Media news (episode 26)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
On August 20, I saw a promo for the Saya Sayang Malaysia competition where viewers can post videos about Malaysia and link it to the Facebook page Promosi Kreatif RTM. It features Fimie in the promo. From there I knew the name of the department which produce RTM's TV presentation, but when at time I write this post, I realised that this is not the first time I found the name of the department. I also found out that the department is located at 1st floor of Wisma TV Angkasapuri. Another one is Bahagian Pemasaran & Promosi RTM which is located at 5th floor of Wisma TV Angkasapuri. This is the link to the promo I saw.

TV1 still uses the three idents used in Ramadan as of last check on August 25.

Media Prima
On August 24, I saw NTV7 changed its programme identifier to a new one based on the "15 years of feel good moments" branding. I guessed the change took place on this week's Monday. The previous one was used since March 2012.



I started to realise that TV3's Buletin Utama has HP laptops where they used them as a decoration in Buletin Utama's desk. I spotted it by seeing the brand of the laptop. I also spotted on the same day where Buletin 1:30 now has a slightly new look headline picture which is located just on either left or right side of the presenter who is standing.

Pesta Bola Merdeka football match will be aired on TV9 on September 7 from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm, as verified from Tonton TV schedule.

This week TV3 still uses the Anugerah Syawal branding but in a moderate scale while TV9 has stopped using it.

Astro
The Astro Awani red button service returns when I last checked on August 23. This is my snapshot of how Astro Awani's red button main page looks like.

Sony BeTV HD on Astro ch 720 will stop broadcasting on August 26. More here.

List of filler programmes in case of technical fault on Emas Hypp TV ch 112 (as of August 2013)

This is a list of filler programmes in case of technical fault as aired on Emas Hypp TV ch 112 as of August 2013. I compiled the list last Sunday.

• Senario 1996 (sitcom) episode "Rajin Adik Rajin Bhg 1&2"
• Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu (sitcom) episode "Arjuna Bhg 1&2"
• Jurnal Alam early 2000s (documentary series) episode "Madu Rimba" and "Apabila Harimau & Manusia Berkonflik (checked on 12.10.2013)
• Sembilu Kasih (local drama) episode 1
• Gegar Bersama Search 2006 (musical special)

(Updated October 13)

Brief list of local novels adapted to other media by Primeworks Studios (as of August 2013)

This is a brief list of local novels adapted to other media by Primeworks Studios as of August 2013.

• Sebenarnya Saya Isteri Dia (adapted to TV drama from a novel)
• Kil (adapted to movie from a novel published by local alternative book publisher Fixi)
• KL Zombi (also adapted to movie from a novel published by local alternative book publisher Fixi)

Two TV programmes talking about Japan recently

There are two Primeworks Studios programmes that I heard talking about Japan recently. One is Mag Seven on NTV7 talking about the recent Bon Odori in Shah Alam and I remember seeing one a Bon Odori dance performance demonstration at the futsal ground located at the top floor of Sri Pentas. I don't watch all of them because I don't like to watch Mag Seven at all because the narrators are different in each episode of Mag Seven and most of them I heard are those from doing advertisements.

Another one I heard just now is in TV3's Majalah 3's next week's episode (Majalah 3 is now on Monday since July) the presenter will go to Hokkaido in Japan where she will be talking about the country and also discuss about the needs of Muslims going to Japan and the country's readiness to help the Muslim tourists (I think this has been discussed in Astro Awani's In Focus some months ago, I think in April, where one of the presenters goes to Japan and also talked about the Muslims visiting Japan, halal food in Japan and the halal industry in Japan).

Sony BeTV HD on Astro ch 720 will be closed on 26.8.2013

Sony BeTV HD which is on Astro ch 720 will be closed on 26.8.2013. I heard about this from Youtube user h7440. He mentioned that the channel was previously known as AXN Beyond HD in 2010 and aired sci-fi shows.

Sony BeTV HD on Astro ch 720's history in brief:
2010 - started as AXN Beyond HD
1.4.2012 - changed name to Sony BeTV HD
26.8.2013 - channel's closure

(Revised on August 24)

Media news (episode 25)

Welcome to this week's media news. Last week I didn't make it so I make one this week with many new pieces of news, mostly about local TV presentation that I saw.

All the screenshots you see in this post are from my Flickr photostream.

