Unifi TV

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
Owner	Telekom Malaysia
Website	unifi.com.my/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.

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

Name	4K	HD	Free	Ultimate	Aneka+	Ruby+	Varnam+	playTV@unifi	On Demand Catch-up
8TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ABC Australia	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Al Jazeera English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	No
Animax	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
Arirang	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
AXN	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
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
beIN Sports*	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
beIN Sports 3*	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bernama TV	No	Yes	Yes	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
CCTV-4*	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
CCM	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Celestial Movies	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
CGTN*	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
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
DEGUP*	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
DidikTV KPM	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
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^α	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Euronews	No	No	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
France 24 English	No	Yes^α	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
GEM	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^β	Yes
Hits	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
Hits Movies	No	Yes	No	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
K-Plus	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	Yes
LAKU Mall	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Love Nature	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
NHK World Japan	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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
Paramount Network	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
RTM Parlimen	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
ROCK Entertainment	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ROCK Extreme	No	Yes	Yes^γ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Salam HD	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SET International	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SPOTV	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
SPOTV 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
TechStorm	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^β	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	No
TV2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TV3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TV9	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
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	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
unifi Sports 2	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
unifi Sports 3	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
unifi Sports 4	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
unifi Sports 5	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Warner TV	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YuppThirai	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

* Starts 1 May 2022.

Notes

All premium channels are also available via the 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	Free	HD	playTV@unifi
now Baogu Movies	Ruby Plus Pack & Ultimate Pack	No	Yes	Yes
On Demand Movies	Pay-per-view	No	Yes	Yes
On Demand Catch-Up	À la carte channels / unifi TV packs subscribed	No	Yes	Yes
Snek	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

Qishin Tariq (15 January 2018). "HyppTV rebrands as unifi TV". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
"TM HyppTV is no more". Soya Cincau. 9 January 2018.
"TM no longer offers IPTV Set-Top-Box for Unifi TV". Soya Cincau. 17 January 2019.
"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.
"unifi TV App Now Works On Other Android TV Devices". Lowyat.NET. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
HYPPTV Support

External links

Official website

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[Unifi_TV-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

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