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Enhanced value to the experience of TV. InteractiveTV adds richer content to TV shows and more control over content. ChatTV, Red Button, voting, SMS interactive services and stock market monitoring; just some of the services we’ve already built that increases viewer loyalty in an already heterogenous TV viewership market.

iTV RED Button Applications

Apr 28th, 2009

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Ever noticed the Red Button on Astro’s remote control?

Well, that button does wonders! By pressing the Red Button on the remote control, you’ll notice an overlay pop-up appearing on the screen. These pop-ups can contain information, pictures, or it can bring you to a dedicated page or even channel(s) or videos. They can be navigated using the remote control to ’surf’ various sections or pages. The Red Button service is absolutely FREE and it gives you all sorts of interactive content like the Akademi Fantasia 7, Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant, Festive promotions, and lots more!

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Red Button Application > Akademi Fantasia Season 7

Apr 28th, 2009

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Akademi Fantasia is back for season 7! With Akademi Fantasia R Button on Astro Ria (channel 104), home viewers can get the latest information of the programme, students and most excitingly, the vote standing of the students.

With the remote control in hand, viewers can cast their votes to their favourite students instantly. If it isn’t exciting enough, AF7 R button also allow AF fans to come together and share their views in AF chat throughout the whole AF season 24/7.

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Red Button Application > Raja Lawak Season 3

Apr 28th, 2009

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Raja Lawak 3 Press R Raja Lawak 3 is one of the popular Malay programmes on Astro Prima (channel 105) that had Nabil as a winner for second season. By having R Button for this programme, viewers can be always updated with all info of the programme and each of the contestant. Viewers can also chat on R Button with other Raja Lawak fans.

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Red Button Application > Jeyikalaam Vaangge 2008

Apr 28th, 2009

Jeyikalaam Vaangge08 Astro Vellithirai (Channel 202) celebrated Merdeka month having Jeyikalaam Vaangge Question & Answer SMS Contest running for 15 days. Daily questions are promoted in TV commercials. ‘R’ button displayed questions of previous dates allowing home viewers the chance the answer the questions they missed out. The contest and ‘R’ button ended on the Merdeka Day itself.

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Red Button Application > Oasis

Apr 28th, 2009

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Red button on Astro Oasis (channel 106) is available to whole year round to provide Solat Time Table for Muslim to pray throughout peninsular Malaysia, Sabah & Sarawak and some nation of ASEAN like Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore.

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Red Button Application > Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2008

Apr 28th, 2009

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Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant Contest 2008 took on the heat on Astro Wah Lai Toi (Channel 311) in Sept/Oct 2008. ‘R’ button hyped up the home viewers’ excitements by allowing them to view the latest voting stats of all the beautiful contestants. Information of contestants’ profiles, contests and dedications are all placed in R button.

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Red Button Application > CNY 2009

Apr 28th, 2009

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During the Chinese New Year festive period, the ‘R’ button service on Astro AEC becomes the 1 stop information menu. Without loosing your comfort seat to your annoying cousin or house guest for scout for information, it is just a finger tip away.

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Multi-stream Audio & Video > Malay Video Mosaic

Apr 28th, 2009

Malay video Mosaic

Red Button on Astro Ria and the Video Mosaic were available from 0001hrs on 19th October 2008 until 2359hrs on 27th December 2008 and its open to ALL subscribers in Malaysia and Brunei. Using this R Button services, viewers will be able to navigate the following channels in one channel by only pressing R button on their remote controls!

The list of available channels are:
Astro RIA (ch 104)
Astro PRIMA (ch 105)
Astro OASIS (ch 106)
Astro ARUNA (ch 121)
Astro KIRANA (ch 122)
Astro AWANI (ch 501)
Astro CERIA (ch 611)
Saluran Variasi – this is a barker channel that are scheduled with Astro local content.

In this services also, we provided home viewers with saluran VARIASI where it’s an additional channel to catch up or watch Astro local contents such as Raja Lawak show and Akademi Fantasia concerts!

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Chat TV > Chat@15 !

Apr 28th, 2009

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Astro@15 is the country’s first 24-hour interactive TV channel. The channel creates a platform for viewers to interact with all viewers from Malaysia and Brunei. @15 chat (channel 109) are the platform for home viewers enjoying to chat on TV with other chatters, and not only that, they also able to chat with the famous guest celebrities such as celebrities from Akademi Fantasia and many more! Viewers can also use all interactive services on @15 during chat by using animated emoticon; send their picture through MMS and much more interactive service while chatting.

For further details, please visit Astro@15 in www.astro.com.my

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Chat TV > Chat Ulagam on Sun Music

Apr 28th, 2009

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Chat Ulagam on Sun Music (Channel 212) offers home viewers to chat on TV with friends and loved ones while watching the music video everyday, 24/7.

Chatters have the opportunity to express theirselves in many colourful ways. They can personalize your chat space with photo and chat skins, express your feelings with emoticons, polls, love meter and much more.

For further details, please visit chat ulagam in www.astro.com.my

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