RTM
Since the start of Aidilfitri, TV1 and TV2 redesigned their time banners which is located at bottom-left. The time banner for TV1 is now coloured blue while TV2 is coloured orange. TV2 also added today's date in Hijrah calendar with the "H" letter to identify the Hijrah year while TV1 does not add it (TV1 started airing today's date in Hijrah calendar since Ramadan while TV2 airs today's date in Hijrah calendar since Aidilfitri). The today's date in Hijrah year in the time banner's background's colour is green. TV1 and TV2's Aidilfitri programmes branding logo which is animated also appear above the time banner. TV1 has "Warnai Aidilfitri" while TV2 has "Riang Raya".




On August 16, I saw TV2 moved its programme identifier from the usual top-left to below the station's logo. The programme identifier has three short line spaces below the station logo.The first time I saw it was when I checked TV2 and saw it airing a repeat of Konsert Sanggar Lebaran Siti Nurhaliza with the title "KONSERT SANGGAR LEBARAN". This screenshot below was taken during the next programme which is a Chinese programme called Splash Fiesta. On my last check of the channel on August 12 at 1:25 pm, the programme identifier is gone. Another check on the channel after the 1:30 pm programme which is a black and white movie called Mr Smith Goes to Washington revealed that the programme identifier returned.


Media Prima
While looking through my brother Hafiz's video captures on Youtube, I realised that NTV7 had now used the "15 years of feel good moments" branding through idents besides being used in promos and break bumpers. I estimated that NTV7 started using these idents since late July. I also took an opportunity capturing screenshots of the designs of the idents which differs through programme genres and markets (urban and Chinese) in terms of colour and language. They are different from the current idents used by NTV7 since March 2012 which has just 4 colours and something that resembles each programme genre for the programmes which airs on the channel. No change for the programme identifier and next programme identifier which appears during the start of any programme and after each commercial break of any programme.


On August 5 NTV7's The Breakfast Show has got a new look and identifies as being broadcast live from Studio 4 Glenmarie. The Breakfast Show also now has a news segment called Morning Edition which is broadcast live from Studio 7 Sri Pentas.

Two new children's telemovies have been aired on the Bananana children's block. They are I Heart Kurma and Seringgit Kasorga. Both are Aidilfitri-themed and aired on TV3 and TV9. Another Aidilfitri-themed telemovie that was repeated on TV3 on August 18 was Hari Raya Cendawan which might also be a children's telemovie but not Bananana-branded. The telemovie's duration is 90 minutes. Also Dunia Eicak and Saladin Season 1 which have been aired on TV3 will be aired for a week in the early afternoons of August 12-18 on TV9. Bola Kampung the Movie which was in cinemas on March 21 has got its first TV airing on TV3 and TV9 on the first few days of Aidilfitri. The Bola Kampung The Movie characters also recently appeared in an advertisement for Johnson's Baby Cooling Powder.

It seems that Media Prima advertises more about some programmes' second screen services on the internet or other mediums (mostly by spoken word) rather than on TV. In the previous media news episodes I wrote that in Media Prima's Ramadan and Aidilfitri TV screenings, Media Prima announced that Karlos Raya will get a second screen experience, but I didn't see any advertisements on TV about that. One video about Media Prima's Ramadan and Aidilfitri TV screenings that I saw on Budiey's Youtube channel elaborated about Karlos Raya the second screen experience will be a video chat through Google+. Another one that I heard only in the internet but not on TV was Geng Kampung Pisang (comedy series which airs on TV3 last Ramadan) will be aired 24 hours before first airing on TV9. Meanwhile on a promo for 8TV's local horror drama series What If that I saw on TV a few days ago says that the drama gets a second screen experience where viewers can access the drama's website while watching the drama.   

Line Offline anime series sponsored by mobile messenger Line has been airing on NTV7 and 8TV since August 5 (evidences: @onelikming and @WindKoh on Twitter). NTV7 airs it at 8:30 pm while 8TV airs it at 9:25 pm every Monday to Friday. The anime series has 50 episodes with each running under 5 minutes. The NTV7 broadcast that I observed on August 12 has English dub in American English accent without any translation subtitles while the 8TV broadcast has Chinese dub with Chinese subtitles. The same episode is aired on both channels on the same day. A "Line Everywhere" animated advertisement is seen after each episode ends the anime (the end credits are not aired but the opening titles do with the credits which appear in Line's speaking bubbles in English on NTV7 or in original Japanese on 8TV) and straight away goes to the next programme.

