Cable And Satellite Tv In Thailand

[dantilley]

Please could someone enlighten me about cable and satellite TV in Thailand?

I have looked at numerous options and am missing the basic overview of what we can get and how. Not interested in UBC but really want to watch BBC and some cricket as a priority, then any film channel etc is a bonus.

Can anyone help? Thanks

[AnotherATM]

Please could someone enlighten me about cable and satellite TV in Thailand?

I have looked at numerous options and am missing the basic overview of what we can get and how. Not interested in UBC but really want to watch BBC and some cricket as a priority, then any film channel etc is a bonus.

Can anyone help? Thanks

A cheap satellite system at 3000-5000 baht including 60cm dish, though I recommend a dish of at least 5 ft as you will lose signal every time it rains. make sure the receiver has card slots/decoder(s) built in.

'Dream TV' (satellite outfit for Phillipines) card, from most satellite equipment suppliers, upwards of 150 baht for 3+ months of viweing, updatable when it expires. You can di the updates yourself if you have a internet-connected computer and an RS232 lead.

That gets you BBC World, CNN, CNBC.

4 film channels: HBO, Star, Cinemax & TCM (mostly US American shiite stuff but the occasional UK film)

Austalian channel has reasonable selection of human interest shows as well as some UK series.

Discovery, Animal Planet..

Hallmark: mostly valueless US American craapp stuff but some UK series like 'wire in the blood', 'spooks', and the john nettles most murder-prone village thing.

4 cartoon channels

3 sport channels

Far too many US American 'entertainment' channels.

and more.

However: in the last two weeks Dream have been talking about subscribers to a particular package upgrading their software as the system is changing and anyone with a pirate system will be unable to receive the program. I have no further details on it.

Good luck!

[dantilley]

Thanks for this. I have been on Dream TV website and it says available only in Philippines. Though I presume I can subscribe here in Thailand but is it a 'pirate' one, or can I get a genuine subscription?

Many thanks.

[longball53098]

Please could someone enlighten me about cable and satellite TV in Thailand?

I have looked at numerous options and am missing the basic overview of what we can get and how. Not interested in UBC but really want to watch BBC and some cricket as a priority, then any film channel etc is a bonus.

Can anyone help? Thanks

A cheap satellite system at 3000-5000 baht including 60cm dish, though I recommend a dish of at least 5 ft as you will lose signal every time it rains. make sure the receiver has card slots/decoder(s) built in.

'Dream TV' (satellite outfit for Phillipines) card, from most satellite equipment suppliers, upwards of 150 baht for 3+ months of viweing, updatable when it expires. You can di the updates yourself if you have a internet-connected computer and an RS232 lead.

That gets you BBC World, CNN, CNBC.

4 film channels: HBO, Star, Cinemax & TCM (mostly US American shiite stuff but the occasional UK film)

Austalian channel has reasonable selection of human interest shows as well as some UK series.

Discovery, Animal Planet..

Hallmark: mostly valueless US American craapp stuff but some UK series like 'wire in the blood', 'spooks', and the john nettles most murder-prone village thing.

4 cartoon channels

3 sport channels

Far too many US American 'entertainment' channels.

and more.

However: in the last two weeks Dream have been talking about subscribers to a particular package upgrading their software as the system is changing and anyone with a pirate system will be unable to receive the program. I have no further details on it.

Good luck!

Well, words of wisdom and another American basher,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,do you hate anything American or just the entertainment related things? In about 10 lines you managed at least 3 slaps about American TV and film.

Why not just answer the posters questions instead of adding your feelings about America? I know you're a Bush hater as well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

You all drive me to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I can see the replies coming ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Kwong]

My satellite system get BBC , HBO, Star, Cinemax , TCM etc . But the reception is not very good, esp when it rain.

I think the satellite is called Agulia from Phillipines. I don't need to paid the company, just the set-up of satellite disc.

But Asia2 & Asia3 satellite have a very good reception.

Edited March 29, 2008 by Kwong

[peter991]

For beginners - here a website which tells you everything you need to know about Satellite TV in Thailand.

Did anybody know there are 400 free to air (FTA) TV channels available in Bangkok?

Peter

[Plus]

UBC offers at least triple amount of channels, but I guess you can settle for Dream's cheap package if you want sports and news only (if they have cricket on ESPN/Star sports). Subscription costs about 500 baht a month there, must be more if you buy an illegal card in Thailand, and their prepaid cards won't last very long on this package, two months at most.

From Dream website: "Dream TV has just completed implementing and is now migrating to its new security system.

We are doing this to protect Dream viewers from distributors peddling hacked or pirated Dream Boxes."

That might screw up the whole setup.