Astro Arena (TV channel)
Astro Arena is a Malaysian television station owned and operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia and 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 Pack. 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.
| Country | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Malaysia Brunei |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Malay English |
| Picture format | 16:9 (SDTV) & (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Televisyen Malaysia Astro |
| Sister channels | Radio Televisyen Malaysia: TV1 TV2 TV Okey Berita RTM Sukan RTM TV6 Astro: Astro SuperSport Astro Cricket |
| History | |
| Launched | 26 March 2010 (SD) 5 June 2015 (HD) 18 August 2018 (Astro Arena Radio) 1 October 2021 (Astro Arena 2 HD) |
| Closed | 12 April 2021 (SD) (Astro only) 1 October 2021 (Astro Arena Radio) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| myFreeview | Channel 153 (HD) (available on 1 January 2023) |
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 on NJOI customers in Malaysia on Channel 831 in Standard Definition (SD) format (for current NJOI customers only) and channel 801 in High Definition (HD) format (Astro customers & NJOI Prepaid).
Channels
Astro Arena 2
Astro Arena 2 is the first sister channel of Astro Arena. Launched on 1 October 2021, it is broadcast in Channel 802 in HD. It airing localised coverage of international sports and sports news updates for Malaysian sport fans.
Coverage
Current
Broadcasting rights
Football
Soccer
- FIFA
- National teams
- Men's :
- FIFA World Cup (including qualifiers for Europe (all matches) and Asia (selected matches)
- Men's :
- National teams
- UEFA
- FAM
- Malaysia national football team (World Cup and all Asian Cup qualifiers from first round, with exclusive coverage for all friendlies)
- Malaysia national under-23 football team
- Malaysia women's national football team
- Men's :
- Malaysia Premier Futsal League
- Women's :
- Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Women)
- AFF
- AFC
- King's Cup
- Kirin Cup Soccer
- DFL (no broadcast since 2015 until 2020)
- Eredivisie
- DFB-Pokal: coverage starts from round of 16
Badminton
- BWF
- BWF World Tour
- World Championships
- Teams
- Thomas Cup (men's championship)
- Uber Cup (women's championship)
- Sudirman Cup (mixed team championship)
- Individuals
- Teams
- Badminton Asia Championships (national teams (men's, women's, and mixed) and Individuals)
- Malaysia Purple League
Hockey
- FIH
- Men :
- Men's FIH Hockey World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
- Men's FIH Pro League
- FIH Junior World Cup
- Women's :
- Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
- Women's FIH Junior World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
- Women's FIH Pro League
- Men :
- Asia Hockey
- Men :
- Women :
- MHC
Netball
Sepak takraw
- ISTAF
- Sepak Takraw League (including Champions Cup tournament)
Motorsport
- Asia Road Racing Championship
- Malaysia Superbike Championship
Multi-sport events
Former
Football
Soccer
- FAM
- Malaysia FA Cup (until 2014)
- MFL
- Malaysia Premier League (until 2014)
- Malaysia Super League (until 2014)
- Piala Sumbangsih (until 2014)
- Malaysia Challenge Cup (until 2019)
- Malaysia Cup (until 2014)
Hockey
- Sultan of Johor Cup (until 2014)
Motorsport
- Malaysia Championship Series (until 2019)
- Malaysia Speed Festival (until 2019)
Shows
- Formasi
- Formasi Ekstra
- Forum
- Grandstand Ahad
- Kafe Sukan
- Masa Tambahan
- Nadi Arena
- Raket
- Bola@Mamak
- Arena Sukan
- Sehari Bersama
- Flik
- Dengan Izin
- Sorakan 12
- Masa Tambahan – Arena Bola
- Masa Tambahan – Antarabangsa
- Arena Bola
- Deskripsi Nadi Arena – DNA
See also
References
External links
- www.arena.my