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Back in November 2022, it was announced that Netflix has officially launched on Astro TV and Ultra Box. The platform was planned for Astro Ulti Box as well and it has now arrived today. Netflix will be available for streaming on the High Definition (HD) enabled Astro Ulti Box. 

Today, Astro just announced that all the subscribers will have a free preview of all its movies and Korean channels on TV and Astro Go. The company just recently won a couple of awards at the Putra Brand Awards 2021 so as a gesture of goodwill, the free viewing will begin on 29 January until 6 February 2022.

Today, Astro has finally announced that Netflix is now officially on Astro TV. Besides that, there is also an all-new Astro pack designed for customers, allowing them to stream all the shows on Ultra Box and soon, Ulti Box alongside Disney+ Hotstar, HBO Go, iQIYI, TVBAnywhere+ and more. 

Today, Astro announced the official launch of the new Astro Ultra Plug & Play Box. As a first-of-its-kind offering, the box allows customers to self-install and enjoy the Ultra Box features of Cloud Recording, Play from Start by simply connecting the box to the TV and internet. The starting price for a new customer is RM39.

Two days ago, it was reported that the Astro service network was down due to a satellite issue. Thankfully, they managed to restore it back just last night at starting from 9 PM onwards. If you have Astro at home, you are advised to restart the Astro Box first before watching a show.

Today, Astro is launching the Ulti Box which is the company's latest addition to a series of connected TV boxes. The Ulti Box is a new compact set-top-box with HD and WiFi functions where customers can find streaming videos on demand, shows and convenient cloud recording. 

For about 3 weeks and counting of MCO, gamers and movie fans have been getting a lot of freebies (thank you, y'all). While there is also free e-books stuff, but they aren't promoted as much as the other two. With this, Astro have announced that they are partnering up with BookXcess for the book worms this MCO. 

Update - Astro have also extended their complimentary viewing!

Nope, this is not an April's Fool joke. Astro will be reorganizing the numbers on their channel on 1 April 2020. According to their PR statement, this is to provide their Astro customers with a better viewing experience including Astro GO and NJOI (really?). Anyway, since there are more than 100 HD channels, the company will move them to higher positions. 

Today, Astro (in collaboration with Maxis) have announced three new additional Astro + Broadband content packages for Malaysians which are 300Mbps, 500Mbps, and 800Mbps. With a starting price of RM189, this partnership with Maxis Home Fibre is best suited for those who want high-speed broadband with more connected devices.