They can receive Thai channels probably because they can use C-Band. Thai channels are all FTA over C-Band satellite due to their infra. I assume that the embassy is allowed to have exclusion as part of the agreement between Malaysia and Thailand.

Actually tho, C-Band in Malaysia is not 100% banned. My understanding is that you need a license. Problem is getting the license- SKMM apparently turns down all requests by civilians.

Because the SKMM dun allow them to carry? Or because (as I said before) local providers prefer shoving local programming down our throats? Look at the number of in-house channels Assteruk has compared to Singapore or Thai PayTV!

That's one of my biggest complaints also- not fair Johor and Melaka can get Singapore TV but those living further north cannot, and not fair that North Perak, Kedah, Penang, Perlis and Kelantan can get FTA Thai TV but those living further south cannot. It's like those living in the central region is cursed with suck where TV is concerned

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 16 2013, 11:38 PM

Not necessarily. They're using DVB-T, same system as Malaysia. All the Johoreans and Malaccans are already importing DVB-T decoders from Singapore. But even then Sony and LG TVs sold in Malaysia already has built in Digital tuner (my LG TV that I bought from Harvey Norman has the tuner built in- why i get to watch RTM Digital). Only thing that may happen is that they enforce CAM card for DVB-T/T2, which may happen since they require TV license.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 17 2013, 11:03 AM

Just go look for a DVB-T set top box? Or just go look in shops for TV advertised to support DVB-T? Set top box a bit hard to find, but is indeed available in Malaysia- I got one from IT Superstore in e@Curve a long time ago, but they have stopped selling the box. And new LG and Sony TVs that are mid-end since one or two years ago has built in DVB-T tuner.

And well, if they start paying, then they will issue CAM card and start scrambling the signal like Assteruk. At that time, it will become more difficult, but still not impossible. Besides, there's been some things in the leaked digitization manual for Malaysia that suggests that the gomen might reimplement TV license and also implement scrambling (most notably, future digital TV receivers sold in Malaysia must support CAM card). Assuming that the card is not locked to the TV, then just slipping in a Singaporean card to a TV in Johor will allow one to receive Singapore TV signal again.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 17 2013, 11:56 AM

Thank you so much bigmouth. Now the corrupt SKMM will try to shut down videocon as well... (no offence Qash-M, the message was targeted at yahoo).

Really laa, rakyat must en-masse force gomen to legalize VideoCon and remove this satellite monopoly bullshit. Because if we continue to let the SKMM have their corrupt ways and let Astro have monopoly indefinitely the rakyat will not benefit

Assteruk knows they can screw the rakyat over and get away with it and they're doing exactly just that- channels that people want they dont want to give, force people to swallow the shows people don't want by forming in-house channels. And that's not even getting to the pricing!

Fiber is the future my f@&<ing foot. Unless you allow 60+ contractors and have full rollout within 6 months like Thailand. Already 4 years and still less than 20% coverage. Even certain parts in KL still dun have Unifi. Thailand is 10 times bigger than Malaysia and they're successful

If a change in gomen is the only way to make that happen, let's do it...

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 18 2013, 02:50 PM

Actually, it looks like a combination of HyppTV and DeTV (and maybe some Digi mobile TV). But yeah. Although there are like 5 or 6 channel that is currently not available in Malaysia on the list.

Still, good to see that TM not stingy and willing to share it's channels. Compare to *someone* else who only cares about monopoly to lock in their viewers...

Also, Australia Network pecah record for being available over three PayTV providers, including one that normally won't share their channels with other providers...

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 18 2013, 09:50 PM

If other PayTV providers dun have the channels you want, it's Assteruk and SKMM's fault. This ridiculous monopoly rights that not only allows Assteruk to have monopoly in Satellite PayTV sector, but also allow laws that allow Assteruk to lock in channels so other PayTV providers are technically banned from carrying channels that Assteruk already has given the channel provider agrees to Assteruk's contract. Those exclusivity contracts, in the eyes of HK, Australia and NZ government, are illegal in the mentioned countries and can result in antitrust lawsuit. Unfortunately, in bolehland, you know lah...

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 19 2013, 01:20 AM

Reality is, it's but a mosquito bite to assteruk Fiber will never defeat satellite, not with this stupid "pick only one contractor" strategy. They must allow multiple contractors to work at the same time to allow fast rollout. But they're not doing that Instead, they pick only one contractor, and then let that contractor cover whole country. You think you can cover whole country quickly with this strategy? That's a foolish strategy! See Thailand? Multiple contractors, country 10 times the size of Malaysia also managed to completely cover in half a year!

