Astro AOD

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Astro AOD
Country Malaysia
Broadcast area Malaysia
Headquarters Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format 16:9 HDTV (1080i)
Ownership
Owner Astro (Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad)
Parent TVB
Sister channels
History
Launched16 July 2007;17 years ago (2007-07-16) (SD)
3 June 2013;11 years ago (2013-06-03) (HD)
Closed1 April 2020;4 years ago (2020-04-01) (SD Feed, Channel 363)
15 March 2021;3 years ago (2021-03-15) (SD Feed, Channel 351)
1 April 2022;2 years ago (2022-04-01) (Channel 353 and 355)
1 April 2024;10 months ago (2024-04-01) (Channel 352 and 354)
Former namesAstro On Demand Drama
(2007-2013)
Astro On Demand
(2013-2017)

Astro On Demand (simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel.

Contents

The channel was officially launched on 16 July 2007. Astro On Demand plays spontaneously as Hong Kong does on premiering drama series. However, not all drama series are subject to the rules above. Programming options like subtitles are available in Chinese and Malay and in recent years English subtitles and Mandarin audio option are added.

Starting in mid-2018, Astro AOD became available with additional Chinese subtitles.

Programming schedule

Astro On Demand adopts NVOD so that audiences can review the dramas when they missed the first broadcasting time. For example, all the episodes of a drama premiere on 8.30 are collected at Channel 903–910; those premiere on 9.30 are collected at Channel 923–943. Each channel can collect 4 episodes at most (5–6 episodes in one channel sometimes), that is, the time audiences have to wait at the shortest is 45 minutes, the longest 3 hours (sometimes longer). Furthermore, Astro On Demand keeps the dramas for another week after the entire series ended for audiences who missed them can have a watch. However, if one drama was well received, the channel will keep it longer. So far dramas that have been kept for a month are: Moonlight Resonance, Rosy Business, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, and Born Rich.

List Of TVB Dramas

8.30 pm

DateDrama titleNumber of EpisodesChannel
6 August 2007 Fathers and Sons 25901–908
10 September Steps 20901–907
8 October Men Don't Cry 21901–907
5 November Word Twisters' Adventures 20901–907
3 December The Building Blocks of Life 20901–907
1 January 2008 Wars of In-Laws II 20901–907
28 January Wasabi Mon Amour 20901–907
25 February The Master of Tai Chi 25901–908
31 March A Journey Called Life 20901–907
28 April The Silver Chamber of Sorrows 21901–907
26 May The Money-Maker Recipe 21901–908
23 June Speech of Silence 20901–907
21 July When A Dog Loves A Cat 20901–907
25 August Your Class or Mine 20901–907
22 September The Four 25901–908
26 October When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West 30901–910
8 December Pages of Treasures 20901–907
5 January 2009 Sweetness in the Salt 25901–908
9 February The Greatness of a Hero 20901–907
9 March The Winter Melon Tale 20901–907
6 April Man in Charge 20901–907
4 May Just Love II 25901–908
8 June A Great Way To Care 20901–907
6 July Dressage To Win 9901–904
13 July A Bride for a Ride 21901–907

9.30 pm

DateDrama titleNumber of EpisodesChannel
16 July 2007 The Drive of Life 60931–947
8 October The Ultimate Crime Fighter 37931–941
26 November Marriage of Inconvenience 20931–937
24 December Survivor's Law II 20931–937
21 January 2008 The Gentle Crackdown II 20931–937
18 February The Seventh Day 20931–937
18 March ICAC Investigators 2007 5931–933
24 March C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri 29931–939
21 April Catch Me Now 20931–937
19 May Forensic Heroes II 30931–940
30 June Love Exchange 20931–937
28 July Moonlight Resonance 40931–942
22 September Last One Standing 22931–938
20 October The Gem of Life 82921–943
16 February 2009 EU 30921–930
30 March The King of Snookers 20921–927
27 April Rosy Business 25921–928
1 June The Threshold of a Persona 30921–930
6 July Burning Flame III 32921–930

10.30 pm

DateDrama titleNumber of EpisodesChannel
10 March 2008 D.I.E 25941–947
18 August Legend of the Demigods 22945–950
22 DecemberI Do20945–949

Programming schedule table

TimeStateOld Channel NumbersNew Channel Numbers
8.30 pm series
Premiere
350(HD)
351(SD)
311(HD)
351(SD)
8.30 pm series
Encore
352–353
352–353
9.30 pm series
Premiere
350(HD)
361(SD)
311(HD)
351(SD)
9.30 pm series
Encore
362–363
354–355

Logo history

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