TV3 news has added a small Salam Aidilfitri logo under the TV3 news' programme title since midway during Buletin Utama on August 9. The screenshot below was taken during the end of Buletin Utama on August 12. The logo was replaced by an animated Jalur Gemilang flag with the days left on the right side of the flag as of my last check on August 16.

I also found out that the font and design for the credits seen during the end of TV3 news' programmes remain unchanged since first used on 1.10.2012 while the name graphics other than the credits have not changed as reported in episode 23 of media news.

Astro
On the evening of August 12, I saw PGA Tour on Golf Channel Astro ch 815 airing in 14:9 aspect ratio, not the usual 4:3 aspect ratio.

Priscilla Patrick who does the traffic updates on Astro Radio has moved to Star Publications' radio stations. She had worked for Astro Radio presenting traffic updates for a long time.

Astro Awani now permanently added a blue business exchange stock ticker and stock exchange index information as of last check of the channel on August 15. Another check of the channel on August 17 finds out that only the stock exchange index information appears on weekends and days where there are no stock exchange trading days. The ticker and the index information is located the lower part of the screen with the headline ticker and was previously only appeared during stock exchange trading days between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Hypp TV
Last week and this week I spotted Emas ch 112 had a brief occassion where a few programmes shown on the channel had their aspect ratio upconverted from the original broadcast aspect ratio of 4:3 to 16:9 windowboxed on the channel's 4:3 aspect ratio broadcast signal. They are Mitosastras (local drama), Siapa Pintar (children's game show aired on TV9 in 2009) and Gila Gila Shopping (shopping-related reality show aired on NTV7 in 2006 and produced by Niche Film Sdn Bhd). Hypp TV does not have aspect ratio upscaling options unlike Astro.

(Small revision on August 24)

Media news extra (August 2013)

Here are some pieces of news that I forgot to report in the regular media news series in my blog but I have reported it on my scribbled A4 papers that I keep at my home. Also I want to have some thoughts.

For a short time in late July, Astro Awani had a red button service where it included brief headlines of the major news stories. It is no more available as of my last check of the channel on August 3.

"Unit Promosi & Kreatif TV RTM" is one of the departments of RTM which is responsible for designing the TV presentation and promos for RTM TV, evidenced from Syahadah's end credits.

Stream.MY is a local company which is responsible for the live streaming of RTM's radio and TV channels. The company was responsible for changing the streaming media from Windows Media Server to Flash Media Server, developing live streaming for mobile devices through RTM Mobile and realtime monitoring.

On July 6, I went to KLCC for a jog in the evening with my father and while there, I went to KL Convention Centre and saw a temporary control room for AIM Chinese made by Astro.

(To be continued with deadline on 31.8.2013)

Star RFM office address

According to Asiawaves:

Tropicana City Office Towers Level 2.01 No 3

Jln SS20/27

47400 Petaling Jaya

SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN

 

The Star RFM offices at Tropicana City Office Towers houses the radio stations Red FM, 988, Suria FM and Capital FM. Star RFM moved to there in mid 2011 according to blogger Mynn Lee (a deejay of Red FM). Star RFM's previous office was at Am Assurance building at Jalan Lumut Kuala Lumpur.

Animated movies now have Malay dub version for cinemas

Recently I saw commercials for two animated movies on TV which are The Smurfs 2 and Disney's Planes. For the first time after many years, the Malay dub version for both movies are available on cinemas when they are released. The former's has voices by famous local actors. The latter one says that a 3D version is available in original English version.

In recent years, the Malay dubbed versions of animated movies and sometimes movies too are heard on Astro channels such as Cartoon Network Asia, Disney Channel Asia, HBO Asia and Fox Movies Premium. In 1999 there was a movie called Disney Tarzan which has been dubbed in Malay with local actors and released in cinemas, which is so far the only time I heard a movie dubbed in Malay until when I write this post.

TV Alhijrah close flow (as of 13/8/2013 at 12:30 am)

This is how TV Alhijrah's close of transmission's flow looks like. I observed it through live streaming on 1 Malaysia TV.

1. Al-Quran reading part taken from Dikir Zikir
2. Longer Al-Quran reading
3. Ident
4. Tasbih Kifarah & Surah Al-Asr (shorter)
5. Negaraku
6. Animated "Syawal Satu Kemenangan" close screen announcing that TV Alhijrah returns at 6:00 am, with some nasyid
7. Still part of "Syawal Satu Kemenangan" close screen with silence (seen after some minutes later)

List of Klang Valley-only radio stations (as of August 2013)

These are the radio stations that can be heard in the Klang Valley-only (as of August 2013).

