Astro Arena (TV channel)

Astro Arena is a Malaysian television station owned and operated by Astro. It is the first 24/7 Malay language sports channel in Malaysia. This channel can be viewed on channel 801 through Astro' Family Pack. Launched on 26 March 2010, it was the idea from the former Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports YB. Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, together with the Olympic Council of Malaysia and Astro, to have a sports channel dedicated solely to the development of Malaysian sports.

Astro Arena

Country	Malaysia
Broadcast area	Malaysia Brunei
Slogan	Nadi Sukan Malaysia The Heart of Malaysian Sports
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programming
Language(s)	English (for selected coverage) Malay
Picture format	16:9 (SDTV) & (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Astro
Sister channels	Astro SuperSport (English only) eGG Network (English only) Astro Box Office
History
Launched	26 March 2010 (Malaysia) (SD) 1 September 2016 (Malaysia) (HD)
Links
Website	www.arena.my
Availability
Satellite
Astro	Channel 801 (SD) Channel 802 (HD) Channel 882 (Astro Arena Radio)
NJOI	Channel 801 (SD)

Astro Arena is a 4-in-one channel featuring live local sports, a comprehensive 7-day-a-week coverage of local and international sports news, informative magazine and information programming and interactive viewer involvement.[1]

The channel delivers 700 hours of live, local sports a year, with an additional 2000 hours of replays greatly expanding the amount of local sports available in the country. It also provides coverage of up to 56 hours a week of Malaysians competing at international levels or the best in world sports of a particular interest to the Malaysian audience.[1]

Astro Arena is currently available for free-to-view on Astro customers and on NJOI customers in Malaysia on Channel 801 in Standard Definition (SD) format and Channel 802 in High Definition (HD) format (Astro customers only).