Unifi TV (formerly known as hyppTV, stylized as unifi TV prior to January 2018)[2] is an IPTV service operated by Unifi, a Malaysian internet service provider owned by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of Unifi's bundled service offering of VoIP telephone, Internet and IPTV.
hyppTV logo (2010–2018)unifi playTV logo (2018–2023)
An early version of hyppTV, running through TM's Streamyx broadband service and confined to the Klang Valley, launched in September 2004.[3] The service officially launched on 22 March 2010, providing about 20 channels and 200 hours of movies and TV series available via video-on-demand (VOD).[1] Later that year, a premium offering was introduced which provided additional channels and VOD content.[4] The service expanded steadily following its initial launch, from 16,000 residential customers in 2010 to 750,000 in 2016.[5]
In November 2012, TM began offering hyppTV to its business customers "as one of Unifi Biz's Value Added Services", including two bundled packages, the Fox Package and Star Chinese Package.[6]
On 12 January 2018, hyppTV and hyppTV Everywhere were rebranded to unifi TV and unifi playTV respectively.[7]
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 an increase in content consumption on mobile devices as well as the rising trend of OTT streaming.[8] As a consequence, many new Unifi TV users were unable to use functions the Unifi TV set-top box offered, such as improved visual quality, the ability to view channels exclusive to the set-top box (including the majority of channels from The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific), joining contests and using TV apps.
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.
12"Strategic Key Initiatives, Operations, Prospects"(PDF). Telekom Malaysia. Archived(PDF) from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025. HyppTV was launched on 22 March 2010 with 20 channels and 200 hours of on-demand movies and TV series.
↑"UniFi's Third Anniversary". SME & Entrepreneurship Magazine. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
↑"TM HyppTV is no more". Soya Cincau. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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