AlHijrah On Demand Channel offers HyppTV subscribers Islamic Content in High Definition.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) via its award winning IPTV service, HyppTV, today officially launched Malaysia's first Islamic On Demand content - AlHijrah On Demand channel which provides quality Islamic content in high definition (HD) for the first time on the platform. 

The channel was officially launched by Dato' Sri Dr Halim Shafie, Chairman of TM together with Tan Sri Dr Mohd Yusof Noor, Chairman of AlHijrah Media Corporation. The event was also attended by Datuk Bazlan Osman, Executive Director / Group Chief Financial Officer, TM who is also the Yang DiPertua Badan Kebajikan Islam TM (BAKIT) Pusat, Jeremy Kung, Executive Vice President, New Media TM, Mohd Mokhtar Abdul Rahman, General Manager, Acquisition & Airtime Management, TV AlHijrah and Emily Wee, Vice President of Business and Media Operations, TM. 

Commenting on the launch, Dato' Sri Dr. Halim said, "We are happy to be working with AlHijrah Media Corporation to provide AlHijrah On Demand channel on our HyppTV platform, making us the first IPTV service provider to offer an On Demand Islamic content in the country. It is even more meaningful as we launched this new channel to our HyppTV customers in the blessed month of Ramadan. Viewers can now fill their time with spiritual contents by watching various special Islamic and Ramadan programmes on AlHijrah On Demand at their convenience, including while on-the-go with the HyppTV Everywhere app that can be downloaded from Apple Store and Google Play." 

"This latest offerings available to you through HyppTV's collaboration with AlHijrah Media Corporation reflects our continuous effort in providing diversified yet unique local contents to our viewers. We are committed to continue exploring more collaboration with other local contentpreneurs to enable us to bring an enhanced viewing experience to Malaysians," added Dato' Sri Dr. Halim. 

Meanwhile, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Yusof said, "Praise to God that our effort in promoting Islam holistically has now been made easier with the synergy established between TV AlHijrah and TM through its Video On Demand selection. With the availability of this platform, TV AlHijrah content can be viewed anytime, anywhere and even repeat it at your convenience. TV AlHijrah will maximise this opportunity to feature a variety of flagship programmes to fulfill the viewers' demand for Islamic content. We at TV AlHijrah are also grateful to become the first provider to broadcast Islamic content in HD on a Video on Demand platform."

Prior to the launch, TM staff were enlightened with a tazkirah by Ustaz Ghazali Ibrahim and Ustaz Anzaruddin Ahmad. ​Guests were also entertained with booth activities by Chef Zamir, Ustaz Taha and Ustazah Isfadiah from TV AlHijrah.  

In conjunction with the launch, TM in collaboration with BAKIT Pusat and TV AlHijrah also shared the barakah (blessings) of the holy month of Ramadan with orphans and single mothers during its annual Majlis Berbuka Puasa. TV AlHijrah, as the co-organiser has brought in TV AlHijrah's personalities for a meet-and-greet session and to entertain the guests. 

The buka puasa was followed by Maghrib prayers and the congregation then proceeded with dinner and Terawih prayers soon after. 

AlHijrah On Demand is the second channel available from AlHijrah Media Corporation on HyppTV platform, after its free-to-air offering TV AlHijrah in HD on HyppTV Channel 114. 

AlHijrah On Demand channel is offered in HD format and programmes are made available for viewing anytime, commercial free on Channel 834 of HyppTV Video On Demand platform. With a monthly subscription fee of only RM10, subscribers will be able to access a library full of various Islamic programmes from talk shows, documentaries, as well as cooking shows, in both Bahasa Malaysia and English. The channel comes with interactive viewing features where viewers can pause, rewind and fast forward for a much enjoyable viewing convenience. 

Some of the favourites programme on AlHijrah On Demand include "Cinta Ilmu", a talk show with a list of renowned ustaz that discusses various Islamic topics; "30 minit Bersama Ustaz Don" where in the programme, Ustaz Don shares his views on related Islamic topics with young muslim audience. 

In conjunction with the month of Ramadan, AlHijrah On Demand offers special programmes such as "Hidangan Barakah", a unique cooking show hosted by Chef Ammar El-Ali who demonstrates various recipes from Middle East and Mediterranean in easy, and Islamic way. Also available is "Madrasah AlHijrah Ramadan", an informal Islamic educational programme that provides enlightenment on topics relevant with the month of Ramadan.

HyppTV currently offers its customers a total of 119 channels with 36 channels in High Definition (HD) - consisting of 50 premium channels, 29 free channels including 8 Radio Channels, 18 Video-On-Demand (VOD) channels and 22 interactive channels in variety of value packages and ala-carte options. HyppTV is powered by TM's high speed broadband service, UniFi and Streamyx 4Mbps and 8Mbps which are available to viewers come rain or shine through its residential and business UniFi and Streamyx packages. HyppTV customers can also enjoy the world class entertainment line-up on the move via HyppTV Everywhere. To date, HyppTV has close to 700,000 subscribers.

For more info on HyppTV, log on to www.tm.com.my/hypptv and visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hyppworld​.​
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