Astro TVIQ

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**Astro TVIQ**

Type	Private Satellite Television
Country	Malaysia, Indonesia
Availability	National
Owner	Astro
Launch date	2002
Website www.astro.com.my

Astro TVIQ is an Astro branded channel brought exclusively for Malaysians and Indonesians who own Astro. This channel is free as it is grouped under the Astro Family package. The viewership target is for children between the age of 7 and 17.

Programmes on this network are all based on education, exploration, arts, science, information about video games, learning English, motivation and mathematics. Some programmes also show how to improve ones Italian and German language by showing dramas in those languages. This is also suitable for people who are sitting for examinations. It can also help people to improve their language.

The programmes that are shown on this channel are taken from a few of the popular international television stations such as from the History Channel, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Kids Central, and programmes from the United States and Australia. Some of the shows are made by Astro alone.

Since March 1, 2006, the G4 programme slot was aired on Astro TVIQ and was no longer shown on its sister educational channel, TV Pendidikan.

Astro TVIQ is available on Astro's channel 552. In Indonesia, it is available on channel 20 via Astro Nusantara.