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Astro AOD
CountryMalaysia
Broadcast areaMalaysia
International
Programming
Language(s)Cantonese
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAstro (Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad)
Sister channelsAstro AEC
Astro Hua Hee Dai
Astro QJ
Astro Wah Lai Toi On Demand
Astro Japan
History
Launched16 July 2007; 16 years ago (2007-07-16) (SD)
3 June 2013; 10 years ago (2013-06-03) (HD)
Closed1 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-01) (SD Feed, Channel 363)
15 March 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-15) (SD Feed, Channel 351)
1 April 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01) (Channel 353 and 355)
1 April 2024; 8 days ago (2024-04-01) (Channel 352 and 354)
Former namesAstro On Demand Drama
(2007-2013)
Astro On Demand
(2013-2017)
Links
Websitexuan.com.my/aod [1]

Astro On Demand (Simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel.

The channel was officially launched on 16 July 2007. Astro On Demand plays spontaneously as Hong Kong does on premiering drama series. However, not all drama series are subject to the rules above. Programming options like subtitles are available in Chinese and Malay and in recent years English subtitles and Mandarin audio option are added.

Starting in mid-2018 Astro AOD is now available with additional Chinese subtitles.

Programming schedule

Astro On Demand adopts NVOD so that audiences can review the dramas when they missed the first broadcasting time. For example, all the episodes of a drama premiere on 8.30 are collected at Channel 903–910; those premiere on 9.30 are collected at Channel 923–943. Each channel can collect 4 episodes at most (5–6 episodes in one channel sometimes), that is, the time audiences have to wait at the shortest is 45 minutes, the longest 3 hours (sometimes longer). Furthermore, Astro On Demand keeps the dramas for another week after the entire series ended for audiences who missed them can have a watch. However, if one drama was well received, the channel will keep it longer. So far dramas that have been kept for a month are: Moonlight Resonance, Rosy Business, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, and Born Rich.

List Of TVB Dramas

8.30 pm

Date Drama title Number of Episodes Channel -
6 August 2007 Fathers and Sons 25 901–908
10 September Steps 20 901–907
8 October Men Don't Cry 21 901–907
5 November Word Twisters' Adventures 20 901–907
3 December The Building Blocks of Life 20 901–907
1 January 2008 Wars of In-Laws II 20 901–907
28 January Wasabi Mon Amour 20 901–907
25 February The Master of Tai Chi 25 901–908
31 March A Journey Called Life 20 901–907
28 April The Silver Chamber of Sorrows 21 901–907
26 May The Money-Maker Recipe 21 901–908
23 June Speech of Silence 20 901–907
21 July When A Dog Loves A Cat 20 901–907
25 August Your Class or Mine 20 901–907
22 September The Four 25 901–908
26 October When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West 30 901–910
8 December Pages of Treasures 20 901–907
5 January 2009 Sweetness in the Salt 25 901–908
9 February The Greatness of a Hero 20 901–907
9 March The Winter Melon Tale 20 901–907
6 April Man in Charge 20 901–907
4 May Just Love II 25 901–908
8 June A Great Way To Care 20 901–907
6 July Dressage To Win 9 901–904
13 July A Bride for a Ride 21 901–907

9.30 pm

Date Drama title Number of Episodes Channel -
16 July 2007 The Drive of Life 60 931–947
8 October The Ultimate Crime Fighter 37 931–941
26 November Marriage of Inconvenience 20 931–937
24 December Survivor's Law II 20 931–937
21 January 2008 The Gentle Crackdown II 20 931–937
18 February The Seventh Day 20 931–937
18 March ICAC Investigators 2007 5 931–933
24 March C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri 29 931–939
21 April Catch Me Now 20 931–937
19 May Forensic Heroes II 30 931–940
30 June Love Exchange 20 931–937
28 July Moonlight Resonance 40 931–942
22 September Last One Standing 22 931–938
20 October The Gem of Life 82 921–943
16 February 2009 EU 30 921–930
30 March The King of Snookers 20 921–927
27 April Rosy Business 25 921–928
1 June The Threshold of a Persona 30 921–930
6 July Burning Flame III 32 921–930

10.30 pm

Date Drama title Number of Episodes Channel - –
10 March 2008 D.I.E 25 941–947
18 August Legend of the Demigods 22 945–950
22 December I Do? 20 945–949

Programming schedule table

Time State Old Channel Numbers New Channel Numbers
8.30 pm series
Premiere
350(HD)
351(SD)
311(HD)
351(SD)
8.30 pm series
Encore
352–353
352–353
9.30 pm series
Premiere
350(HD)
361(SD)
311(HD)
351(SD)
9.30 pm series
Encore
362–363
354–355

External links

Television in Malaysia
Chinese-language television in Southeast Asia
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
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