DocDre Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Well it seems official, MTV and VH1 have pulled out of Thailand. This after Bangkok hosting the MTV Asia music awards earlier this year. This falls on the heels of low ratings (so I've been told). :evil: Is channel V really better than MTV or VH1? I liked MTV just because they actaully covered good young Thai artists..Thaitanium, Ebola, Joey Boy, Modern Dog,etc. I guess it's Thai boy bands with Japanese style haircuts from now on if you want to watch a music channel, (Channel V's default format) :cry: Channel V has got to be my least favourite. Anyone know a little more about this situation? Any opinions are welcome as there is almost no press material released. :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laragirl Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 i love vh1 --- especially the shows they have... fabulous life is always interesting to watch... plus some good old 80's music. LOL. I'll sure miss it... mtv is better than channel v... i hate ubc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBoy06 Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 I have a couple of satellite dishes and can pick-up MTV and a few other Music Video stations out of the Philippines, Malaysia, China, South Africa and a few other places. Feel free to drop by Thonglor Soi 9 anytime day or night for a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 MTV & VH1 did not pull out of Thailand. The exclusive deal with UBC-True has come to an end. Since True took over UBC they have been trying to use this monopoly position in BKK to market their own products/channels.. True music or something is one of them.. In fact UBC-True is starting to produce more and more programs themselves thereby creating unfair (as they are both the station and the cable/sat company) competition. I read that MTV was signing a deal with smile tv or something. A bunch of independent cable company's with it's aim to double the amount of subscribers from the curren half a million to a million by next year's end. It will be possible to subscribe to a 6-channel MTV Group package that requires another set top box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
711_Dimsum Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 I think channel V is far superior to MTV or VH1. MTV is the one that plays all the crap.PLus the feed is usually from Singapore and it repeats far too often.If you want real THai...Ive seen plenty on the local channels..3, 7, 11... Ive seen videos on Channel V ive never seen anywhere else, including MTV is the U.S. I first saw Futon on Channel V...plus Underworld....Death in Vegas..many oher alternative stuff MTV or VH1 would never touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo_V2.0 Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Good riddance. The annoying vj's with their try hard American accents make me want to put my fist through the screen the few times I've flicked past MTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_bkk Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Are they crazy??? VH1 is one of my favourite channels at UBC. According to what I've read in the nation online its because of some polls UBC conducted so they kicked them out, but I dont buy this BS. I'll request from UBC that they remove majung and the other unnecessary replacement channels (this 5th animal channel and this other channel hell knows what its good for) from my subscription as I dont want to get exposed to this stuff by force while zapping :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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