The service was launched in 1996 following the launch of the MEASAT-1 satellite with an initial bouquet of 22 television and 8 radio channels. Currently, the service consists of 80 television, 17 radio, and 4 pay-per-view channels plus various interactive services. Astro's own news channel, Astro News, carries programming from the news channel Al Jazeera, available in dual language, Arabic and Malay.
* The first decoder was launch in 1996 by Philips Electronic using INS610 model.*After 3 years, Astro launch the new model of decoder. It consist of two types of decoder like Philips and Nokia.
*After 5 years, Astro change again the decoder. It uses new model. The new model has a better performance.
