Timeline History
- 1996 — The Astro subscription service begins and named ASTRO All Asia Network plc was incorporate in England and Wales, and Japan.
- 1997 — Achieved Multimedia Super Corridor status.
- 2003 — Astro acquired Celestial Pictures and Philippine-based animation studio.
- April 2005 — the company acquired Thr.fm radio network, which is Malaysia's private Indian radio station. Astro launched Malaysia's first subscription IPTV channels based on content licensed from Goal TV (English Premier League Soccer club TV for Liverpool, Chelsea and others) and Akademi Fantasia, a localised version of an Endemol's Fame Academy.
- June 2005 — Astro acquired Yes Television (Hong Kong) Limited and Goal TV Asia Limited to distribute broadband and broadcast content in the region.
- 2006 — Rohana Rozhan CFO of AAAN elected as CEO of the Astro Malaysia and Brunei-based pay TV businesses.
- 2006 — Astro launches Astro MAX, Malaysia's first PVR service.
- 2007 — Astro launches VoD services, adding Hong Kong TVB dramas to on-demand content. (Astro On Demand is not a real VoD service as customers cannot request for videos at anytime, but can follow multi-broadcasting during a certain period of the day on different channels)
- April 28, 2008 - Astro cảm xúc was first launched in Vietnam as a product between HTVC and Astro. Six months later, Astro cảm xúc appeared on Vietnam Cable Television.
- June 14, 2010 - ASTRO was de-listed from the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad following a successful take-over offer by Usaha Tegas Group Holdings Bhd and company name has been changed to Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd
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