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Free Preview of Astro for Customers, 15-31 Jan 2023

14/01/2023

14

January

2023

Free Preview of Astro for Customers, 15-31 Jan 2023

All Astro customers can enjoy free preview of 10 selected channels on TV and Astro GO from 15 to 31 January 2023 as a gesture of appreciation for the support received at the Putra Brand Awards 2022.

Among the channels and its content that customers can preview during this period are:

o tvN HD (Ch395): Korean hits e.g. Missing: The Other Side S2, Birdie Boys

o BOO HD (Ch404): Asian horror stories e.g. Pengabdi Setan, Hantu Bonceng 2.0, Penunggang Agama

o SHOWCASE MOVIES (Ch413): all-time favourites e.g. Mission: Impossible - Fallout, The Bourne Legacy, Baywatch

o CNN HD (Ch511) and BBC World News HD (Ch512): latest news and insights from around the globe

Over the same period, Astro is also introducing four new channels for preview, namely:

o CBeebies (Ch620), which offers a wide range of pre-school favourites eg Bluey Season 2, Hey Duggee Season 4, Thomas& Friends, JoJo & Gran Gran Series 2

o DreamWorks (Ch 622), a 24-hour kids and family network bringing DreamWorks beloved movie heroes to the small screen in their own TV shows including: The Boss Baby: Back in Business, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Dragons: Race to the Edge, and more

o Love Nature (Ch558) & Love Nature 4K(Ch549) featuring awe-inspiring stories on the wonders of nature including Africas Hidden Kingdoms, Shark Squad, Strange Creatures, and New Kids In The Wild. Love Nature 4K is available to all Astro customers via the Ultra Box

o Global Trekker (Ch559), a multi-genre factual entertainment channel for shows covering culture, food and travel, new innovations in technology as well as popular biographies of todays personalities including Tech Billionaires: Elon Musk, David Beckham: Infamous, Adele: A New Chapter and Queen Elizabeth: A Lifetime Of Service

In addition, customers also enjoy the special pop-up channel, Too FUN (Ch100) from 14 January till 12 February 2023. Too FUN provides exciting entertainment ranging from the hottest variety shows, drama to movies, including From Beijing with Love, I Fine..Thank You..Love You and CZ12.

Meanwhile, Go Shop customers can enjoy RM12 discount for purchases worth RM120 and above with promo code PUTRA12 from 14 January to 3 February 2023.

Please refer to Appendix for some content highlights during the free preview period
LINK: https://corporate.astro.com.my/mediaroom-releases/free-preview-of-astr...
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