Astro On Demand (simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel.
The channel was officially launched on 16 July 2007. Astro On Demand plays spontaneously as Hong Kong does on premiering drama series. However, not all drama series are subject to the rules above. Programming options like subtitles are available in Chinese and Malay and in recent years English subtitles and Mandarin audio option are added.
Starting in mid-2018, Astro AOD became available with additional Chinese subtitles.
Programming schedule Astro On Demand adopts NVOD so that audiences can review the dramas when they missed the first broadcasting time. For example, all the episodes of a drama premiere on 8.30 are collected at Channel 903–910; those premiere on 9.30 are collected at Channel 923–943. Each channel can collect 4 episodes at most (5–6 episodes in one channel sometimes), that is, the time audiences have to wait at the shortest is 45 minutes, the longest 3 hours (sometimes longer). Furthermore, Astro On Demand keeps the dramas for another week after the entire series ended for audiences who missed them can have a watch. However, if one drama was well received, the channel will keep it longer. So far dramas that have been kept for a month are: Moonlight Resonance, Rosy Business, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, and Born Rich.
List Of TVB Dramas 8.30 pm Date Drama title Number of episodes Channel 6 August 2007 Fathers and Sons 25 901–908 10 September Steps 20 901–907 8 October Men Don't Cry 21 901–907 5 November Word Twisters' Adventures 20 901–907 3 December The Building Blocks of Life 20 901–907 1 January 2008 Wars of In-Laws II 20 901–907 28 January Wasabi Mon Amour 20 901–907 25 February The Master of Tai Chi 25 901–908 31 March A Journey Called Life 20 901–907 28 April The Silver Chamber of Sorrows 21 901–907 26 May The Money-Maker Recipe 21 901–908 23 June Speech of Silence 20 901–907 21 July When A Dog Loves A Cat 20 901–907 25 August Your Class or Mine 20 901–907 22 September The Four 25 901–908 26 October When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West 30 901–910 8 December Pages of Treasures 20 901–907 5 January 2009 Sweetness in the Salt 25 901–908 9 February The Greatness of a Hero 20 901–907 9 March The Winter Melon Tale 20 901–907 6 April Man in Charge 20 901–907 4 May Just Love II 25 901–908 8 June A Great Way To Care 20 901–907 6 July Dressage To Win 9 901–904 13 July A Bride for a Ride 21 901–907
9.30 pm Date Drama title Number of episodes Channel 16 July 2007 The Drive of Life 60 931–947 8 October The Ultimate Crime Fighter 37 931–941 26 November Marriage of Inconvenience 20 931–937 24 December Survivor's Law II 20 931–937 21 January 2008 The Gentle Crackdown II 20 931–937 18 February The Seventh Day 20 931–937 18 March ICAC Investigators 2007 5 931–933 24 March C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri 29 931–939 21 April Catch Me Now 20 931–937 19 May Forensic Heroes II 30 931–940 30 June Love Exchange 20 931–937 28 July Moonlight Resonance 40 931–942 22 September Last One Standing 22 931–938 20 October The Gem of Life 82 921–943 16 February 2009 EU 30 921–930 30 March The King of Snookers 20 921–927 27 April Rosy Business 25 921–928 1 June The Threshold of a Persona 30 921–930 6 July Burning Flame III 32 921–930
10.30 pm Date Drama title Number of episodes Channel 10 March 2008 D.I.E 25 941–947 18 August Legend of the Demigods 22 945–950 22 December I Do 20 945–949
Programming schedule table TimeStateOld Channel NumbersNew Channel Numbers
References Astro AOD TV Guide
External links Astro Media Solutions