Seeker1953 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 All set to watch the Winter Olympics, are you? Not if you have True Visions - I just called and the attendant checked twice. True Visions has no contract to broadcast the Olympics. None. Nothing. Nada. I am disappointed and disgusted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 SUCKSSSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 "King of Sports"...........my hairy ass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx22cb Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think Thailand has some athletes competing at these Olympics - but why interrupt silly game shows and soaps?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) I think Thailand has some athletes competing at these Olympics - but why interrupt silly game shows and soaps?! Just one, half farang/thai. Well known musician Vanessa-Mae. Interest in Winter Olympics in Thailand estimated: 0.0000001 %. (matching the number of expats interested in winter sports) If one has a decent internet connection (3 MBit/s or better within Thailand): forget about satellite TV. Get an IPTV solution as fast as possible. BTW: I am currently watching the opening ceremony, downloaded from a German TV broadcaster. A bit tricky as I need to involve my VPN. Videos are region locked and can not be seen in Thailand "normally". Edited February 8, 2014 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Troll post removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) No idea whether the free VPN/proxy solutions described here will work: http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/02/how-to-watch-the-winter-olympics-2014-in-thailand/ Just tried Google Chrome with ZEN Mate (addon), location UK and watched some "Highlights" from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25885398 Worked well. Edited February 8, 2014 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hardly suprising that coverage of winter sports is poor in asia, nothing here in Singapore either. You wouldn't expect coverage of the pan asian games in the UK or North America would you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Hardly suprising that coverage of winter sports is poor in asia, nothing here in Singapore either. You wouldn't expect coverage of the pan asian games in the UK or North America would you. Yes, sure. But its quite annoying that an expensive service like True Visions gives a .... about their farang customers. Even worse at GMM Z (competitor), still no english language content on the website: http://www.gmmz.tv/ Edited February 8, 2014 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How can True Vision Sports not cover the most important SPORTS event of the year ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How can True Vision Sports not cover the most important SPORTS event of the year ? They do, F1 qualifying, practise and the races live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 They lost the rights to premier league football and no longer show six nations rugby. OK have F1 but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How can True Vision Sports not cover the most important SPORTS event of the year ?They do, F1 qualifying, practise and the races live! might as well add coverage of grass growing or paint drying... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How can True Vision Sports not cover the most important SPORTS event of the year ?They do, F1 qualifying, practise and the races live! might as well add coverage of grass growing or paint drying... Didn't realise these were sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 No idea whether the free VPN/proxy solutions described here will work: http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/02/how-to-watch-the-winter-olympics-2014-in-thailand/ Just tried Google Chrome with ZEN Mate (addon), location UK and watched some "Highlights" from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25885398 Worked well. Highlights he-ll. I watched it live last night on BBC. http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/winter-olympics/25885398 Gave up on LieVision years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 http://vipbox.net/others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 They lost the rights to premier league football and no longer show six nations rugby. OK have F1 but that's about it. Could have sworn I was watching the six nations rugby on TRUE last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Even worse at GMM Z (competitor), still no english language content on the website: http://www.gmmz.tv/ GMM will at least be showing the winter olympics (some of it anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajyindee Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Astro has 4 dedicated channels ... 2 x SD, 2 x HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How can True Vision Sports not cover the most important SPORTS event of the year ?They do, F1 qualifying, practise and the races live! might as well add coverage of grass growing or paint drying... Didn't realise these were sports?No, but awfully boring since Stirling Moss and Fangio retired. But the point about the Olympics is well made.True is becoming more trouble than it's worth and has a contempt for its subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yes, sure. But its quite annoying that an expensive service like True Visions gives a .... about their farang customers. Their Khaek numbers are much higher but still an infinitesimal proportion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) They lost the rights to premier league football and no longer show six nations rugby. OK have F1 but that's about it. Could have sworn I was watching the six nations rugby on TRUE last weekend. Yes, 6 Nations is on True. The Olympics have to be broadcast on free-to-air TV. If True had bought them they would have to have shared them with terrestrial TV. I guess they felt it wouldn't be worth it. Can't say I blame them, from a commercial point of view. Like it or not, sports rights is a commercial business not a charity. Edit: The Opening Ceremony was live on True Channel 77 Edited February 8, 2014 by brewsterbudgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) The TV rights for the Winter Olympics in Thailand have been "re-sold" to local broadcasters, which means Channels 3, 7, 9, 11 etc can broadcast the events they think will be popular. Expect to see the Thai alpine skiers! All the channels are carried on Truevisions. Edited February 8, 2014 by brewsterbudgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 They need an Olympics in takraw and Draughts with beer bottle tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 They need an Olympics in takraw and Draughts with beer bottle tops. Actually international Sepak Takraw is an EXCELLENT sport and I hope will develop to the point of being accepted into the Olympics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Some month ago i downgraded from Gold to Family package for the half price. Now i can watch NHL Live for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think CTH have Eurosport channel and this shows Winter Sports often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 There are not a lot of SEA countries participating in the winter Olympics, so there's not a lot of local demand. A marketing decission, not unllike others that True has made, that affects farang more than local viewers. CTH outbid them for the rights to televise EPL and Euro Sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddygq Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 http://slipstreamtv.co/ This is totally free. It's the best streaming website I have found out there. TRUE SUCKS!!!!!!!! I hope you guys enjoy it, it's got everything on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Here;s a link to a Richard borrow thread that gives daily updates on how to watch: http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/02/how-to-watch-the-winter-olympics-2014-in-thailand/ I watched some on channel 77 but it is Thai commentary, no English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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