UBC, at least on satellite, seems to be broadcasting a sampler of the gold package channels which can be picked up by people, like me, who stuck to the silver package.

Seems to be Animax in the late afternoon / early evenings, Star World in the late evening, then BBC Prime in the small hours, before switching to "TVB"? around 3am.

I stuck to Silver because I chose not to pay an extra 500 a month for BBC Prime and Star World, the only two channels in the Gold package I'd be remotely inclined to watch - If they'd added Disney for the kids, it would have been a no-brainer, but for some reason they didn't (it's not like Disney's not broadcast to Oz / Phillipines, so it's available, at least in English).

UBC, at least on satellite, seems to be broadcasting a sampler of the gold package channels which can be picked up by people, like me, who stuck to the silver package.

Seems to be Animax in the late afternoon / early evenings, Star World in the late evening, then BBC Prime in the small hours, before switching to "TVB"? around 3am.

I stuck to Silver because I chose not to pay an extra 500 a month for BBC Prime and Star World, the only two channels in the Gold package I'd be remotely inclined to watch - If they'd added Disney for the kids, it would have been a no-brainer, but for some reason they didn't (it's not like Disney's not broadcast to Oz / Phillipines, so it's available, at least in English).

Looks promising, reports as 'future channel' currently showing animax (18:00) check it out later for Star and BBC.

UBC, at least on satellite, seems to be broadcasting a sampler of the gold package channels which can be picked up by people, like me, who stuck to the silver package.

Seems to be Animax in the late afternoon / early evenings, Star World in the late evening, then BBC Prime in the small hours, before switching to "TVB"? around 3am.

I stuck to Silver because I chose not to pay an extra 500 a month for BBC Prime and Star World, the only two channels in the Gold package I'd be remotely inclined to watch - If they'd added Disney for the kids, it would have been a no-brainer, but for some reason they didn't (it's not like Disney's not broadcast to Oz / Phillipines, so it's available, at least in English).

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Thanks for the tip, didn't see that.

I said Gold package sampler - it is of course a platinum package sampler.

and I have the Gold package, not the Silver package.

Sorry for any confusion...

The channels you mentioned --- BBC Prime, Animax, Star World --- are only available in the Platinum package for about 150 baht a week more than the Gold package.

If you upgrade to Gold you still won't get any of those channels. You can watch extracts on the Channel 8 preview channel.

Agree with with you about Disney. That should be a natural. Time to lobby UBC.

The channels you mentioned --- BBC Prime, Animax, Star World --- are only available in the Platinum package for about 150 baht a week more than the Gold package.

If you upgrade to Gold you still won't get any of those channels. You can watch extracts on the Channel 8 preview channel.

Agree with with you about Disney. That should be a natural. Time to lobby UBC.

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No, these channels are available with the silver package too!

Yep. You're right there. Just checked UBCTV.com and Silver has been revamped. For the money it's not a bad deal at all.

Now if BBC Prime would just lose some of those tired old promos they drown us in every 10 minutes...