Jai Dee 3,761 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 NOGEO: TrueVisions to drop 11 more channels: NBTC By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Subscribers of the country’s largest cable provider will have even less to watch with news emerging it plans to drop nearly a dozen more major channels. TrueVisions told telecom regulators that it will discontinue 11 pay-TV channels including Discovery, BBC Entertainment and National Geographic, a member of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission tweeted Tuesday night. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/business/2017/02/01/nogeo-truevisions-drop-11-channels-nbtc/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-02-01 Link to post Share on other sites
Jai Dee 3,761 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 True Visions to close another 11 cable channels BANGKOK: -- True Visions has notified the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) that it will stop airing 11 channels after the cable broadcaster stopped broadcasting six channels last December. Ms Supinya Klangnarong, one of the commissioners, said Wednesday that the 11 channels that will be blacked out include Discovery Science, BBC Entertainment, National Geographic, Cheebies, Discovery Kids, M, DMAX, EVE, Block A and Fashion. Two of the six channels that stopped airing last month are HBOs and Cinemax. Ms Supinya said that committee had not yet allowed True Visions to stop airing the 11 channels because the company has to submit its plan on how to compensate its subscribers who have subscribed to different packages offered by the company from three-month up to one-year and have paid in advance. She said that the NBTC’s sub-committee would invite True Visions’ executives to explain its compensation plan on February 7. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/true-visions-close-another-11-cable-channels/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-01 Link to post Share on other sites
KhunBENQ 15,697 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Jai Dee said: True Visions to close another 11 cable channels BANGKOK: -- True Visions has notified the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) that it will stop airing 11 channels after the cable broadcaster stopped broadcasting six channels last December. Ms Supinya Klangnarong, one of the commissioners, said Wednesday that the 11 channels that will be blacked out include Discovery Science, BBC Entertainment, National Geographic, Cheebies, Discovery Kids, M, DMAX, EVE, Block A and Fashion. Two of the six channels that stopped airing last month are HBOs and Cinemax. Ms Supinya said that committee had not yet allowed True Visions to stop airing the 11 channels because the company has to submit its plan on how to compensate its subscribers who have subscribed to different packages offered by the company from three-month up to one-year and have paid in advance. She said that the NBTC’s sub-committee would invite True Visions’ executives to explain its compensation plan on February 7. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/true-visions-close-another-11-cable-channels/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-01 Quoted for readability. They are working hard to get rid of the remaining foreign customers. Link to post Share on other sites
Encid 210 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 18 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: They are working hard to get rid of the remaining foreign customers. They have already lost me. Kodi rocks! Link to post Share on other sites
Henryford 5,113 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 The words BBC and entertainment are a bit of an oxymoron. Link to post Share on other sites
Jai Dee 3,761 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Cancellations of channels comply with rules, says TrueVisions By WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP THE NATION BANGKOK: -- TRUEVISIONS YESTERDAY insisted that its customers had been informed in advance about its plan to stop broadcasting Discovery Science, National Geographic and nine other channels, and it thus had complied with broadcasting regulations. The country’s largest subscription-based TV broadcaster issued a statement on the matter after a member of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) revealed that TrueVisions was seeking approval for the cancellation of 11 channels. The other nine channels on the chopping block are: BBC Entertainment, Cbeebies, Discovery Kids, M, DMAX, EVE, Block A, Fashion1 and MUTV. The details on when the cancellations will become effective have not been disclosed yet. In its statement, the company reasoned that the operators of those international channels wanted to discontinue their services in Thailand and other markets in Southeast Asia. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/business/corporate/30305495 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-02-02 Link to post Share on other sites
Grouse 9,170 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 On 02/02/2017 at 11:19 AM, Henryford said: The words BBC and entertainment are a bit of an oxymoron. Over your head maybe? Link to post Share on other sites
Grouse 9,170 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I and several friends have cancelled True. There are MUCH better real HD options available with MUCH more choice. I have been a UBC client for 15 years. They offered me a 50% discount!!! I told them what I thought of that. Thailand needs a completely new system.... Link to post Share on other sites
Henryford 5,113 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 12 hours ago, Grouse said: Over your head maybe? Yes i find the Great British Bake Off and Come Dancing too challenging. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Grouse 9,170 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 4 minutes ago, Henryford said: Yes i find the Great British Bake Off and Come Dancing too challenging. I agree that BBC Entertainment was rubbish. Ancient shows broadcast over and over again. It's no loss ( I did enjoy The Great British Bake Off on BBC Lifestyle though!). There is a new BBC channel but True Visions will not take it. I now stream everything and get all UK channels. It's mainly drama, documentaries and current affairs I'm after! Link to post Share on other sites
JetsetBkk 8,246 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Current Truevisions Platinum channel list: This Platinum channel list is from the web site: http://www.truevisions.info/ช่องรายการทรู The highlighted channels are not in the Gold channel list. The photocopied list from the True shop was slightly different - no channel 557, but the web site says you get it. Link to post Share on other sites
merijn 857 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'm planning to cancel my True subscription as they cancel more and more channels. now I read somewhere here on the forum that you can cancel for free until the end of February. unfortunatelly I can't find this information anymore. can somebody please send me the link to this statement so I can use it when I cancel my subscription. Link to post Share on other sites
Grouse 9,170 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 On 08/02/2017 at 11:12 PM, merijn said: I'm planning to cancel my True subscription as they cancel more and more channels. now I read somewhere here on the forum that you can cancel for free until the end of February. unfortunatelly I can't find this information anymore. can somebody please send me the link to this statement so I can use it when I cancel my subscription. Just cancel Nobody in their right mind would put up with True anymore. They are rubbish Get an IPTV set up MUCH more choice MUCH higher quality and half the price Link to post Share on other sites
Encid 210 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Just cancel it outright and request your refund (2,000 baht I think) for your set-top box. Your subscription is a contract. They broke the contract by cancelling major channels. You are entitled to cancel it with no fees. That's what I did and there were no problems at all. They did try to offer me a discount, but I told them that the channels I wanted were no longer being offered so I longer wanted to subscribe. Money back in 30 days. Link to post Share on other sites
wayned 5,817 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I guess that I would be one to disagree that True Visions is a waist of money for me. I have three boxes, pay for two, the third one is free. I also have the Platinum Package, so my monthly charges is 2592.78 baht. Yes they have cancelled HBO and replaced them with other channels, most of the channels that were replaced when they contracted with HBO. However the re-runs that were constantly playing over and aver again on the HBO channels and cinemax are now playing on the replacement channels along with reruns of programs that were on the other channels before HBO. There are actually some new series showing on the Sony channel. But I mostly watch CNN and live sports and they show sports live, all be it in the middle of the night. I just watched the Welsh open Snooker final this morning, second session started at 0200, Bingham won in an extremely good match! They show EPL, American football, Rugby, NBA, Baseball, and many more. I have to have DSTV as any streaming options are out for me due to my remote location and one of the set top boxes is on 24/7 as I have them wired into my home stereo system, 6 speakers, and when not watching TV I use one of the music channels, channel 701, which is non stop continuous soft hit music 24/7. So I am listening to, and enjoying, either TV or music from True 24/7 and think that it is a wise investment for me. And at my age, there are less re-runs and I never eat leftovers! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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