Astro Awani


Astro Awani is a Malaysian pay television news channel. Its programming consists of news and programs, including current affairs, lifestyle, documentaries, interview programs and a local and international magazine. The channel was launched on 6 September 2007 as part of the revamp of Astro's news division. It is targeted at Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.

History

In 2002, the channel was launched as Astro News. During that time, it carried programming from Al Jazeera, BBC World, CCTV-9, Eurosport News, the Australia Network and Deutsche Welle. It also aired Astro News, a half-hour locally produced news program.
The five networks carried on that channel were since available separately. Until February 2007, Astro News was co-produced with the national news agency Bernama. The news is also translated into Mandarin Chinese on Astro AEC, Malaysian on Astro Ria and Tamil on Astro Vaanavil. English news was also aired on Astro Prima.
Astro Awani was first launched on 15 June 2006 in Indonesia by a joint venture between Astro and India-based NDTV. However, due to continued differences between the JV partners, the Indonesian version went off-air in October 2008.
On 6 September 2007, Astro Awani was launched in Malaysia, at the Palace of Golden Horses.
In 1 March 2009, Astro Awani replaces Astro News which cancelled its programme at that time due to very low viewers. In June 2018, Astro Awani was named the “most trusted” Malaysian source of news by The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018.

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