At least they're legalizing porno. It's the first step towards real freedom of TV shows. Next thing you know Singapore will legalize C-Band. But sadly, Malaysia won't get to see legalization of porno. I believe it won't happen in my lifetime, even with gomen change

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 20 2013, 01:51 PM

Not surprised that they would publish this propaganda. Given how Robert Kuok refuse to give in to Malaysian gomen and let a UMNO crony sit in the board of directors of CSR and finally sold off the entire thing in frustration and moving out of Malaysia (at least, that's what I heard from relative), it makes sense that the bee end would only badmouth him in their stupid little victory dance...

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 21 2013, 11:44 AM

Blame the Bee End, SKMM and their stupid censorship for the channel not coming to Malaysia. Every single show on CC goes against every single one of their feeble "peace" laws.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 28 2013, 12:08 AM

Yes, Assteruk currently has BBC News. They had BBCE, but they stupidly throw it away because Nielsen "survey" says no one watching back in 2009 (And then Nielsen US parent was caught faking survey results shortly after, but Assteruk kept sticking to the "result" and refuse to bring it back, instead replacing it with Granada which even less people care about).

Go for UniFi if it's available in your area. If not, kacau TM for the service

They have every BBC channel except BBC News. And yeah, BBCE is the main attraction point for TM IPTV (aside from CBeebies, Nick Jr, SyFy HD, Channel News Asia and Channel [V]).

+1.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 28 2013, 01:37 PM

You do know that our Disney Channel is actually local version, right?

I'm also not surprised if our CN is also a local version, not CN Asia. Because Assteruk loves hijacking the channel so they can air their own shows. I really doubt if Oggy is aired in Singapore, Philippines or even other Asian countries on CN and Disney...

I also cannot grasp what the local's fascination with Oggy is (sorry, it's on a list of shows that I have HypeBacklash of).

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 29 2013, 11:39 AM

Suspect too much dust got inside the PVR and the fan keep spinning because temperature didn't go down?

Not happening with the Taiwan feed, funnily enough Or is it already over? You'd think that it'll happen on the Taiwan feed as well given that all the viewers are Chinese

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 12 2013, 04:53 AM

Ok, I'm confused. If [V] Taiwan no longer exists, where does TM get [V] Taiwan feed from? Or do you mean that [V] Taiwan is no longer available in Taiwan but still available in rest of Asia?

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 12 2013, 07:36 PM

Noted with thanks. Wish TM will switch this to the International feed, but since it's placed among the other Chinese channel, I think TM is hoping to attract those who want to listen to Mandarin songs.

TM should consider digging [V] International out of Assteruk's dumpster. We know they can do it, they dug out BBCE and TVB8. Maybe if enough subscribers requests, they'll do it

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 12 2013, 11:42 PM

So is the exclusivity right to broadcast using satellite and the rights for them to deny other providers from bringing in channels they already have...

Bro, sorry If I was confusing you, but I was actually meaning two different reasons I find assteruk unfair.

First one is the exclusive right to broadcast via satellite that was granted to them by SKMM.

Second one is of course Assteruk loves to force providers into exclusive rights in their contract. Now, you know in certain countries like US, EU HK, NZ and Australia, Assteruk's contracts will all be deemed illegal by the gomen- wordings that indicate the contract to be an "exclusive right" will immediately result in antitrust lawsuit once word leaks out. Sadly, in Bolehland, anything goes. Assteruk can claim that the channel is exclusively available on assteruk (ie openly admit to exclusive contracts) and the government won't do anything about it, but is in fact encouraging it

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 18 2013, 12:27 AM

Idk, how come in the US you can get Disney, Cartoon Network, etc on multiple different providers, but in bolehland, it's Assteruk or nothing. Heck, you can get many channels on multiple different providers in The Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia!

I still believe Assteruk is playing dirty to an extent. No reason only in bolehland is Disney only available on Assteruk while other countries can have multiple providers carrying the same channel.

Idk lah. I'm already too frust with Assteruk especially when they tried to sue me for not returning the damn CAM card even though I did in fact return it, and the fact that they dare to be snobbish to subscribers suggest that they play dirty because they know they can get away with it and nobody can do anything about it...

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 20 2013, 03:16 AM

Rotfl... Of all the tokukatsu shows... They pick Ultraman O.o

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Feb 21 2013, 02:43 AM