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Country | Malaysia |
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Broadcast area | Malaysia International |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Cantonese |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Astro (Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad) |
Sister channels | Astro AEC Astro Hua Hee Dai Astro QJ Astro Wah Lai Toi On Demand Astro Japan |
History | |
Launched | 16 July 2007 (SD) 3 June 2013 (HD) |
Closed | 1 April 2020 (SD Feed, Channel 363) 15 March 2021 (SD Feed, Channel 351) 1 April 2022 (Channel 353 and 355) |
Former names | Astro On Demand Drama (2007-2012) Astro On Demand (2012-2017) |
Links | |
Website | xuan.com.my/aod |
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.
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 is now available with additional Chinese subtitles.
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.
Date | Drama title | Number of Episodes | Channel | - | |||
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6 August 2007 | Fathers and Sons | 25 | 901–908 | ||||
10 September | Steps | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
8 October | Men Don't Cry | 21 | 901–907 | ||||
5 November | Word Twisters' Adventures | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
3 December | The Building Blocks of Life | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
1 January 2008 | Wars of In-Laws II | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
28 January | Wasabi Mon Amour | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
25 February | The Master of Tai Chi | 25 | 901–908 | ||||
31 March | A Journey Called Life | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
28 April | The Silver Chamber of Sorrows | 21 | 901–907 | ||||
26 May | The Money-Maker Recipe | 21 | 901–908 | ||||
23 June | Speech of Silence | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
21 July | When A Dog Loves A Cat | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
25 August | Your Class or Mine | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
22 September | The Four | 25 | 901–908 | ||||
26 October | When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West | 30 | 901–910 | ||||
8 December | Pages of Treasures | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
5 January 2009 | Sweetness in the Salt | 25 | 901–908 | ||||
9 February | The Greatness of a Hero | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
9 March | The Winter Melon Tale | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
6 April | Man in Charge | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
4 May | Just Love II | 25 | 901–908 | ||||
8 June | A Great Way To Care | 20 | 901–907 | ||||
6 July | Dressage To Win | 9 | 901–904 | ||||
13 July | A Bride for a Ride | 21 | 901–907 |
Date | Drama title | Number of Episodes | Channel | - | |||
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16 July 2007 | The Drive of Life | 60 | 931–947 | ||||
8 October | The Ultimate Crime Fighter | 37 | 931–941 | ||||
26 November | Marriage of Inconvenience | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
24 December | Survivor's Law II | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
21 January 2008 | The Gentle Crackdown II | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
18 February | The Seventh Day | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
18 March | ICAC Investigators 2007 | 5 | 931–933 | ||||
24 March | C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri | 29 | 931–939 | ||||
21 April | Catch Me Now | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
19 May | Forensic Heroes II | 30 | 931–940 | ||||
30 June | Love Exchange | 20 | 931–937 | ||||
28 July | Moonlight Resonance | 40 | 931–942 | ||||
22 September | Last One Standing | 22 | 931–938 | ||||
20 October | The Gem of Life | 82 | 921–943 | ||||
16 February 2009 | EU | 30 | 921–930 | ||||
30 March | The King of Snookers | 20 | 921–927 | ||||
27 April | Rosy Business | 25 | 921–928 | ||||
1 June | The Threshold of a Persona | 30 | 921–930 | ||||
6 July | Burning Flame III | 32 | 921–930 |
Date | Drama title | Number of Episodes | Channel | - – | |||
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10 March 2008 | D.I.E | 25 | 941–947 | ||||
18 August | Legend of the Demigods | 22 | 945–950 | ||||
22 December | I Do? | 20 | 945–949 |
Time | State | Old Channel Numbers | New 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 |
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