Now I Am Angry

[lampard10]

What did I say?

In the BKK post today, Spain V Ukraine 20.00 ch 11

LIES,LIES,LIES,LIES

I think it's time to resign Mr Roger Crutchley

[britmaveric]

Not on I take it?

[Spit the Dog]

What pisses me off is that I have to wake up at 6.30am for work. The only game that I can really watch is the first game at 8pm. Fat chance of that!

[Backpack_thailand]

AGREE 100%

Now they really ARE taking the piss! The celebrations are over but now they're showing f***ing highlights of it all at 8pm. Why not put it on at 7.30?

Rest assured, this fiasco will cost Thailand big time every two years when the Euro's and World Cup comes on. All future visitors will visit sites like Thai Visa as a valuable source of info and see for themselves the displeasure of all concerned.

No English commentary, outright lying on all advertising.....

Not good, not good AT ALL...!!!

I will be leaving LOS at regular 2 year intervals from now on for a 1 month "sabattical".

[King Dong]

I dont think it can be blamed on Thai TV, no one pays for it so they can put what the fuk they want on it

The real culprits are UBC/ESPN "the worldwide leader in sport", there being paid by subscribers to televise the top sporting events

[tom yum goong]

Have any of u guys that are having this problem considered looking around for a cheap cable provider in your local area?

mine has all the matches in english from Supersport. It would be worth getting just for the WC as its dirt cheap. Well mine here in Phuket is anyway.

[rainman]

i heard the highlights at 8PM will cease on July 9th ...followed by a huge thunderstorm + rain until 4AM

[djc45]

What did I say?

In the BKK post today, Spain V Ukraine 20.00 ch 11

LIES,LIES,LIES,LIES

I think it's time to resign Mr Roger Crutchley

Don’t complain

It will upset the spelling experts and the language experts who think you should not have things like major world sporting events on tv for your pleasure

You’re in Thailand as they often remind us

Maybe green men on Mars get a better coverage than us in Thailand

[penzman]

Soccer was on this evening for the first time but nothing on PTV last few days.

[Sing_Sling]

What did I say?

In the BKK post today, Spain V Ukraine 20.00 ch 11

LIES,LIES,LIES,LIES

I think it's time to resign Mr Roger Crutchley

Don’t complain

It will upset the spelling experts and the language experts who think you should not have things like major world sporting events on tv for your pleasure

You’re in Thailand as they often remind us

Maybe green men on Mars get a better coverage than us in Thailand

It's clearly does not rank as important to billions of people and FIFA are morons . . . apparently.

How could they schedule this event for every four years . . .

Edited June 14, 2006 by Sing_Sling

[nikster]

Have any of u guys that are having this problem considered looking around for a cheap cable provider in your local area?

mine has all the matches in english from Supersport. It would be worth getting just for the WC as its dirt cheap. Well mine here in Phuket is anyway.

Lucky you. Premium Cable where I am - Pai, Mae Hong Son province - doesn't have Supersport. Cheap cable - which I have - doesn't show it either. This is not just me, I was driving around town and none of the bars/pubs that show football showed the game. And believe me, they were frantically seaching all cable/satellite channels available.

I think I could pick it up with the free satellite service (not the paid-for version), considering getting a dish. Unfortunately I don't know anything about satellite, but it's supposed to pick up some premium channels from the philippines. If anyone knows more about this, such as: Does it really work, and does it pick up world cup games, let me know.

The situation in Thailand would not suck so much if they at least said in advance that they are not going to show half the games. I hope this was the last day of royal-mania... Long Live the King!

[ThaiPauly]

I am going back to the UK asap now..what will happen when the group stages are over?..yes like you I sat there like a Lemon , then turned over and watched Fareinheight 9/11... then we had a POWER CUT !!

[OneeyedJohn]

I think I could pick it up with the free satellite service (not the paid-for version), considering getting a dish. Unfortunately I don't know anything about satellite, but it's supposed to pick up some premium channels from the philippines. If anyone knows more about this, such as: Does it really work, and does it pick up world cup games, let me know.

Wot is free satellite ??

I have a dish but wasn't free but i don't pay subscription.

The sat is Agila KU and so far all the games have had excellent english commentators..John Helm and the like. Its like having ur best mate down the pub wiv beer in hand.

Have not ventured into town yet (Chiang Rai) to check the bars but tonite might be different

The little blob top right on the TV says in green /yellow

solar

live access

[ProfessorFart]

Indeed why can they not show the highlights of the days royal news at 7.30 instead of 8? To say that they won't delay or swap the times for anything is nonsense as I recall Paradorn Srichapan's winning match against Agassi at Wimbledon a few years ago being shown on 7 and not being interuppted for any kind of news, royal or otherwise despite being a 7pm start local time.

