Astro Kirana was a Malaysian

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channel dedicated to airing Asian and European films, a 24-hour Malaysian film channel owned by Astro, launched on 31 August 2006 alongside

Astro Aruna Astro Aruna was a 24-hour Indonesian language pay television network that was available on the Astro satellite television service. Indonesian dramas and soaps were popular on this network, and they were broadcast around the clock. All of the ...

Background

Astro Kirana in Malaysia

The Astro Kirana broadcast, however, was removed from the channel list and stopped on May 18, 2009. Astro stopped the Astro Kirana broadcast because the broadcast received less response and only got a viewing ratio of 2% compared to the

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channel which was 12%. This channel is now known as

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and later this channel number was also replaced by TVS which started broadcasting officially on

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on 10 October 2020.

Number change

The following are the number changes available at Astro Kirana: *On 31 August 2006, Astro Kirana could be watched via Astro on channel 43 because it was set to celebrate the 49th National Day. *On 23 December 2006, Astro Kirana was renumbered from channel 43 to channel 23. *On October 1, 2007, Astro Kirana's introductory number will be changed to 3 digits which is 122. *On May 18, 2009, Astro Kirana was officially discontinued

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External links

www.astro.com.my
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 Astro Malaysia Holdings television channels Defunct television channels Television channels and stations established in 2006