True still censoring BBC?

[petedk]

I was watching BBC World News this morning about an Italian ship builder (Actually it wasn't so interesting so I didn't pay much attention to it.)

 

Anyway he started talking about selling these fast gunboats (or whatever they were) to the Asian market including Thailand. I heard the word Thailand so  I dragged my eyes from the newspaper to listen to the report. Suddenly up came the dreaded sign "Normal services will be resumed shortly".

 

I tried several other channels and no problems.

 

Was it censorship or technical?

[brewsterbudgen]

Censorship.  One of the reasons that internet TV sites are being shut down is that they are not subject to government control.  True is a Thai company that is not gong to do anyhting to upset the government.

[petedk]

One of the reasons I like Internet TV is that you can read or listen to anything you want without someone censoring what they think is unsuitable content.

[brewsterbudgen]

1 minute ago, petedk said:

One of the reasons I like Internet TV is that you can read or listen to anything you want without someone censoring what they think is unsuitable content.

Me too.  But I can see why the Thai government don't want unrestricted reports on certain events, people and antics being broadcast here!

[petedk]

Ok I agree with you to a certain extent, but every time they mention Thailand someone cuts the transmission.

 

Today was a harmless business report about an Italian ship builder

[Sparkles]

Factor in paranoia and it become clearer

[TonyBB]

I remember some months ago, one of those Thailand Board of Investment commercials came on, and as soon as "Thailand" was mentioned, the program was cut for next few minutes.