Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Digi Telecommunications announced their brand new collaboration on Monday for the HyppTV Everywhere service. The collaboration will allow Digi subscribers, on both prepaid and postpaid plans, to watch HyppTV’s programming on their mobile devices with zero data charges for a limited time.
For those who are not familiar, HyppTV is TM’s IPTV service that comes free with UniFi or Streamyx broadband services. With HyppTV Everywhere service, TM subscribers can now continue to watch their favourite programs on their mobile devices or computers even when they’re not at home (or when the TV is being used by someone else).
With the partnership, Digi subscribers now get to enjoy HyppTV without using up their data quota or with zero data charges until June 30th. First time users will enjoy a 1-week free trial to the service by registering for a new account and, fortunately, the free trial works even if you’re not a Digi subscriber. At the end of the said week, users will have the option to continue with a paid subscription and this is where Digi users will get to enjoy another unique feature: a hassle-free payment option where the subscription can be added to the phone bill.
Digi subscribers will get to choose from any of the 5 available special Digi Packs as below:
If the packages are not according to taste, Digi users will also be able to subscribe to any of the 49 channels separately at RM 6/month each. The other channels in HyppTV’s stable include free ones like Channel NewsAsia, Euronews, and Bloomberg TV, as well as premium ones such as Al Jazeera, MUTV, Discovery Kids, TVB8, Nick Jr, Warner TV, Comedy Central HD, and 4 HyppSports HD channels. There are also Video on Demand (VOD) channels for sports and movies but these require additional payments.
The HyppTV Everywhere service requires a broadband connection of 2 Mbps or faster using the app or a web browser (although, I was able to get it to work on lower speeds but the video quality suffered). The accompanying apps are only available for iOS (HyppTV Everywhere for iPhone and HyppTV Everywhere HD for iPad) and Android (with separate apps for phone and tablet) for now. As for computers, the service can be accessed with the HyppTV Everywhere website using a browser plugin (but this didn’t seem to work for me as the plugin caused some issues and my browser was not able to recognise that it was already installed). The access to both app and web require a HyppTV account but new users can register for one at the sign-in screen.
From now until the 13th of May of this year, Digi customers who subscribe to at least one HyppTV Everywhere package will also stand a chance to win an exclusive experience with actor Shah Iskandar. The choice of experiences include flyboarding, ATV/quad-biking, a private cooking class, or being a pilot for a day.
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