommunications to launch JomStudi, a digital learning hub supported by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). |
| 2018 | Astro again obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup, maintaining its monopoly on major sports content broadcasting. |
| 2017 | Unifi TV emerged as a strong competitor to Astro, breaking the company's sole paid television operator status in Malaysia. |
| 2017 | Astro's exclusive rights to Malaysian broadcast content expired, marking a significant shift in the company's market position. |
| 2017 | Astro entered a strategic partnership with CJ E&M from South Korea to create and produce contents and events for the ASEAN market. Also formed a joint-venture with Karangkraf called Karangkraf Digital 360 (later renamed Nu Ideaktiv). |
| March 31 2017 | Astro renamed its mobile streaming app from Astro On-The-Go to Astro Go, introducing a significant revamp with a more user-friendly interface, improved video playback quality, and enhanced content discovery tools. |
| 2016 | The company achieved 71% household penetration in Malaysia. |
| March 2016 | Astro launched its regional video platform Tribe, targeting the Indonesian market. |
| 2014 | Astro secured exclusive broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup, preventing competitors from airing the tournament and controlling sports content distribution. |
| December 1 2014 | Astro signed a joint-venture with South Korean retail company GS Retail Co. Ltd. to launch Go Shop home shopping channel. |
| 2013 | Astro signs an agreement with TM Net Sdn. Bhd. to broadcast two Astro SuperSport channels on HyppTV (later Unifi TV). |
| March 2013 | Astro made the Astro On-The-Go app available for international users. |
| 2012 | Astro launched its streaming service Astro On-The-Go (AOTG), enabling customers to access TV channels, live events, Video-On-Demand (VOD), and Catch Up TV on mobile devices. |
| February 18 2012 | Astro launched NJOI, Malaysia's first free-to-view satellite TV service, in collaboration with the Government of Malaysia. The initial service debuted with 18 channels and 19 radio stations. |
| 2011 | Astro introduced its IPTV platform, Astro IPTV, targeting consumers unable to receive satellite services. |
| 2011 | Astro began its broadband service by collaborating with TIME Dotcom to deliver content over broadband through its Astro B.yond IPTV service. |
| December 2010 | Astro partners with TIME dotCom Berhad to implement broadband and IPTV service in Klang Valley and Penang. |
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