88.9 Capital FM (women targeted radio station owned by The Star)
89.9 BFM The Business Station
93.9 Bernama Radio 24 (owned by Bernama; also airs in Johor Bahru)
101.3 UFM Memang Beda (1M4U-related station)
107.9 1M4U 107.9 (1M4U-related station)

Wanita FM on 88.1 MHz was also a Klang Valley-only radio station targeting women. It was later bought by Media Prima and later changed as a Chinese radio station called One FM in 2009.

Ronggeng Rendang on TV9 features a Japanese who wants to cook rendang

Today I watched Ronggeng Rendang, a special Hari Raya programme produced by Primeworks Studios and airing on TV9. The programme featured a Japanese who wants to cook rendang.

The Japanese featured in Ronggeng Rendang was Masaya Saito aged 26 and came from Yokohama, Japan. He has been married and studies in Universiti Malaya in Business studies. He was selected after being questioned by the programme's production team. The production team searched for foreign university students who can cook rendang. The production team believes that rendang is one of the best dishes in the world. Masaya is actually an exchange student and knows about the Malay culture through the exchange. His favourite food is tempura.

The production team sent Masaya to a village in Beranang and met with his foster family who is an expert in rendang. He was there for three days with Pak Kama. Throughout the period he learnt how to cook one of the types of rendang which is called rendang ayam. He also managed to find the ingredients needed to cook rendang ayam with the help of some locals. He even went to a feast and also a dinner with Pak Kama's big family to experience a typical Malay life. Masaya was friendly with the locals. Pak Kama knows that Masaya is a Buddhist so Pak Kama bought him to a temple at Bukit Broga after a day of his experience cooking rendang.

On the third day Masaya cooked the rendang ayam. After he cooked the rendang, he met the locals and wants them to sample his own cooked rendang ayam. The locals say that his cooked rendang was delicious. At night, he called his wife at Kuala Lumpur and talked about his experience at the village and cooking rendang.

The next day, Masaya went to The Royal Chulan Hotel where he will present his own rendang ayam to the royalty. First, he cooked some rendang ayam with his experience when he was at the village. Some chefs at the hotel made some help and tasted his rendang. Later, he went back with his very own version of rendang ayam where he changed the usual rice used to eat the rendang with Japanese rice. He managed to mix Japanese and Malay elements in his rendang. He wore a yukata that was borrowed from the Japanese Embassy. Then he presented his very own rendang to a royalty which is the Raja Puan Mahkota Perak. She finds that his cooked rendang was delicious and rated it four stars. The Raja Puan Mahkota Perak found out that Masaya wears a yukata to symbolise that he is a Japanese and she believes that he has some spirit of patriotisme. Masaya was thrilled to have the experience and wants to use his experience in the future.

In short, this programme was very entertaining and also informative. In fact this programme is light in nature rather than being serious. The production team has made a good job in making this. I believe that this programme will strengthen the bilateral ties between Malaysia and Japan.

(Small revision on August 10)

1M4U 107.9 FM

Today I managed to log a new radio station that I found on the 107.9 Mhz. It is another station which has the same thing as UFM Memang Beda on 101.3 MHz (which I had mentioned on the previous posts). It is called 1M4U 107.9 FM. It broadcasts in the Klang Valley but the signal is not as good as the others (same goes to UFM). The 107.9 Mhz frequency that I heard in the Klang Valley was previously a distant signal of Negeri FM from Negeri Sembilan which I can hear here.

I might have been late to found this new station because I didn't expect this station will be launched. The Prime Minister talked that this station will be launched very soon when launching 1M4U last year but I didn't expect that and believe it was a rumour. Actually I found UFM 101.3 first, then today I found 1M4U 107.9 FM. I only know these two stations by myself through hearing their station identifications. Didn't know it through the news when it launched or by people who had listened it. So I might be late.

According to a Harian Metro report which I found through a Google search, this station was launched in March after two months of test transmissions. The purpose of the station was to inform about the volunteering works made by 1M4U (1 Malaysia for Youth).

TV9 closedown between 6:00 am and 6:30 am on 7.8.2013

Today TV9 had a brief transmission break between 6:00 and 6:30 am. This is not as listed in Tonton TV schedule where the 4:00 am programme appeared to be airing until 6:30 am.

