Astro Vellithirai

Astro Vellithirai
CountryMalaysia
Broadcast areaMalaysia
Programming
Language(s)Tamil
Picture format16:9 HDTV (1080i)
Ownership
OwnerAstro Malaysia Holdings
ParentMeasat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn. Bhd. (Astro)
Sister channelsAstro Vaanavil
Astro Vinmeen
Astro Thangathirai
History
Launched16 April 2007 (SD) (Malaysia)
14 April 2022 (HD) (Malaysia)
FounderAnanda Krishnan
Closed1 July 2020 (Singapore)
14 April 2022 (SD) (Malaysia)

Astro Vellithirai is a 24-hour Tamil language movie channel and also known as the Tamil version of the Asian HBO, showing the local and Kollywood movies.[1][2] The channel began its broadcast on 16 April 2007 on channel 74, and moved to channel 202 on 1 October of the same year due to channel renumbering. Most of the movies are available in English subtitles.

The channel is available for all Astro and NJOI customers.

References

  1. ^ "Redirecting to Astro What's on". Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Singtel TV : Channels & On Demand : Channels : CH624 Astro Vellithirai". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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