Unifi TV

Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to January 2018)^[1] is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and IPTV called unifi.

Unifi TV

Formerly	HyppTV
Type	IPTV and OTT platform
Industry	Pay TV
Founded	24 March 2010; 13 years ago (2010-03-24)
Headquarters	Menara Telekom, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Area served	Malaysia
Products	IPTV OTT Mobile TV
Owner	Telekom Malaysia
Website	unifi.com.my/tv

History

 

HyppTV logo (2010–2018)

 

unifi playTV logo (2018–2023)

On 12 January 2018, as part of a true convergence initiative by TM, HyppTV and HyppTV Everywhere was rebranded to unifi TV and unifi playTV respectively.^[2]

In January 2019, TM temporarily stopped offering free unifi TV set-top boxes for new unifi Home and broadband customers, instead providing free access to unifi playTV, citing changing consumer behaviours of watching content on the go and the rising trend of OTT streaming.^[3] However, this resulted in new unifi TV users being unable to enjoy benefits the unifi TV set-top box had, such as improved visual quality and watching channels exclusive to the set-top box (such as majority channels from The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific, joining contests and using TV apps).

On 15 January 2020, unifi TV launched the unifi Plus Box, which ran off Android TV. The box was manufactured by Skyworth Digital. It introduced new features such as the delivery of 4K content through the unifi TV app and as of 2022 comes with several pre-installed streaming apps including iflix, BBC Player, YuppTV, and Viu. Ultimate Pack subscribers have free access to Disney+ Hotstar, BBC Player, SPOTV NOW and beIN Sports Connect.^[4]

On 30 June 2020, the unifi TV app was updated to allow subscribers to download the app on other Android TV devices without the need for the Plus Box. The app is available on Google-certified devices, and to users which have been migrated.^[5]

Services

The service is being offered to residential and business customers in Malaysia over an optical fiber network via Fiber to the Home (FTTH) for landed properties and VDSL2 for high rise properties.

This IPTV service was later offered to Streamyx ADSL2+ (now called as "Broadband" or "pre-unifi") customers. However, due to the technical limitations of ADSL on copper line, certain features like picture-in-picture (PiP) and high-definition (HD) available to unifi customers are not available for Streamyx customers. The bandwidth is also shared for both Internet and IPTV for Streamyx customers.^[6]

The IPTV service is also available to all mobile device subscribers with the unifi playTV (officially known as playtv@unifi) app (formerly known as HyppTV Everywhere) for Android and iOS. Each unifi TV subscriber is entitled to two free mobile devices for watching, and customers are free to sign up for extra packages on an à-la-carte basis. A specially-priced data plan may be purchased from several telcos to ensure watching shows doesn't drain the data quota of the phone.

Television channels

LCN	Name	UHD	HDTV	Free	Ultimate	Aneka+	Ruby+	Varnam+	playTV@unifi	On Demand Catch-up
101	TV1	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
102	TV2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
103	TV3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
107	NTV7	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
108	8TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
109	TV9	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
113	Salam HD	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
114	TV AlHijrah	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
116	Sensasi	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
118	Inspirasi	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
120	DEGUP	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
121	SIAR	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
122	TVS	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
128	Dunia Sinema	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
141	Pesona	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
201	tvN Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
211	tvN Asia	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
233	now Jelli	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
235	CCTV-4	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
239	SETI	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
288	Celestial Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
289	CCM	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
302	Zee Thirai	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
303	Sony YAY!	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
311	Colors Tamil	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
333	Colors Cineplex	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
401	HBO	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
402	HBO Hits	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
403	HBO Family	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
405	Cinemax	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
407	HITS Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
408	Paramount Network	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
411	CinemaWorld	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
451	Warner TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
453	AXN	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
454	HITS	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
461	ONE	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
462	K-Plus	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
471	GEM	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
472	Animax	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
473	ROCK Entertainment	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
474	ROCK Action	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
501	BBC Earth	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
502	Love Nature	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
511	HGTV	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
512	BBC Lifestyle	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
521	Travel Channel	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
529	Luxe.TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
531	MTV Live	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
550	DreamWorks Channel	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
551	Moonbug	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
552	Nick Jr.	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
553	CBeebies	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
554	Nickelodeon	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
555	Cartoonito	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
556	Cartoon Network	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
601	BBC News	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
602	Al Jazeera English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	No
610	CGTN	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
611	CNA	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
612	Euronews	No	No	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
613	WION	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
631	BERNAMA TV	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
633	RTM Parlimen	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
641	ABC Australia	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
642	DW English	No	Yes	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
643	NHK World Japan	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
652	France 24 English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
701	unifi Sports	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
706	SPOTV	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
707	SPOTV2	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
708	beIN Sports	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
709	beIN Sports 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
710	beIN Sports 3	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
711	beIN Sports 4	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Notes

• All premium channels are also available via the à la carte option from as low as RM6/month. Terms and conditions apply.
• ^α Only offers a 16:9 standard definition (SD) quality for now.
• ^β Only playTV@unifi subscribers or set-top box users can access this channel.
• ^γ playTV@unifi subscribers registered via mobile number can purchase this channel.

Radio channels

Name	Package	Price per month
988	Free-to-air	Free
Suria	Free-to-air	Free

Video-on-demand (VOD)

Name	Package	Free	HD	playTV@unifi
Aniplus	All unifi TV Pack	No	Yes	Yes
BBC First	All unifi TV Pack	No	Yes	Yes
Miao Mi	Ruby Plus Pack & Ultimate Pack	No	Yes	Yes
Smithsonian Channel	All unifi TV Pack	No	Yes	Yes
U PICK	Pay-per-view	No	Yes	Yes
Catch-Up	À la carte channels / All unifi TV Pack	No	Yes	Yes
Snek	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes

See also

• Television in Malaysia
• Digital television in Malaysia

References

1. Qishin Tariq (15 January 2018). "HyppTV rebrands as unifi TV". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. "TM HyppTV is no more". Soya Cincau. 9 January 2018.
3. "TM no longer offers IPTV Set-Top-Box for Unifi TV". Soya Cincau. 17 January 2019.
4. "unifi TV Plus 4K Box Now Available For Additional RM 10 Per Month or Plan Upgrade". Lowyat.NET. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. "unifi TV App Now Works On Other Android TV Devices". Lowyat.NET. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
6. HYPPTV Support

External links

• Official website