The thread about Thai tv in UK is very interesting. My wife and I live on the East Coast of Australia, just north of Sydney. I have told that we cannot access the appropriate satellite because it is low in the northern sky, and we have hills to the north.

Is there any other option? I feel a bit guilty that my wife doesn't watch much tv, and she would really like to have access to Thai language broadcasts, I know.

Most of, if not all of the Bangkok free to air tv stations can be viewed on the internet via their websites.

http://www.itv.co.th

http://www.TV3.co.th

http://www.tv5.co.th

http://www.ch7.co.th

http://www.mcot.or.th

http://www.tv11.go.th

For a more comprehensive list of Thai radio and television, with links to streaming live broadcasts like this, http://www.tv5.co.th/live/?bitrate=512 (24k) then check out Home Planet, http://home.planet.nl/~hendr012/mediaeng.htm

Links will require Real Player +/or Windows Media Player, and a broadband connection, in most cases (512 kb/s) if you want clear reception. If you have trouble seeing these broadcasts then you may also need to adjust settings such as pop-up blockers and ActiveX.

If you just want to listen to the radio then dial-up is sometimes okay.

The thread about Thai tv in UK is very interesting.  My wife and I live on the East Coast of Australia, just north of Sydney.  I have told that we cannot access the appropriate satellite because it is low in the northern sky, and we have hills to the north.

Is there any other option?  I feel a bit guilty that my wife doesn't watch much tv, and she would really like to have access to Thai language broadcasts, I know.

Wamberal,

Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.

The worst thing about living with my family in Thailand is Thai TV. I would only consider moving to Aus if I could be guaranteed that there was never going to be Thai TV available there.

No need to hurry back to the antipodes then. It has been in Oz for years

wamberal

Thai TV is available free via satellite along the East coast of Oz. I had TGN tuned in a few years ago, in a very hilly Brissy suburb, with no problems. I used a small ½ meter dish with digital LMB and Nokia digital receiver.

The company who installed the system told me the signal was stronger down towards Sydney and Melbourne. TGN is transmitted on OPTUS B3.

Talk to your local satellite installer again and he should be able to set it up for you. The advice you were given may have been for Thaicom-3. That satellite is low on the horizon. My installer originally told me the same information you stated.

This is the link to the TGN web site giving coverage area and technical info.

http://www.thaitvglobal.com/coverage.html

NL