Unifi TV

Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior January 2018)[1] is an IPTV service operated by Telekom Malaysia (TM). It was launched in 2010 as part of TM's bundled Triple-play service offering of VoIP Telephone, Internet and IPTV called Unifi.

unifi TV

Type	IPTV Platform Operator
Industry	Pay TV
Genre	Entertainment
Predecessor	HyppTV
Headquarters	Menara Telekom, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Area served	Malaysia
Products	IPTV Services
Owner	Telekom Malaysia
Website	unifi.com.my/tv

History

HyppTV logo (2010 - 2018)

unifi playTV logo (2018 - present)

On 10 January 2018, as part of the true convergence initiative by TM, HyppTV and HyppTV Everywhere are relaunched as unifi TV and unifi playTV respectively. Since the unifi TV relaunch, everything remains the same for the service except its logo and its interactive apps (except iCookAsia). Besides the change in its logo, the rebranding exercise will be done in phases.[2] One of the unifi TV Interactive apps, which is Flight Info and 2 Video Guides (3 expired) is not changing its logo (Video Guide is not changing its title and video).

Beginning in January 2019, TM have stopped offering free unifi TV set-top boxes for new unifi Home and broadband customers and instead providing with unifi TV ID for unifi playTV due to changing consumer behaviour of watching television programs on the go and rising trends of OTT services.[3] However, this may resulting new unifi TV users were unable to enjoy additional benefits that the unifi TV set-top box have such as improved visual quality, watching channels exclusive to STB (such as majority channels from The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific, joining contests and using TV apps).

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.[4]

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

Name	4K	HD	Free	Ultimate	Aneka+	Ruby+	Varnam+	playTV@unifi	HyppPlay (VOD)
8TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ABC Australia	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Al Jazeera English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	No
BabyTV	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	No
BBC Earth	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
BBC Lifestyle	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBC World News	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
BERNAMA	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blue Ant Entertainment	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blue Ant Extreme	No	Yes	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Boomerang	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CBeebies	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CinemaWorld	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
CNA	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Colors	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Colors Cineplex	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Colors Tamil	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Comedy Central Asia	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DreamWorks Channel	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dunia Sinema	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
DW	No	Yes	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Euronews	No	No	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
FOX	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
FOX Action Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
FOX Family Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
FOX Life	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
FOX Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
FOX Sports	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FOX Sports 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FOX Sports 3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
France 24	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
FX	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
Highlights	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
HyppInspirasi	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
HyppSensasi	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Jaya Max	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
LAKU Mall	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Love Nature 4K	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Luxe.TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MTV Asia	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nat Geo People	No	Yes	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nat Geo Wild	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	No
National Geographic	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
NHK World Japan	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
NHK World Premium	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Nick Jr.	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nickelodeon	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
now Jelli	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
ntv7	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paramount Channel	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Parlimen Malaysia	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Pesona HD	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Polimer*	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Salam HD	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SCM	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SCM Legend	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SET International (SETI)	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sky News	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	No
Sony MAX	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sony SAB (SAB TV)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Sony SET (SET India)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
STAR Chinese Channel	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Travel Channel	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
TV AlHijrah	No	Yes^α	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV1	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV9	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
tvN Asia	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
tvN Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
unifi sports 1—5	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Warner TV	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yupp Thirai	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

*Will cease transmission on 1 September 2020.

Subject to change.

Notes

• All premium channels also available via à la carte option from as low as RM6/month. Terms and conditions apply.
• ^α Only offers a 16:9 standard definition (SD) quality for now.
• ^β Only playTV@unifi subscribers or set-top box users can access this channel.
• ^γ playTV@unifi subscribers registered via mobile number can purchase this channel.

Radio channels

Name	Package	Price per month
988	Free-to-air	Free
Suria	Free-to-air	Free

Video on demand (VOD)

Name	Package	HD	playTV@unifi
BBC First	À la carte / Ultimate Pack	Yes	Yes
HyppFlicks Plus	Pay-per-view	Yes	Yes
unifi TV Catch Up On Demand*	À la carte channels* / unifi TV packs subscribed	Yes**	Yes
now Baogu Movies On Demand	À la carte / Ultimate / Ruby Plus	Yes	Yes
Snek***	Free	No	Yes***
TV AlHijrah On Demand	À la carte / Ultimate / Aneka Plus Pack	Yes	Yes

*Refer to TV channels section above for list of channels available. **For certain content titles only. ***playTV@unifi app exclusive starting 15 April 2019.

See also

• Television in Malaysia
• Digital television in Malaysia

References

1. Qishin Tariq (15 January 2018). "HyppTV rebrands as unifi TV". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. "TM HyppTV is no more". Soya Cincau. 9 January 2018.
3. "TM no longer offers IPTV Set-Top-Box for Unifi TV". Soya Cincau. 17 January 2019.
4. HYPPTV Support

External links

• Official website