balo Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I watch it online , all the BBC channels for free thanks to a VPN service. Crystal clear pictures on my 50" TV. Anyone still on cable subscriptions are living in the stone age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 26/11/2016 at 9:30 AM, Guderian said: To be honest, with the Malaysian feed, the frequent Astro adverts, the 2 minute time delay, and the lousy sound quality I don't think BBC World on Sophon was really worth having. They'll probably replace it with the BBC World Hindi service, that would be popular in this town. It was the best of the bunch of news channels! The others being Fox News, Al Jazeera with the picture size screwed up, Bloomberg and one form Japan! Fortunately I can get BBC on by streaming it. It seems ridiculous to put that Logo screen up for all this time. I kept expecting it to return. Sure it got boring with it's constant wimmin this, wimmin that and attempts to change the world, but kept me somewhat informed over my morning brew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 On 26/11/2016 at 8:06 AM, johng said: I heard that the "government" had hired native speakers of different languages to sit and monitor foreign news channels ( BBC and French TV5 ) whenever a report that was "bad" about Thailand came on air the native speaker was to inform "the man in control of the big switch" and all of a sudden those channels would be "having technical difficulties" You can try BBC from Filmon.com ( they might be geo blocking now ) Sky news has a live youtube feed Been watching CNN today on True and a couple of times the feed has suddenly gone off to be replaced by the message 'Normal programing will return shortly' or suchlike. So, what was being broadcast at the time of the shutout? It was a report of the Lopburi annual monkey feast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 If anyone gets hacked off with all the news repeats on the int'l channels, I suggest watching the channel that shows the Thai music VDOs, the ones that are always about men playing away and the girl looking all sad and crying. Lots of dancing, lots of nice costumes on the dancing girls, good looking girls crying and being sad, hansum' guys playing away with other good looking girls, easy on the ear music. Great way to pass the time. It's channel 1 on WETV, don't know about Sophon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigpoint Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The Thai government was,nt happy about the reporting Jonathan Head did for the BBC world news, wouldn't be anything to do with that?Sent from my B3-A30 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 BBC News website timing out following an unflattering news article yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Yes; I saw that too and wondered if there would be any comeback. It's like a Thai Visa posting holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 It had morphed into something called Euronews last night. Not much of an improvement from what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durian explorer Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I connect my laptop to my TV using HDMI, and watch shows online. For in-depth news I like the PBS News Hour (http://www.pbs.org/show/newshour/, from the USA). For audio only, I like public radio news shows (Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, All Things Considered, On Point, The World, BBC shows, and As It Happens), available at http://wamu.org/programs and other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 surprise surprise! It's back on but in a different location on my set its on Channel 36 but it means we've lost the Australian channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag4 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, Asiantravel said: surprise surprise! It's back on but in a different location on my set its on Channel 36 but it means we've lost the Australian channel I hope the Australia Network channel is not gone permanently, that's the only reason I have Sophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 5 minutes ago, stag4 said: I hope the Australia Network channel is not gone permanently, that's the only reason I have Sophon I feel the same wayand unfortunately it looks like Australia network has been sacrificed because I can't find it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 5 minutes ago, Asiantravel said: I feel the same wayand unfortunately it looks like Australia network has been sacrificed because I can't find it anymore okay within the last two minutes BBC has disappeared again on Channel 36 (just as I was watching Dateline ) and Australian network has come back on. I can't keep up with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 On 11/28/2016 at 4:19 PM, trigpoint said: The Thai government was,nt happy about the reporting Jonathan Head did for the BBC world news, wouldn't be anything to do with that? Sent from my B3-A30 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Lots of people seem to get upset by Head's reporting. He must be doing something right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bludshoteyes Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 BBC World News just a self-promoting advertorial revenue stream feeding off the once well regarded BBC World Service broadcasting. As a stand-alone news service it's absolute garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigpoint Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Well Mr bludshot you have the comedy fox news, 3 Russian channels, an Arab news program and Singapore magazine type news and 60 odd channels of complete garbage, happy viewing on sophon.Sent from my B3-A30 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Junta to prosecute BBC Thai over King Rama X biography http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/6760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 10 minutes ago, johng said: Junta to prosecute BBC Thai over King Rama X biography http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/6760 BBC Thai (which is Thai language) is separate from BBC World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bludshoteyes Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 11 hours ago, trigpoint said: Well Mr bludshot you have the comedy fox news, 3 Russian channels, an Arab news program and Singapore magazine type news and 60 odd channels of complete garbage, happy viewing on sophon. Sent from my B3-A30 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Ha ha, indeed. Flicking through the channels an exercise in frustration. Only button worth pressing is 'off'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 The good old Beeb is still flying the flag on TMN and thaiexpattvToodle pip and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 On 12/5/2016 at 5:44 PM, Asiantravel said: okay within the last two minutes BBC has disappeared again on Channel 36 (just as I was watching Dateline ) and Australian network has come back on. I can't keep up with this On the version of Sophon I am on, Channel 36 is neither an Australian channel nor the BBC. It is PPTV, a Thai channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Bazle said: On the version of Sophon I am on, Channel 36 is neither an Australian channel nor the BBC. It is PPTV, a Thai channel. I just switched over to 36 and Australian channel is definitely on right now we must have different packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 16 hours ago, Bazle said: On the version of Sophon I am on, Channel 36 is neither an Australian channel nor the BBC. It is PPTV, a Thai channel. +1 I might have been a bit harsh in my comments on BBC World earlier. I'm finding now that I miss Aaron Heslehurst's World Business Reports, the guy is entertaining and makes an often dry subject come to life. I also miss the weather forecasts, for some reason Al Jiz doesn't seem to think SE Asia exists, and Euronews only seems to do the current weather status rather than a proper forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 06.12.2016 at 10:46 PM, trigpoint said: Well Mr bludshot you have the comedy fox news, 3 Russian channels, an Arab news program and Singapore magazine type news and 60 odd channels of complete garbage, happy viewing on sophon. Sent from my B3-A30 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app You get KBS World, lucky you. I loved the very long historical dramas. That's not on here. Up north don't even get Aussie channel which I liked for the Sunday news review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 18 hours ago, Guderian said: I might have been a bit harsh in my comments on BBC World earlier. I'm finding now that I miss Aaron Heslehurst's World Business Reports, the guy is entertaining and makes an often dry subject come to life. Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLouisBlues Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 18 hours ago, Guderian said: I might have been a bit harsh in my comments on BBC World earlier. I'm finding now that I miss Aaron Heslehurst's World Business Reports, the guy is entertaining and makes an often dry subject come to life. Entertaining, yes, but possibly not intentionally. I enjoyed working out which buzzword or cliche he had latched onto for that day, and then counting the number of times he used it during his presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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