Before the 6:00 am closedown it was preceeded by a filler (a long PSA on Malaysia Biodiversity) after a repeat showing of the telemovie Baju Raya Istimewa at 4:00 am, Azan Subuh from TV3 (this would be the last time the Azan Subuh will air for this year's Ramadan, last year TV9 aired its own), some promos and Negaraku. Resuming back transmission at 6:27 am with a 15-second countdown, Negaraku, some promos, Raudhah programme block ident and programme classification.

This will be the only day in Ramadan 1434H TV9 does a closedown before the next day which is the first day of Hari Raya where TV9 will resume its normal closedown time of 1:30-6:30 am.

These videos were the actual closedown-startup procedure today as recorded by my brother Hafiz.

Aidilfitri greetings to all the readers of my blog

I would like to take this opportunity to say Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir Batin to all the readers of the blog. May Allah bless you all. Assalamualaikum.

Media Prima's Anugerah Syawal branding

Media Prima's branding for this year's Aidilfitri is called Anugerah Syawal. It is the continuation of the Seindah Ramadan branding. This branding is used in all Media Prima companies especially its TV channels. The theme song for this branding is called Anugerah Syawal and is performed by indie rock band Bunkface. Two versions of the song have been made; one is the rock version (known as "pop rock") and another is the acoustic version.

This is how Media Prima TV stations use the Aungerah Syawal song (I first wrote about this in my recent media news post):
TV3: acoustic version is used for its Anugerah Syawal main promo which has a boy and a girl, both teenagers

NTV7: rock version is used for its Anugerah Syawal-branded programme promos

And these are the music video variations of the Anugerah Syawal but use the rock version of the song

Media Prima staffs MV version which is also seen on Media Prima TV channels as a short version of this (from Hot FM's Youtube channel)




Studio recorded MV version (from TV3's Youtube channel)


UPDATED 7/8/2013: Full HD version of the studio recorded MV version (from TV9's Youtube channel)


UPDATED 13/8/2013: On August 13, I saw an acoustic version of Anugerah Syawal on 8TV and TV9. This music is used in Anugerah Syawal TV3's presentations such as "selepas ini", "petang ini/malam ini" menus and breakbumpers.


To conclude this post, here are the two live versions of Anugerah Syawal on MHI TV3 and The 8TV Quickie

University radio stations around Klang Valley

Here are some university radio stations that are located around Klang Valley.

90.7 Putra FM 
operated by Universiti Putra Malaysia with assistance from RTM's Selangor FM, broadcasting from UPM's campus in Serdang, launched when UPM's Fakulti Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi started offering Bachelor in Communication in 1998 and also the first digital public university campus radio station in Malaysia

93.6 UFM
operated by Universiti Teknologi Mara and broadcasts from UiTM's main campus in Shah Alam, launched in 1996, also with assistance from RTM's Selangor FM, airtime is from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Previous names were Radio 3 Shah Alam siaran ITM, Radio Malaysia Selangor siaran UiTM, Trek 936 in 2000 before changing to present name in 2001

MW/SW transmitting stations around Klang Valley

These are the MW/SW (medium wave/short wave) transmitting stations around Klang Valley that I know. All these transmitters are owned by Radio Televisyen Malaysia. The other MW/SW transmitting stations in Malaysia are at Sabah and Sarawak, relaying local stations which are airing on FM. Other MW/SW transmitting stations in Peninsular Malaysia have been removed and moved to FM. One example is Johor FM.

• RTM Kajang (can be seen along Jalan Cheras, Cheras-Kajang Highway and Kajang Silk Highway, used mostly for RTM's shortwave simulcasts of some radio stations such as Klasik Nasional, Traxx FM and Asyik FM/Salam FM and Voice of Malaysia (RTM's overseas service); I am more familiar seeing this transmitting station)

• RTM Jalan Haji Sirat, Klang (coordination according to Wikimapia: 3°4'49"N 101°26'8"E, can be seen while driving at the Lebuhraya Pintas Selat Klang Utara Baru (SHAPADU Highway) at KM 12 just before an R&R station, first time saw this station was in June 2013 and first thought it was used for maritime communication since it is located close to the port)

(Revised on August 7 and 18)

Media news (episode 24)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
On July 29, I saw Syahadah on TV1 at 6:30 pm for just a check; the programme does air people speaking in their own language (mostly English because the programme's this season goes to Europe) which has Malay subtitle (provided by the production team) for airing on TV1 (TV1 airs the Malay version while the English version airs on TV2 where the name captions and subtitles [if speaking other than English] are changed to English too but no Malay subtitles airing, so no programme name differenation for both versions on different channels), but during an episode that I saw that day, I saw TV1 using its own subtitle generator to air the people speaking in their own language.
UPDATE  5/8/2013: It still goes on when I last checked Syahadah on TV1 after the second commercial break.

