Fremantle and Astro Shaw have announced that the crime drama series Bad Cop will be adapted as an Astro Originals premium series for Malaysian audiences. The local version of the scripted format is set to premiere across all Astro platforms including Astro Citra, Astro Ria, On Demand, Astro Go and Sooka starting December 19th. On […]
Double Vision, the Malaysian production company, part of the Vision New Media group, led by CEO Min Lim, has entered into a strategic partnership with RisingJoy, the growing microdrama and digital entertainment business co-founded by Cassandra Yang and Ricky Ow. The new arrangement allows Double Vision to explore the rapidly expanding microdrama market with an […]
Today (December 3rd) at ATF, three significant players in the ASEAN television market announced that they are to collaborate for a major new co-production agreement. Malaysian production company Double Vision and Malaysian studio Astro Shaw will now work with ABS-CBN, the leading media and entertainment company in the Philippines, to produce three new drama series […]
Vision Plus Entertainment, the rights management and distribution arm of Vison New Media, has struck a major deal with Astro for Up Studios’ animated property Super BOOMi. Under the terms of the deal, Astro, the Malaysiab media and entertainment company, has acquired the exclusive rights to show the CG-animated Super BOOMi cartoon series on its […]
ThinkAnalytics, a specialist in video content discovery and personalisation, has announced that Astro, the media and content company in Malaysia, has again chosen ThinkAnalytics to drive viewer engagement on its sooka streaming service. Astro went live with ThinkMediaAI at the end of April and is already reporting that ThinkMediaAI’s personalised user experience and enhanced content […]
wedotv, the free streaming TV platform, has announced a distribution agreement with sooka, the Malaysian streaming content provider, to bring four of its signature FAST channels to its platform. The deal marks wedotv’s second major expansion in the Southeast Asian market following its launch earlier this year in Indonesia through Dens.tv. Now, via sooka, Malaysian […]
Irdeto, the global leader in digital video platform experiences and security, has announced its partnership with Astro, the largest pay-TV company in Malaysia, to launch the all-new Astro Sooka streaming platform. This collaboration marks a transformative step for Astro, leveraging Irdeto Experience for a complete overhaul of the Sooka platform, spanning backend, front-end and end-to-end […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions, has announced a partnership with Media Prima Berhad, the Malaysian media company, harnessing Broadpeak’s server-side ad insertion (SSAI) service to power OTT revenue transformation. The broadcaster utilises Broadpeak’s dynamic ad insertion solution via the broadpeak.io SaaS platform to monetise its OTT service Tonton […]
Malaysia’s 67th National Day Parade in Putrajaya showcased more than just the country’s patriotic spirit. AGITO, the dvanced modular robotic camera system developed by Motion Impossible, made its debut, transforming the broadcast coverage in a way that drew attention from both the King and public alike. Capturing an event as large-scale and fluid as the […]
Malaysia’s first ever 5G-powered live broadcast was successfully conducted during National Day, in a collaboration between national broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and 5G network provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), with Ericsson as technology partner. The live broadcast of the 2024 National Day parade was a successful proof-of-concept to trial five critical broadcasting elements – […]