Unifi Sports
unifi Sports (formerly Hypp Sports) is an subscription in-house IPTV network in Malaysia dedicated to broadcasting sports-related content 24 hours a day. It is available exclusively on unifi TV.
Country | Malaysia |
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Broadcast area | Malaysia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Malay |
Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Telekom Malaysia Berhad |
Sister channels | Dunia Sinema HD HyppInspirasi HD HyppSensasi HD Salam HD Yupp Thirai |
History | |
Launched | 15 September 2012 (as Hypp Sports) 28 February 2020 (as unifi Sports) |
Closed | 1 January 2019 (as Hypp Sports) |
Former names | Hypp Sports 1&2 (2012-2018) Hypp Sports 3 (2012-2019) Hypp Sports 4 (2012-2017) |
Links | |
Website | https://unifi.com.my/tv |
Availability | |
IPTV | |
unifi TV | Channel 701-705 |
Streaming media | |
unifi playTV | Watch live (Malaysia only) |
History
Launched in 2012 as one of unifi TV original channels, HyppSports Illustrated 1 (a joint-venture between unifi TV and Sports Illustrated Asia) offers a sports of international sporting events such as football, badminton, motorsport, rugby, volleyball and golf. unifi TV also operates two sister channels, HyppSports Illustrated 2 and HyppSports 3 on Channels 702 & 703 respectively, along with a high definition simulcast of all channels.
This channel was actually closed in 2019 but after TM regain the top Malaysian football competitions/tournaments broadcasting rights, a year later unifi TV relaunch the sport channels with the new name unifi Sports. Since 2012 until the end of 2018, Hypp Sports only have four channels but after the unifi Sports relaunched, unifi Sports have five channels.[1]
Current rights
Motorsport
- Malaysia Superbike Championship
Former rights
Gridiron football
Ice Hockey
Sister Names
- Dunia Sinema HD
- HyppInspirasi HD
- HyppSensasi HD
- Pesona HD
- Salam HD
Broadcast platform
- Malaysia: unifi TV
External links
References
- ZAINAL, ZURAIMEE (2020-02-20). "MFL agih bayaran hak penyiaran RM18 juta". Sinarharian (in Malay). Retrieved 2020-02-27.