Unifi TV

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Unifi TV
FormerlyHyppTV
Company type IPTV and OTT platform
Industry Pay TV
Founded24 March 2010;14 years ago (2010-03-24)
Headquarters Menara Telekom, ,
Area served
Malaysia
Products IPTV

OTT

Mobile TV
Owner Telekom Malaysia
Website unifi.com.my/tv

Unifi TV (formerly known as hyppTV, stylized as Unifi tv prior to January 2018) [1] is an IPTV service operated by Unifi. It was launched in 2010 as part of Unifi's bundled service offering of VoIP telephone, Internet and IPTV.

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History

HyppTV logo (2010-2018) HyppTV Logo.jpg
HyppTV logo (2010–2018)
unifi playTV logo (2018-2023) Unifi tv.jpg
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. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6]

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. [7]

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

LCNName UHD HDTV Free UltimateAneka+Ruby+Varnam+playTV@unifiOn Demand Catch-up
101 TV1 NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
102 TV2 NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
103 TV3 NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
107 NTV7 NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
108 8TV NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
109 TV9 NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
113Salam HDNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
114 TV AlHijrah NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
116 Sensasi NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
118 Inspirasi NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
120DEGUPNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
121SIARNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
122 TVS NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
128Dunia SinemaNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
141PesonaNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
201 tvN Movies NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
211 tvN NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
233Now JelliNoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
235 CCTV-4 NoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
239SETINoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
288 Celestial Movies NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
289 Celestial Classic Movies NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
302 Zee Thirai NoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
303 Sony YAY! NoNoNoYesNoNoYesYesYes
311 Colors Tamil NoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
333 Colors Cineplex NoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
401 HBO NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
402 HBO Hits NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
403 HBO Family NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
405 Cinemax NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
407HITS MoviesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
451 Warner TV NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
452HITS NowNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
453 AXN NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
454HITSNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
461 ONE NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
462 K-Plus NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
472 Animax NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
473 ROCK Entertainment NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
474 ROCK Action NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
501 BBC Earth NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
502 Love Nature YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
511 HGTV NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
512 BBC Lifestyle NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
521 Travel Channel NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes β Yes
529 Luxe.TV NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
531 MTV Live NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
550 DreamWorks NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
551 Moonbug NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
552 Nick Jr. NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
553 CBeebies NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
554 Nickelodeon NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
555 Cartoonito NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
556 Cartoon Network NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
601 BBC News NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
602 Al Jazeera English NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes β No
610 CGTN NoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
611 CNA NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
612 Euronews NoNoYes γ YesYesYesYesYesYes
613 WION NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesNo
631 Bernama TV NoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
633 RTM Parlimen NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
641 ABC Australia NoYes α YesYesYesYesYesYesNo
642 DW English NoYesYes γ YesYesYesYesYesYes
643 NHK World Japan NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
652 France 24 English NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesNo
701 Unifi Sports YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
706 SPOTV NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
707 SPOTV2 NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
708 beIN Sports NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
709 beIN Sports 2 NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
710 beIN Sports 3 NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
711 beIN Sports 4 NoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes


Notes

Radio channels (STB only)

NamePackagePrice per month
988 Free-to-air Free
Suria Free-to-air Free

Video-on-demand (VOD)

NamePackageFreeHDplayTV@unifi
Aniplus All Unifi TV PackNoYesYes
BBC FirstAll Unifi TV PackNoYesYes
Miao MiRuby Plus Pack & Ultimate PackNoYesYes
Smithsonian Channel All Unifi TV PackNoYesYes
U PICKPay-Per-ViewNoYesYes
Catch-UpÀ la carte channels / All Unifi TV PackNoYesYes
SnekFreeYesYesYes

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