Astro Arena Sdn. Bhd. is part of the Astro group and a subsidiary of Astro Entertainment Sdn. Bhd. (AESB) and controls a new channel called Arena. Arena is 4 channels in one 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. The channel will deliver 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 will also provide coverage of up to 56 hours a week of Malaysians competing at international level or the best in world sports of particular interest to a Malaysian audience. All of this commentated in Bahasa Malaysia.