Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro) on Thursday launched a NJOI Now, available on mobile and online to provide Malaysians with free access to on demand entertainment including box sets, live sports and news.
At the moment, NJOI Now offers access to 18 free channels and about 15 free Video-on-Demand (VOD) contents.
Some of the channels include Astro Prima, Astro Maya HD, Astro Oasis, Astro AEC, Astro Vaanavil, Astro Arena, Astro Awani as well as exam tutorials on Astro Tutor TV. Malaysians could also watch Malay drama hits like Suri Hati Mr Pilot, Isteri Tuan Ihsan, Lara Aishah; popular variety programme, Meja Bulat Sepahtu; Chinese epic drama, The Legend of Mi Yue, and Tamil travelogue, KL To KaraKaidu, where the content list will be refreshed monthly.
As for premium contents, NJOI Now offers prepaid options for instant access to additional channels and titles, including Astro WARNA, Astro RIA, Astro Wah Lai Toi, Hua Hee Dai, latest movies on Astro First and Astro Best, and many more from the on demand section. Users can also create their own watch list, enjoy HD content and get more content via NJOI Now’s existing ‘pay as you use’ prepaid – allowing users to buy only the content they want via NJOI Prepaid.
Full content list below:
Free Boxsets
Malay
- Lara Aishah (Drama)
- Isteri Tuan Ihsan (Drama)
- Suri Hati Mr Pilot (Drama)
- Tuan Anas Mikael (Drama)
- Memori Cinta Suraya (Drama)
Chinese
- The Legend of Mi Yue (Drama)
- Hidden Faces (Drama)
- 7 Days (Kids)
- Garden of Treasure Sr. 2 (Magazine/ Document)
- Happy Camp 2016 (Variety)
Indian
- KL to KaraKaidu (Documentary)
- Kalakka Povathu Yaaru (Reality Show)
Free Movies
- Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (HD)
- Ibu Mertuaku (HD)
- Nujum Pak Belalang (HD)
- Nasib Si Labu Labi (HD)
- Tiga Abdul (HD)
- GF BF
- 24
- Rainbow Fairy
- A Touch of Sin
- Ra
- Rajini Murugan
- Moondram Pirai
- Kaadhai Oviyam
- Kadhalan
- Endless Night in Aurora
Free TV Channels
1. Astro Awani
2. Astro Arena
3. Astro AEC
4. Astro Xi Yue HD
5. Astro Xiao Tai Yang
6. CCTV4
7. Kah Lai Toi
8. Astro Tutor TV PT3
9. Astro Tutor TV SPM
10. Astro Tutor TV UPSR
11. Astro Vaanavil
12. Makkal TV
14. Astro Prima
15. Astro Maya HD
16. TV Alhijrah
17. Go Shop (Bahasa Malaysia)
18. Go Shop (Chinese)
19. Astro Oasis
Prepaid Channels
1. Astro Hua Hee Dai HD
2 Astro Quan Jia HD
3. Astro Shuang Xing HD
4. Astro Wah Lai Toi HD
5. TVB Xing He
6. KBS World HD
7. Astro Ceria
8. Tara HD
9. Animal Planet
10. Astro Bella
11. Astro Ria HD
12. Astro SuperSport HD
13. Astro SuperSport 2 HD
14. Astro SuperSport 2 HD
15. Astro SuperSport 4 HD
16. WWE Network HD
17. eGG Network
18. Astro Warna
19. Astro TVIQ
Existing Njoi Decoder users may link their account to NJOI Now however Astro said that certain channels and content on NJOI decoder are not available on NJOI Now. “It may be necessary to black-out viewing of certain content where such content is not available for OTT viewing,” it said on its website.
For PC access (NJOI Now website), users need at least 4GB of RAM, Windows 8 and above as well as on Mac OS X Mavericks. NJOI Now will be supported on browser such as Apple Safari, Google Chrome (version 53 and above) and Mozilla Firefox 32-bit (version 49 and above) with Internet speeds of 5Mbps and above. Users will also need to install the NJOI Now video player browser plug-in to view the contents.
The NJOI Now mobile app works on iOS 9 & above, Android 4.4 & above. It can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Similar to the Astro Go mobile app, users on the NJOI Now app can download selected content via WiFi or mobile network, and watch the content offline later without requiring an Internet connection.
