News & Reviews: streaming
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May 23, 2023
Astro recently announced that you can now use WeTV on the official Astro Ultra Box. Of course, this means that you’ll have to add the WeTV VIP subscription to your current Astro bundle (for an additional RM10.50 a month). It also means that once you’ve done so, you can also watch the various shows via the WeTV mobile app.
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Dec 07, 2022
YouTube has revealed that it will be introducing custom global emotes for comments and live chats on the platform. Called YouTube Emotes, the feature is similar to the one popularised by the Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch.
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Aug 12, 2021
For those unaware, Sony acquired Crunchyroll for USD 1.175 billion (~RM4.98 billion) at the end of last year. The move was recently completed, so Sony could be thinking about how to make use of the platform. One way could involve PlayStation Plus.
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Jul 01, 2021
Today, Yoodo announced a new partnership with iQiyi to give Malaysians an attractive promo deal. At just RM1 per month, Yoodo users can now experience a brand new 20GB iQiyi add-on and stream their favourite Asian movies, TV shows and many more.
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May 04, 2021
With Disney+ Hotstar announced, it has also been revealed that Astro got appointed by The Walt Disney Company to be an official distributor of the platform. Also launching on 1 June 2021, here's how current Astro users will benefit from subscribing to Disney+ Hotstar.
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May 04, 2021
Today, the news of Disney+ launching in Malaysia is finally coming true. As expected like our neighbour, Singapore, the name will be Disney+ Hotstar and will start streaming on 1 June 2021. Besides the huge library collection of Disney movies, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there will be local contents as well such as J2 J Retribusi, Ejen Ali and more.
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Mar 11, 2021
Remember when your favourite K-pop song suddenly disappeared from Spotify last week? As you already know, this was due to the expiry of the license agreement between Spotify and Kakao Entertainment. Fortunately, that should no longer be a problem.
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Mar 01, 2021
If you suddenly can't listen to any of your favourite K-Pop songs on Spotify, you're not alone. Apparently, a majority of K-Pop songs on Spotify have been removed without warning due to the license agreement with Kakao M, the distributor and partner of Spotify.
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Dec 03, 2020
If you follow a lot of YouTube channels, you've probably encountered Premieres before. It's a feature that allows content creators or artists to drop teasers early in advance, as well as provide a place for fans to mingle and generate hype. And now the company has announced three new features: Live Redirect, Trailers, and Countdown Themes.
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Oct 07, 2020
In the last few months, one of the apps that Google has been putting quite a bit of work would be YouTube Music. The company has been adding or updating a lot of features in the recent months and has recently released a new update, which lets you play songs you've saved on the cloud on smart speakers.
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