Nope. I'm afraid that there are other darker machinations here at work and it smacks of just the kind of stunt Squarehead would pull to make his opponents look bad.

If its any grain of comfort they were all buggering off home yesterday so hopefully it will be service as usual, or not as the case may be.

[Noel]

Now they really ARE taking the piss! The celebrations are over but now they're showing f***ing highlights of it all at 8pm. Why not put it on at 7.30?

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

That is just the way it is and no way can I see them ostensibly 'relegating' coverage of the King and his family in favour of football.

You would have more chance of getting FIFA to change the kick-off times...

[Jai Dee]

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

Correct... and please be reminded (gently) about the Forum Rules.

The sat is Agila KU and so far all the games have had excellent english commentators.

Also correct... but that is broadcast from the Phillipines and not Thailand.

Requirements: 7.5 foot diameter mesh satellite dish and receiver.

Look in the Technology Forum for threads on this subject.

[Alonso's Army]

I live in Sriracha

We get the Real Madrid channel on the local cable

They have played all the 8pm games (except Saturdays Eng Vs Par)

English commentary too- South African (not as good as Martin Tyler)

Not sure why they don't have this channel on UBC

I know people want to complain about the channel blockouts but please put it into perspective: The King is celebrating a very special moment with the Thai people. The world cup just happens to coincide with the event. There are some things more important than sports.

[lampard10]

Now they really ARE taking the piss! The celebrations are over but now they're showing f***ing highlights of it all at 8pm. Why not put it on at 7.30?

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

That is just the way it is and no way can I see them ostensibly 'relegating' coverage of the King and his family in favour of football.

You would have more chance of getting FIFA to change the kick-off times...

Not tonight........................Royal news 19.30....................Ecuador v Costa Rica 20.00

Only problem is, it is only on for an hour, then something else is advertised. Maybe they don't realise football matches go on for nearly two hours.

[Spit the Dog]

I not even going to bother trying to watch the Equador v Costa Rica game tonight. What's the point in getting myself worked up. Think I'll go to Tsutaya instead and rent a DVD.

[Plus]

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

On normal days only one channel broadcasts Royal news, I believe. Football should return as soon as the celebrations are over, possibly today.

[rainman]

Now they really ARE taking the piss! The celebrations are over but now they're showing f***ing highlights of it all at 8pm. Why not put it on at 7.30?

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

That is just the way it is and no way can I see them ostensibly 'relegating' coverage of the King and his family in favour of football.

You would have more chance of getting FIFA to change the kick-off times...

Not tonight........................Royal news 19.30....................Ecuador v Costa Rica 20.00

Only problem is, it is only on for an hour, then something else is advertised. Maybe they don't realise football matches go on for nearly two hours.

you're joking, right? one hour?

[lampard10]

you're joking, right? one hour?

So the BKK post TV schedule says.

Maybe they think that the 20.00 match is only an hour long, and that is why we have only seen up to an hour. They're not cutting any off the front, so the logical ( THAI) thing is to chop it off the end.

Edited June 15, 2006 by lampard10

[djc45]

Does anyone know why ubc does not show highlights the day after?

They play the premiership over and over surely they must know there are loads wanting to see the world cup games

[redrus]

You need winrar to open the file.. anyway, here is direct link.. this is zip file.. You'll need winzip..

http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/TVUPlayer.zip

Some of you may have seen the above is really good, ESPN and ESPN2 et all, it works and its better than nothing.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=72346

redrus

*I watched some of the Costa Rica game on it earlier and it was near perfect.

Edited June 15, 2006 by redrus

[Noel]

Now they really ARE taking the piss! The celebrations are over but now they're showing f***ing highlights of it all at 8pm. Why not put it on at 7.30?

Just as the Thai national anthem is broadcast at 8.00am and 6.00pm every day, 8.00pm is dedicated to news about the King and the Royal family.

That is just the way it is and no way can I see them ostensibly 'relegating' coverage of the King and his family in favour of football.

You would have more chance of getting FIFA to change the kick-off times...

Not tonight........................Royal news 19.30....................Ecuador v Costa Rica 20.00

Only problem is, it is only on for an hour, then something else is advertised. Maybe they don't realise football matches go on for nearly two hours.

Well Channels 7 and 11 ran the Royal broadcast at 8.00pm as usual, although Channel 5 seemed to show the whole Ecuador v Costa Rica match from start to finish, skipping the Royal news.

TIT...