Astro Kirana

Astro Kirana was a Malaysian satellite television channel dedicated to airing Asian and European films, a 24-hour Malaysian film channel owned by Astro, launched on 31 August 2006 alongside Astro Aruna.

Background

Astro Kirana in Malaysia

The Astro Kirana broadcast, however, was removed from the channel list and stopped on May 18, 2009. Astro stopped the Astro Kirana broadcast because the broadcast only got a viewing ratio of 2% compared to the Astro Ria channel's 12%.
This channel is now known as Astro Citra and later this channel number was also replaced by TVS which started broadcasting officially on Astro on 10 October 2020.

Number change

The following are the number changes available at Astro Kirana:

On 31 August 2006, Astro Kirana could be watched via Astro on channel 43 because it was set to celebrate the 49th National Day.
On 23 December 2006, Astro Kirana was renumbered from channel 43 to channel 23.
On October 1, 2007, Astro Kirana's introductory number will be changed to 3 digits which is 122.
On May 18, 2009, Astro Kirana was officially discontinued