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Satellite TV in ME doubles English channels for low price
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Sheikh N Bake



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Location: Dis ting of ours
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:58 pm    Post subject: Satellite TV in ME doubles English channels for low price Reply with quote
Showtime and Orbit have now merged and beginning in August will combine all their channels for $65 a month (less if you opt for fewer channels; a bit more if you opt for digital recorder with hard drive).

You'll get:
11 premium movie channels (no commercials or censorship)
2 commercial movie chs.
6 pay per view
7 sports
9 for TV series
5 entertainment fluff (Hollywood Ch., Fashion, etc.)
10 kiddie
7 documentary/education (the usual suspects: History, Natl Geo, etc.)
10 news (including my favorite, Orbit News, which consolidates the best US news shows onto one channel: Face the Nation, Meet the Press, many more.)
9 music

Total should be about 75 English channels. The $65 is just $5 more than I pay for Showtime alone.

Go to www.orbit.net for details.
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boundforsaudi



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What have they got in the way of fair and balanced journalism? You report, I'll decide.
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear boundforsaudi,

"What have they got in the way of fair and balanced journalism?"

Well, that takes Fox (Faux) News out of the running.

Regards,
John

P.S. Actually, I suppose it really takes everybody out of the running, but Fox more than most.
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boundforsaudi



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just the facts, please. But since there are probably more fans here of Al-Jazeera than Fox, if any Fox fans do exit here, please PM me and let me know whether you are getting the Fox news channel in Saudi, whether it's the real deal, same as they get in the USA, and how you are getting it. No point it discussing it here in the open where we will be sniped at.
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear boundforsaudi,

" . . . if any Fox fans do exit here, . . ."

Not a Fox fan, but I am exiting.

Regards,
John
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boundforsaudi



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear boundforsaudi,

Since I'm bound to obey the imperative, I will.

Regards,
John
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zanoubia



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:25 am    Post subject: Re: Satellite TV in ME doubles English channels for low pric Reply with quote
Sheikh N Bake wrote:

10 news (including my favorite [...] the best US news shows


Do you really consider these as NEWS: car accidents, N soliman had octoplet, X the star has divorced, and UP TO DATE NEWS: Obama and family playing with their dog...
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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That sounds like GMA. Meet the Press and Face the Nation are two that I mentioned. They have a 60-year history of asking tough questions. Edward R. Murrow exposed Mcarthyism for what it was on Meet the Press in the early 1950s. Let's see you criticize your own dictators in the Middle East with your mainstream media...oh yes, Jazeera, the Screaming Babies Channel, does that sometimes..except for the Qatari leaders, since it's based in Qatar.
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zanoubia



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sheikh N Bake wrote:
Let's see you criticize your own dictators in the Middle East with your mainstream media.


I am NOT from the Middle East (Don't rely on my name, it won't give you any clue about my origin).
The Americain media only tell people what they want them to know and to believe. They don't even report the exact number of their dead soldiers ( at least Canadians do)

The media are supposed to report the truth and to let people know what's happening in the world. (Yes let's say Obama playing with his dog is true, happening in the world, but it is not worth reporting in the NEWS).
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