Summary
Astro All Asia Networks plc (Astro) is one of the Malaysia’s leading cross-media group which provides direct-to-home satellite pay television services, commercial radio and TV programming in Malaysia and Hong Kong. The company is involved in the production, acquisition, commissioning, and distribution of films; production, processing, and exporting animated motion pictures; research, development, and licensing of multimedia and interactive products and applications; multimedia and interactive advertising; letting of property and related services; consultancy and support services, advertising agency services, Internet services, and marketing and consulting services. Astro has 12 wholly owned subsidiaries, one associate company namely, Kristal-Astro Sdn. Bhd. and AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd, a joint venture company. The company operates more than 119 pay-TV channels in four major languages across Malaysia and Brunei. The company is headquartered at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Astro was de-listed from the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and had successful take-over offer by Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd (AHSB) in June 2010.
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