Tuesday, January 18, 2011

TM adds 4 new TV channels to its pay TV network

KUALA LUMPUR: TELEKOM MALAYSIA BHD [] (TM) has increased the channels for its Pay TV service - HyppTV - with the addition of UTV Movies, UTV Bindass, Jaya Max and Bloomberg Television.

TM said on Tuesday, Jan 18 these four premium channels, introduced on Jan 14, could be purchased by HyppTV subscribers from as low as RM3 per month to RM6 per month.

It said Bloomberg TV is an international business news-based channel. While UTV Movies, UTV Bindass and Jaya Max are entertainment channels from India that offer Bollywood movies, reality shows, as well as Hindi and Tamil music programmes.

TM executive vice-president for new media, Jeremy Kung said the four new channels constituted another milestone in its overall plan to progressively grow its linear channels and our library of video-on-demand content across a variety of genres to meet the interests of its customers.

"With HyppTV, we are offering UniFi subscribers a new viewing experience that gives them more flexibility and more freedom to purchase the channels they want and to enjoy the content primetime, anytime, every time," Kung added.

TM's HyppTV service was launched in October last year and is available to all TM UniFi High Speed Broadband (HSBB) residential customers as part of the service's triple-play offering.

They comprise of phone, high speed internet and pay TV services - which include free and premium channels, as well as video on demand and interactive content.

HyppTV has 33 channels being offered via UniFi residential packages - 14 that are offered for free while 19 are available for purchase on an ala carte basis.

To recap, the free channels include TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9, Hikmah, Channel NewsAsia, Euronews, DW-TV Asia+, Australia Network, Travel Channel, Luxe.TV HD and VOD News - Fokus Hari Ini.

The 19 premium channels are BabyFirst TV, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, Channel [V] Taiwan, fashiontv HD, fashiontv, iConcerts HD, MUTV, Screen RED, STAR Chinese Channel, STAR Chinese Movies 2, Syfy Universal, Universal Channel and Warner TV, in addition to the four new channels launched this month. TM is continuously growing its HyppTV channel offering to offer the best programs for all walks of life.

TM UniFi is being offered via three residential packages. The residential triple-play packages are VIP5 at RM149 a month, VIP10 at RM199 a month and VIP20 at RM249 a month. The HyppTV service is delivered via a dedicated 8Mbps bandwidth in addition to the subscribed UniFi package.




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