Sony BeTV HD on Astro ch 720 closure as it happened on 25.8.2013

This is how the closure of Sony BeTV HD on Astro ch 720 looks like on 25.8.2013, courtesy of this video from Hai712.

The procedure of the closure as follows according to the video:

• Closing credits of an American sitcom and reminder of next programme "Men At Work" at 12:00 am which will not be aired after Sony BeTV HD on Astro closes afterwards
• Ad for The Edge Bursa Malaysia Rat Race 2013 - didn't know at all that it happened a few weeks ago when I saw this
• Astro Tutor TV UPSR ad ("Keep it simple and prepared with Astro Tutor TV UPSR")
• Promo for Misteri Bisikan Pontianak on Astro First
• Blue screen with warning "Please be informed that beTV HD channel has ceased transmission" 

The blue screen warning remained on the channel for 2 weeks and the channel switched off after the period.

Media news (episode 30)

Welcome to this week's media news. Not many interesting news this week.

RTM
On the early morning of September 21, I checked RTM TVi and saw Destinasi Borneo, a Chinese travelogue program which also has Malay subtitles which amazed me. This is the first time I saw a Malay-subtitled programme on RTM TVi. Even the subtitle position of the channel is different which is lower like TV2's 6:00pm Mon-Thu Chinese drama than TV1 and TV2's but the subtitle font is the same. RTM TVi has never aired any subtitled programme before nor air any commercial advertising like TV1 and TV2 did as far as I know.

Media Prima
Another football match will be broadcast by Media Prima after the recent Pesta Bola Merdeka on TV9 and the Malaysia XI vs FC Barcelona friendly match on August 10 on TV3. The Sultan of Selangor Cup will be broadcast on TV3 on September 28 at 9:00pm. The match will be between Selangor vs Singapore. Here is a screenshot of the match's livestream link on Tonton live TV streaming.

Recently I've really realised that there is a slight change on TV9's logo. I didn't really realise this barely seven months after TV9 redesigned its logo from being normal to a 3D cake one. The slight change is the edge part of TV9's logo in the middle which is changed from being round to being straight.

Media news (episode 29)

Welcome to media news for the week between September 9 and 16. I'm really sorry for the delay of the release of this post because I was busy having fun surfing the internet at home.

RTM
A filler programme which is currently airing on TV1 and TV2 is Merah Saga, a series of sketches that have patriotism value. The sketches have been made in front of audience at Audiotorium Perdana Angkasapuri. I think it started a few months ago.

On September 12, I saw Bernama TV reported that an RTM news programme aired a lookalike Royal Malaysian Police logo downloaded from the internet which offenced the police. RTM made an apology and suspended the individuals related to the incedent.

On September 12, I saw TV1's Biz Malaysia having new ticker graphics where the date and stocks are at the top while the news headlines ticker is at the bottom. It is now generated by a new software which makes the graphics neat much like other graphics used by RTM news instead of being Powerpoint-like generated which made the graphics ugly. Biz Malaysia had a temporary ticker graphic from the Powerpoint-like generator for a few weeks replacing the long-running one.

Media Prima
Izwan Azir Salleh of TV3 news who had just married two weeks ago is reporting on the 50th anniversary of Sarawak's independence within Malaysia.

In a promo for TV3 news' Malaysia Day coverage, I saw Buletin 1:30 and Berita Terkini being named as "B130" and "Terkini" respectively.

Planet Kiara is now airing on TV9 after airing on TV3 a few months ago. It airs every Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00 pm.

I've heard that there are three presenter auditions which were made by Media Prima this week. They are Pencarian Hos Raudhah (for women only and held in Sri Pentas), Pantene Star Search Anugerah Skrin 2013 and Projek Metro which is in collaboration with Harian Metro, Hot FM and TV3.

Astro
Astro ch 720 that I've mentioned before in a few episodes have been switched off and no longer available when I last checked on September 11.

On September 16, Astro had a day of free viewing of subscription channels after having an upgrade late at night.

I'm planning to update a list of Astro channels in 14:9 aspect ratio soon if I have time because I've checked the subscription channels on September 16.

Others
On September 12, I watched Bernama TV on Hypp TV at 6:00 pm where the programme was Bernama News with Market Report. The headlines was written in Malay instead of the usual English which amazed me. Meanwhile I also checked DW English on Hypp TV where the voiceover for such "in 15 mins/in 30 mins", "next week, same time" announcements are removed and is shown in text instead for the former only.

Media news (episode 28)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
On September 1, TV1 aired a live rugby match called HSBC Rugby Asian Series 7-A Side at around 6:00 pm.

On September 2, I saw TV1's ticker showing an announcement of the Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia (new name for the Ministry of Information)wants to invite companies registered with the ministry to distribute foreign syndicated programmes to TV1 and TV2 when needed. The programmes will be used for airing in 2014. Link for the announcement is here.

TV1 and TV2 stopped using the special time banners for Syawal after the end of the recent Syawal month and reverted back to the normal time banner. Not sure if TV1 and TV2 will make something like this for the coming Hari Raya Aidiladha.

Media Prima
Dunia Eicak is airing as a re-run on TV3 (current airtime is Tuesday 6:30 pm) and also on TV9 after a period of airing during last Aidilfitri (August 12-18).

