Astro Arena (TV channel)

Astro Arena
Launched 26 March 2010 (Malaysia)
TBA (Singapore via Singtel TV)
Owned by Astro
Picture format 4:3 (SDTV) 16:9 (HDTV)
Slogan Nadi Sukan Malaysia
Country Malaysia
Broadcast area Malaysia
Singapore
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website www.arena.my
NJOI Channel 801 (SD)

Astro Arena is a Malaysian television station owned and operated by Astro. It is the first 24/7 Malay language sports channel in Malaysia. This channel can be viewed on channel 801 through Astro's Family Package subscription and also on Singtel TV in Singapore Launched on 26 March 2010, it was the idea from the former Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports YB. Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, together with the Olympic Council of Malaysia and Astro, to have a sports channel dedicated solely to the development of Malaysian sports.

Astro Arena is a 4-in-one channel featuring live local sports, a comprehensive 7-day-a-week coverage of local and international sports news, informative magazine and information programming and interactive viewer involvement.[1]

The channel delivers 700 hours of live, local sports a year, with an additional 2000 hours of replays greatly expanding the amount of local sports available in the country. It also provides coverage of up to 56 hours a week of Malaysians competing at international levels or the best in world sports of a particular interest to the Malaysian audience.[1]

Astro Arena is currently available for free-to-view on Astro customers and paid-pre-view on NJOI customers in Malaysia on Channel 801 in Standard Definition (SD) format.

Astro Arena has open trial test version of High Definition (HD) format as Astro Arena HD on channel 802 starting 13 August 2014 to 8 September 2014.

Program

Recurring

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Astro Arena Channel 801". Retrieved 7 February 2013.

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