On August 2, RTM announced plans to air the Asian Youth Paralympic Games, where RTM would be the host broadcaster of the games which will be held from 26-30 October in Kuala Lumpur, as reported by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. RTM will air the live coverage of the games' opening ceremony, two-hours-a-day of live and recorded coverage of the day's games' events and a daily international highlights package available via satellite to Asian countries.

Media Prima
On August 1, I checked TV3's Bersamamu Penuhi Impian where I saw Roslan Amat, a regular viewer of Bersamamu since 2005. He lives in Kelantan and could only receive TV3. One of his wishes was wanting to meet TV3's personalities especially the old ones. He went there with the Bersamamu team and had appeared in Malaysia Hari Ini. I was previewed on the afternoon of July 31 by a promo in teaser style in just 10 seconds. The link below is the picture of Roslan who is seen wheelchaired, courtesy of Bersamamu's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=668756359818801&set=a.668756283152142.1073741830.123606121000497&type=1&relevant_count=3

On August 2, while checking channels on Hypp TV, I saw TV3's Buletin Utama airing a news report where the TV3's news department visits the two families whose each of the one who have died while working with TV3 news some months ago.

The Edge reports on July 22 that Media Prima will launch its HD simulcasts for one of its TV channels, subject to final confirmation, as early as the first half of 2014. Mohammad Ariff Ibrahim, the CFO of Media Prima says it will be available once the digital terrestrial TV broadcasting infrastructure is ready to enable free-to-air TV operators to broadcast in digital format. Media Prima started convertion works of its broadcasting service from analogue to digital in the second half of 2010 (April-June 2010) which was reportedly cost RM 75 million. Media Prima only made upgrade works for its studio facilities and broadcasting equipments. Media Prima is not responsible for the development of the digital terrestrial TV infrastructure and lobbied to the government to remain as a broadcaster. The Edge also reports that analysts have expected the digital terrestrial TV bid will be awarded by the end of the third quarter of 2013 (possibly September 2013).

NTV7's The Breakfast Show will have a new look on August 5. This has been evidenced from NTV7's Instagram page. Earlier NTV7's Instagram revealed that a special Aidilfitri edition of The Breakfast Show called Raya Eve will be aired on August 7. The edition has been recorded earlier on July 20 (evidenced from the date when the picture was uploaded) before the actual broadcast date.

A special video from Media Prima for this year's Aidilfitri has been made and is posted on Hot FM's Youtube channel and a shorter version of this is seen on Media Prima TV channels. It is called Anugerah Syawal by Bunkface and features the staff of Media Prima, including the TV3 news department with the TV3 news anchors and the monitors of the near-the-newsroom studio which shows out TV3 at around 6:00 pm, Big Tree (one of Media Prima's advertising agency), The 8TV Quickie studio, the refurbished Sri Pentas reception area, NTV7, 8TV and in the Berita Harian and Harian Metro reception area (not at Sri Pentas). Click here for more information on Anugerah Syawal.

 

Astro and Hypp TV
TM signs a deal with Astro to carry Astro Supersport HD and Astro Supersport 2 HD channels which will include the airing of the Barclays Premier League matches on August 1, reports Astro Awani. TM Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa says the collaboration would see Hypp TV carry more sports content and keeping its promise to deliver the best, even can still watch TV when rain happpens outside. TM's Hypp TV acquire only selected matches from Astro and Hypp TV will air six out of 10 Premier League matches. Hypp TV is now also available to Streamyx's 4 and 8 Mbps users where new customers can subscribe to the sports package for RM 30/month until end-September. It will increase to RM 50/month after the period. Through my self-observation, Astro Supersport HD is on Hypp TV ch 708 and Astro Supersport 2 HD is on Hypp TV ch 709.

Astro
On August 3, I spotted Star World having a new look replacing the one that was used since 2010. The new look's theme is called "Just the way I like it".

(Updated August 3, 4 and 5)