Astro B.yond Bloggers Night Out

Greetings once again my fellow readers. Allow me to welcome all of you once again to my blog. Yes, I have disappeared here and there for the whole 2009 but I have decided to spice up my blog by popular demand from many of my blogger friends.
To kick off the year 2010, I have decided to begin my year with ASTRO B.yond Malaysian Bloggers Event. Blogging has gone beyond its distance that it certainly becomes the world's next source of communication in the media industry. It was a mid-week evening where approximately 200-bloggers were treated with an evening of fun, food and friends at Modesto's, Desa Sri Hartamas - but certainly it was the night where ASTRO wants the bloggers to be amongst the first to witness Malaysia's First High Definition Television Commercial for Astro B.yond.Since the inception of technology, Malaysian multimedia industry has evolved trumendously and today Astro prides to be the nation's number one High Definition (HD) broadcast. It will also change TV viewing experience with richer colours, picture-perfect clarity and cinematic surround sound. Of course, Malaysia is way behind many developed nations in introducing HD experience but nevertheless we were not the last to enjoy it.

According to Mr. Henry Tan, the Chief Operating Officer of Astro, he says that "it is undeniable that the bloggers are game changers as their nimbleness and the lack of pretense of their work drawfed and humbled media giants." He further quips that "underlying the success of blogging, we have all learned that it is people who are killer app for the internet age and with Astro B.yond, we are changing the game too.

The Astro B.yond Bloggers Night also saw the premiere of the Astro B.yond TV commercial in High Definition (HD) for Astro B.yond. This television commercial is one of the longest in Malaysian television commercial history with approximately 2.30 minutes. This commercial will be broadcasted in HD and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound on the four HD channels on Astro - ASTRO Supersport HD (Ch 831), HBO HD (Ch 431), National Geographic Channel HD (Ch 573) and HISTORY HD (Ch 575) and followed by ESPN HD (Ch 832) in January 2010.

Dear all, stay tune for more pictures to come soon from the event. Awaiting some hi-resolution photos to come in.