Fears that Thais will NOT get to watch World Cup on TV after all - SAT go cap in hand to FIFA

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, sungod said:

3.5 billion people across the entire world seem to disagree with you.

It is similar to London....when someone is tired of soccer, they are tired of life. It is usually USA guys who whine, simply because they are not very good at it, yet seem to prefer fat people standing about for 4-5 hours while they advertise coca cola! Let us hope for a good tournament....sadly Internationals at this level usually are not as entertaining.

Edited November 12, 2022 by jacko45k

[fulhamster]

14 hours ago, blazes said:

 

How blessed is a Thai listener not having to cringe every time he hears "cup" pronounced as "coop" (plus all uses of "u" that become "oo".  Country becomes "coontry" and so on.)

 

Unfortunately the whole of UK tv is full of presenters who cannot pronounce the King's English.

And sorry but female sports commentators are making the sports unlistenable.

[TigerandDog]

13 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I doubt many Thais know that  100 % ,    but I have 2 good choices from UK and Australia ,

which will be better than vipleague , those kind of sites are iffy at best ,buffer too much.

regards worgeordie

I've never had an issue with buffering with vipleague, but I put that down to the bandwidth/download speed of my internet connection.

[SchuetzRob]

19 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I would also prefer to see the girls in the bars dancing for free.

Will the government also pay for them?

At least they are Thais who spend that money again in Thailand.

 

Or in other words: There is no human right to watch international football. And the world survived without it for millions of years.

You are right. But: obviously there was a need for football along the way that led to the invention of the game........

[twizzian]

22 hours ago, huangnon said:

A bung under the table to Blatter and co should do it.

Blatter’s not head of FIFA anymore

[SunsetT]

23 hours ago, Will B Good said:

A days profit, if that, for CP........how about they hand something back to the Thais for a change.....instead of take, take, take.

Good for PR to.

 

[josephbloggs]

13 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

I have personally never watched a soccer game in my life.  

Great, thanks for sharing. Now off you go to other threads to tell people things you haven't done.

[digger70]

Why do the Thais want Everything for Free. Someone has to pay for it.

I have to pay to watch my sport or a movie .

So in my eyes the Thais can pay for a Box and they can watch whatever  comes with that package.

[GroveHillWanderer]

22 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Up until quite a long time ago, such events were always on free-to-air TV in the UK.

They still are. BBC and ITV are sharing the coverage between them.

 

Live World Cup Football on UK TV

Edited November 12, 2022 by GroveHillWanderer

[garygooner]

On 11/11/2022 at 10:37 AM, anchadian said:

Those Thais who can speak English can watch and listen to live matches on the BBC and ITV.....with a VPN of course.

If people love football then I'm sure they could watch it in any language if they have to. It's football NOT a documentary.   

[Doctor Tom]

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. 

It's a damn boring game anyway, so you won't be missing much. 

[Doctor Tom]

15 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

I have personally never watched a soccer game in my life.  

I have and you haven't missed anything important, or even interesting. 

[Eleven Seven]

5 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. 

It's a damn boring game anyway, so you won't be missing much. 

Stick to golf or snooker. Might be more exciting for you.

[Doctor Tom]

1 hour ago, Eleven Seven said:

Stick to golf or snooker. Might be more exciting for you.

anything but football, even tidally winks . 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Doctor Tom

[bobandyson]

On 11/12/2022 at 8:47 AM, TigerandDog said:

I've never had an issue with buffering with vipleague, but I put that down to the bandwidth/download speed of my internet connection.

I only get problems when streaming in HD on any site. That site has a good option of selecting viewing in SD which rarely buffers or freezes. Although my pc was bought when rainbows were in black and white so it's getting on a bit. ????

 

[sallecc]

Any safe option for those of us here who are not from UK (can't use BBC & ITV via VPN) ?

 

I'd gladly pay extra for a good service, than to depend on bandwidth limitations of streaming sites, as demand will be insanely huge as expected... There's nothing worse than buffering at the last minutes of the some important game lol.

 

I use HDprime (380/month), but I would not rely on them for the World Cup, because last year they (and even Pulse 1000/month) buffered on final F1 race.

(meanwhile Netflix & YouTube 4K worked flawlessly, so my internet was OK)

 

Last WC I was in different countries, so I used Ripple website, it was great but now it seems it's gone downhill...

 

Bein Sports Thailand told me they will *not* stream WC here "due to copyright rules" (lol), they will stream it only in some Arab & African countries.

 

Any ideas from you guys are welcome, thanks! (we already got our Croatia shirts, snacks and drinks ready ???? )

[worldexpress]

It's just amazing how things are ran spontaneously by the seat of their pants. You can pretty much disregard all planning announcements; they are invariably smoke and mirrors.

Edited November 13, 2022 by worldexpress

[fondue zoo]

 

FIFA:  sure, we have a discount streaming package available for B600M.

 

 

** yes I know this isn't football

 

 

 

 

 

[Binger]

I think beIN sports thailand have all games live and you can get the app on smart tvs tablets & computers price 99 bhat a month or 1000 bhat a year if you want champions league as well can cancel anytime so if you want for world cup get for month and cancel happy days 99 bhat ????

[sallecc]

5 hours ago, Binger said:

I think beIN sports thailand have all games live and you can get the app on smart tvs tablets & computers price 99 bhat a month or 1000 bhat a year if you want champions league as well can cancel anytime so if you want for world cup get for month and cancel happy days 99 bhat ????

Yeah 'beIN Connect' is good app, but it doesn't include the World Cup... I asked beIN yesterday and they said they are not allowed to stream WC in Thailand (and in the rest of the world, apart from several Arab and African countries).