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Astro Arena

Country	Malaysia
Broadcast area	Malaysia
Headquarters	All Asia Broadcast Centre (AABC), Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programming
Language(s)	Malay English
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Astro, Measat Broadcast Network Systems
Sister channels	Astro Arena Bola Astro SuperSport Astro Box Office Sport Astro Cricket
History
Launched	26 March 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-26) ( SD) 1 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-01) ( HD) 18 August 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08-18) (Astro Arena Radio) 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01) (Astro Arena 2 HD)
Closed	12 April 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-12) ( SD) (Astro only) 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01) (Astro Arena Radio)
Links
Website	www.astro.com.my

Astro Arena is a Malaysian television station owned and operated by Astro. It is the first 24/7 Malay language sports channel in Malaysia. This channel can be viewed on channel 801 through Astro's Family Pack. Launched on 26 March 2010, it was the idea from the former Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports YB. Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, together with the Olympic Council of Malaysia and Astro, to have a sports channel dedicated solely to the development of Malaysian sports.

Astro Arena is a 4-in-one channel featuring live local sports, a comprehensive 7-day-a-week coverage of local and international sports news, informative magazine and information programming and interactive viewer involvement.

The channel delivers 700 hours of live, local sports a year, with an additional 2000 hours of replays greatly expanding the amount of local sports available in the country. It also provides coverage of up to 56 hours a week of Malaysians competing at international levels or the best in world sports of a particular interest to the Malaysian audience.

Astro Arena is currently available for free-to-view on Astro customers and on NJOI customers in Malaysia on Channel 831 in Standard Definition (SD) format (for current NJOI customers only) and channel 801 in High Definition (HD) format (Astro customers & NJOI Prepaid).

From 23 January 2023, all esports content and eGG Network’s in-house shows will be made available through the company’s Bahasa Malaysia-based sports channels, Astro Arena (channel 801) and Astro Arena 2 (channel 802). ^[1]

On 24 February 2023, Astro Arena will rebroadcast the Malaysian League match since their last broadcast on 2014. It broadcasts the rematch that will officially start involving the Sumbangsih Cup action between Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) against Terengganu FC (TFC) via channels 803 and 804.

Channels

Astro Arena 2

Astro Arena 2 is the secondary channel of Astro Arena. Launched on 1 October 2021, it is broadcast in Channel 802 in HD. It airing localised coverage of international sports & sports news updates for Malaysian sport fans. Plus, it is also airing some of local and international e-Sports.

Astro Arena Bola

Astro Arena Bola is the first sister channel of Astro Arena. Launched on 24 February 2023, it is broadcast in Channel 803 in HD. It airs Malaysian Football in 24 hours a day.

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Astro Arena Bola 2

Astro Arena Bola 2 is the second sister channel of Astro Arena . Launched on 24 February 2023, it is broadcast in Channel 804 in HD. It airs Malaysian Football in 24 hours a day.

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Coverage

Current

Broadcasting rights

Football

• FIFA
  • National teams
    • Men's :
      • FIFA World Cup
  • International Friendly
• FAM
  • Malaysia national football team
  • Malaysia national under-23 football team
  • Malaysia women's national football team
  • Malaysia FA Cup
    • Men's :
  • Malaysia Premier Futsal League
• MFL
  • Malaysia Super League
  • Malaysian Charity Shield
  • Malaysia Cup
  • Malaysia Challenge Cup
  • MFL Cup
    • Women's :
  • Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Women)
• AFF
  • ASEAN Championship
  • ASEAN Club Championship
  • AFF Women's Championship
• AFC
  • AFC Asian Cup
  • AFC Champions League Elite
  • AFC Champions League 2
  • AFC Cup
  • AFC U-17 Asian Cup
  • AFC U-23 Asian Cup
• King's Cup
• Merdeka Cup
• English Premier League
• FA
  • Cup

Badminton

• BWF
  • BWF World Tour
  • World Championships
    • Teams
      • Thomas Cup (men's championship)
      • Uber Cup (women's championship)
      • Sudirman Cup (mixed team championship)
    • Individuals
• Badminton Asia Championships ( national teams (men's, women's, and mixed) and Individuals)
• Malaysia Purple League

Hockey

• FIH
  • Men :
    • Men's FIH Hockey World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
    • Men's FIH Pro League
    • FIH Junior World Cup
  • Women's :
    • Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
    • Women's FIH Junior World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
  • Women's FIH Pro League
• Asia Hockey
  • Men :
    • Men's Hockey Asia Cup
  • Women :
    • Women's Hockey Asia Cup
• MHC
  • Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
  • Malaysia Hockey League

Netball

• Asian Netball Championships
• Netball World Cup
• Netball Super League

Sepak takraw

• ISTAF
• Sepak Takraw League (including Champions Cup tournament)

Motorsport

• Asia Road Racing Championship
• Malaysia Superbike Championship

e-Sports

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • MPL MY Season 11
  • MPL MY Season 12 (2023)
  • M5 Wild Card (2023)
  • M5 World Championship (2023)
  • MPL MY Season 13 (2024)
• PUBG Mobile
  • PUBG Mobile Pro League S7 (PMPL MY 2023)
  • PUBG Mobile Super League 2023 (PMSL 2023)
  • PUBG Mobile PMSL SEA Fall 2023

Multi-sport events

• Commonwealth Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• Asian Games
• SEA Games

Former

Football

Soccer

• UEFA
  • UEFA European Championship (until 2021)
  • UEFA Nations League (until 2022)

• MFL
  • Malaysia Premier League (until 2014)
• DFL
  • Bundesliga (until 2022–23)
• Eredivisie (until 2022–23)

Hockey

• Sultan of Johor Cup (until 2014)

Motorsport

• Malaysia Championship Series (until 2019)
• Malaysia Speed Festival (until 2019)

Shows

• Formasi
• Formasi Ekstra
• Forum
• Grandstand Ahad
• Kafe Sukan
• Masa Tambahan
• Nadi Arena
• Raket
• Bola@Mamak
• Arena Sukan
• Sehari Bersama
• Flik
• Dengan Izin
• Sorakan 12
• Masa Tambahan – Arena Bola
• Masa Tambahan – Antarabangsa
• Arena Bola
• Deskripsi Nadi Arena – DNA
• Jalur 14 (Exclusive programme from previous eGG Network's show)
• FYP (Exclusive programme from previous eGG Network's show)

See also

• Astro SuperSport
• Astro

References

External links

• Astro Arena Content Guide