Astro News

==2003–2009==
Astro News was launched in 2002. During that time, it carried programming from Al Jazeera (broadcast in Arabic with live Malaysian translation interpretation on its dual-language button), BBC World, CCTV-9, Eurosportnews, the Australia Network (later became a separate channel in December 2007 and renamed as Australia Plus) and DW-TV. It also aired Astro News, a half-hour locally produced news programs. 
The five channels carried on that channel were since available separately, except when Astro News changes Al Jazeera into Al Jazeera English in its launch in November 15th, 2006, which was also later became a separate channel, and DW-TV later takes a full-time slot. DW-TV has also been broadcast in Malaysia through NTV7 for selected programs only on weekday afternoons in the early 2000s and, later on, Bernama TV also through selected programs since 2010. Eurosportnews is still airing as program fillers on Astro SuperSport channels since circa 2003. 
In February 2007, Astro News was co-produced with the national news agency BERNAMA, with the former taking 12 minutes of the program for general. The news also translated into Mandarin Chinese (Astro AEC), Malay (Astro Ria) and Tamil (Astro Vaanavil). English news was also aired on Astro Prima. 
Astro News ceased transmission on March 1st, 2009 and has been replaced with Astro Awani
Category:Astro (Malaysia)
Category:Defunct television channels in Malaysia
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003