Now I'm going to reveal the real part of Pesta Bola Merdeka after a few pieces of news in my last two episodes. TV9 airs Pesta Bola Merdeka along with Astro. This year's Pesta Bola Merdeka will be held at Stadium Darul Makmur in Kuantan, Pahang and will be run for a week. TV9 will air live and delayed matches. A livestream on Tonton live TV streaming has been opened and is open for global audiences.
Airing before the Pesta Bola Merdeka pre-match programme on September 7 at around 5:10 pm with Kieran Hot FM is a re-run of Upin & Ipin episode Anak Harimau Bahagian 6 and Bananana Squad. TV9 uses its own commentary with Abu Bakar Atan of TV3 sports. Two matches will be airing on TV9 on September 7. This is not the first time TV9 air football although TV9 rarely aired too many sports programmes unlike others such as Astro and RTM. TV9 has aired Africa Cup of Nations along with TV3, this year's AFC Cup and also the UEFA Euro.

Here's an extra bit - I saw TV9's "Siaran langsung" (live) graphic which made the video contrast slightly dark. I captured this during the Pesta Bola Merdeka pre-match programme on September 7.

Astro
On September 7, I saw Astro airing "Excuse Me, Your Malaysian Is Showing" music video which shows many Malaysian phrases. It is part of Astro's Merdeka and Malaysia Day branding called Negaraku. The hashtag is #UrMalaysianIsShowing. Video link is here, courtesy of Astro's Youtube channel.

Media news (episode 27)

Welcome to this week's media news.

RTM
On August 26 I saw a promo for Opah. The 1980s drama series which is now revived airs every Wednesday at 9:00 pm on TV1.

Salam Baitullah will start airing in late September on TV1. It will be sponsored by Bank Rakyat.

This week I saw TV1's news ticker saying that a presenter audition for Mini Parlimen for children will be held at the Theaterette of Wisma TV Angkasapuri.  

Media Prima
On the evening of August 27 I saw Media Prima TV channels did not air their news programmes. It is such a strange moment for me. When I watched the end of 7 Edition of that day on Tonton on September 1, it was found out to be a technical fault. When I checked Berita TV9 on that day on Tonton too, it elaborated that news visuals cannot appear was the cause of the technical fault. I checked TV3 on August 27 and found out that it aired an episode of Edisi Khas as a filler programme in the midway during Buletin Utama and end at 9:00 pm. NTV7 aired some documentary series since 7:00 pm without an airing of Edisi 7 and 8TV and TV9 aired a longer version of Biodiversiti Malaysia PSA just before 8:30 pm.

TV9 will start re-running a telenovela called Rosalina which has been aired on TV3 in the early 2000s on a brand new drama block called Estrella. It will air on the block Monday to Friday at 11:30 pm. TV9 has never aired any telenovelas before but it had experience airing a few Filipino dramas. The drama block's slot was previously occupied by Hot TV and Fly FM Stripped which airs on Monday to Wednesday and drama re-runs and other programmes on other weekdays. Hot FM is now airing every Friday at 7:30 pm instead which replaces Hot TV Extra which is a compilation of Hot FM which airs Monday to Wednesday. Here is a screenshot of the logo of the new block, taken from Rosalinda's promo on TV9's Youtube channel.

I've mentioned about Pesta Bola Merdeka in the last episode. Pesta Bola Merdeka will also air on Astro and Tonton live TV streaming besides TV9. Here is a screenshot of Pesta Bola Merdeka coming soon on Tonton live TV streaming.

On August 30, I saw TV3's Buletin Utama reused the original name graphics which is used since October 2012. TV3 has stopped using the previous name graphics used since last July.

TV3 resumes using normal branding on August 26 after using the Seindah Ramadan-Anugerah Syawal branding.

On September 1, I saw Sembang Sembang Jom Heboh and other Jom Heboh-related programmes produced in HDTV and aired in 16:9 letterboxed on TV3. This weekend's Jom Heboh is held at Sandakan in Sabah.

Astro
This week I saw Disney Channel and Disney XD slightly changed their promo design. A banner which has the channel's logo and the airing date and time inside a line is located on the bottom-left side of the screen.

Hypp TV
Hypp TV has just launched three new channels at the end of this week. Click here.

Hypp TV new channels in September 2013

Hypp TV has launched three new channels today. Two are new while one is replaced by a new channel. Ch 604 and 616 will have free viewing for one month and will be subscription channels afterwards. Ch 121 will be a free channel. The former two are in SD while the latter is in HD.

Ch 121 - Showcase TV Direct
Malaysia's first 24-hour home shopping channel in English
Ch 604 - Channel [V] International
Music channel which replaces Nat Geo Music in HD; Channel [V] has also been aired on Astro for a long time until late 2000s when it was replaced by Fox Asia. This is Channel [V] second and returning appearance in Malaysia. Channel [V] appeared sometimes on FX HD on Astro.
Ch 616 - RTL CBS Entertainment
Entertainment channel from RTL Group and CBS Studios International which carries first run new Hollywood programmes such as The X Factor and Entertainment Tonight; RTL stands for Radio Television Luxembourg

Source: https://twitter.com/HyppTV/status/373973512685228032/photo/1/large

(Updated on September 7)