LuckyLucas Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 It's gone and his been replaced with firstly some dreadful African Music Channel and now some other channel with a load of sausage gobblers talking <deleted> it won't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1973 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I just spoke with Sophon and they told me they have been bombarded with complaints since they removed the station. This is a licensing issue and they recently received a letter from MNET ordering them to remove the channel. They told me that they will put some scrolling text on some of the channels to confirm what I said. They also said they will send me the letter they received from MNET. If it contains any further information I will publish it here. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1973 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Here is the letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Here is the letter. Howard cheers for that information, but with the extra "Farang News" hours on channel 28 and 41 is the money they demand really worth it any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denboy Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Mnet was the only channel which at least had a few decent sitcoms to view. Did Sophon not mention how much a licence would be? It seems there are loads of rubbish channels amongst the 62 they broadcast. I realise they have to cater for all tastes but they are a bit over the top with news channels. I wonder how many channels they actually have licences for. Considering the monthly fee of 350 baht I suppose you cannot expect to much. I'm sure most people would not object to them upping the fee so they can broadcast some better channels. It has been 350 baht as far back as I can remember and that is 10 years, certainly good value for money if you compare it to UBC. Maybe the could ask the Mayor for a donation as they seem to throw money away on dead end projects around Pattaya. Surely it would be more benificial to the local populace rather than: ie spend millions of Baht on consultants on how to dispose of garbage to name only one project. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathanpattaya Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Here is the letter. Thanks for this. So, we have lost Mnet for the forseeable. That's a real shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Osborne Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 how about some Discovery, National Geographic or History channels ??? Apart from the BCC world news there seems to be f -all else to watch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 how about some Discovery, National Geographic or History channels ??? Apart from the BCC world news there seems to be f -all else to watch.. Blame Truevisions (UBC) who have the sole re-transmission rights for those channels. None of the other cable companies within Thailand are allowed to show those channels, even if they would be prepared to pay for them (which they wouldn't anyway).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Osborne Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 UBC... What a rip-off that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I used to have Sophon Cable 6 years ago, back then they even had live EPL football and some decent documentary channels. Over the years they were all gradually removed one by one and then replaced with utter garbage or some non english speaking channels. So if you want some decent TV to watch now, im afraid that UBC is the only option but a little expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejah Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 what happened to stream (on channel 22 i think)? it's now russian stream used to have good movies in english at night someone mentioned they called sophon what is the number please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I used to have Sophon Cable 6 years ago, back then they even had live EPL football and some decent documentary channels.Over the years they were all gradually removed one by one and then replaced with utter garbage or some non english speaking channels. So if you want some decent TV to watch now, im afraid that UBC is the only option but a little expensive. A mate told me Saturday night that he gets 3 channels on Sophon that show the EPL. He was off home to watch the ManU game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbin Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ^^^ This is true. I've been watching EPL on Sophon every Fri ( 'til Sat a.m.) and Sat (same) for several weeks now. Since the start of the season actually. I think there was one weekend they did not not broadcast EPL. Some nights you have a choice of games as they broadcast different games on different channels. The channels are in the mid to high thirties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReThai Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 MNET is still on TMN cable tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ^^^This is true. I've been watching EPL on Sophon every Fri ( 'til Sat a.m.) and Sat (same) for several weeks now. Since the start of the season actually. I think there was one weekend they did not not broadcast EPL. Some nights you have a choice of games as they broadcast different games on different channels. The channels are in the mid to high thirties. Well if that's the case all well and good, but how long will it last and how reliable is the broadcast? UBC currently have 7 sport channels and can show up to 7 live EPL games at the same time, thats the main reason i,ve subscribed together with the 7 documentry channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbin Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ^^^ So far , so good! They also broadcast the Spanish League and UEFA, if I've got that right (I'm not from those parts). EuroSport Live is quite good too, depending on the available events and the promoted sports of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ^^^So far , so good! They also broadcast the Spanish League and UEFA, if I've got that right (I'm not from those parts). EuroSport Live is quite good too, depending on the available events and the promoted sports of the month. Well if this continues with Sophon, and they show live EPL every week, i might well revert back to them and ditch UBC and save myself some money! I'll give it a while to see if they are broadcasting it reliably as TIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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