Unifi TV

Unifi TV (stylized as unifi tv, formerly known as HyppTV prior to 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
Founded	24 March 2010
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 12 January 2018, as part of the true convergence initiative by TM, HyppTV and HyppTV Everywhere was relaunched as unifi TV and unifi playTV respectively. Since the unifi TV relaunch, everything remained the same for the service except its logo and interactive apps (except iCookAsia). Besides the change in its logo, the rebranding exercise was done in phases.[2]

In January 2019, TM temporarily stopped offering free unifi TV set-top boxes for new unifi Home and broadband customers and instead provided unifi playTV, citing the changing consumer behaviour of watching television programs on the go and rising trends of OTT services.[3] However, this resulted in new unifi TV users being unable to enjoy benefits the unifi TV set-top box had, such as improved visual quality, watching channels exclusive to the set-top box (such as majority channels from The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific, joining contests and using TV apps).

On 15th January 2020, unifi TV launched the unifi Plus Box, which ran off Android TV platform. The box was manufactured by Skyworth Digital. It introduced new features such as the delivery of 4K content through the unifi TV app, and came with several pre-installed streaming apps, including iflix, dimsum, BBC Player, YuppTV, and Viu. FOX+ was also installed, but is not available in Malaysia at the moment.[4]

On 30th June 2020, the unifi TV app was updated to allow subscribers to download the app on other Android TV devices without the need for the Plus Box. The app is available on Google-certified devices, and to users which have been migrated. The app also helped boost viewership of unifi TV.[5]

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.[6]

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

100s for Local

200s for Oriental

300s for Tamil and Hindi

400s for Movies

450s for Variety

500s for Lifestyle

550s for Kids

600s for News

700s for Sports

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
DreamWorks	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
Hypp Salam	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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	No	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 Network	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Parliament of Malaysia	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Pesona	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Polimer	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	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	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Sony TV	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	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

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
Catch up	À la carte channels / unifi TV packs subscribed	Yes	Yes
now Baogu Movies	À la carte / Ultimate / Ruby Plus	Yes	Yes
Snek	Free	No	Yes
AlHijrah On Demand	À la carte / Ultimate / Aneka Plus Pack	Yes	Yes

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. "unifi TV Plus 4K Box Now Available For Additional RM 10 Per Month or Plan Upgrade". Lowyat.NET. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. "unifi TV App Now Works On Other Android TV Devices". Lowyat.NET. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
6. HYPPTV Support

External links

• Official website