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snowsilver
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 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: Anyone know the approximate costs of Showtime in Riyadh? |
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Been all over the internet--apparently it's a deep dark secret that is only revealed if you contact your local supplier.
Just wondering if any of you regulars have it and what it i running you a month.
Thanks. |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| It'll depend on the package you have. For the top packages think around 200SR a month. |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah - I used to have a subscription with Showtime's then rival, Orbit and the 'Premium Package" with the English language channels cost about SR180 a month, as I recall. |
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snowsilver
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much. Exactly the info I was looking for. Doesn't seem as expensive as I would have thought. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| Where I work, we have it provided at no cost. My location is a closely-kept secret. |
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EnglishDoYouSpeakIt
Joined: 19 May 2009
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Location: Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Where I work, we have it provided at no cost. My location is a closely-kept secret. |
Very helpful. Braggart. |
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funcky1924
Joined: 26 Aug 2009
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Location: Saudi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| costs around 300 for the premium package, around 70 channels. Worth the money, as they've merged in with orbit. If you love your football its the best package with your latest movies, around 10 movie channels, 2 comedy channels, 2 series channel, rest consists of nat geo & adv, travel, music cartoons. |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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I pay $65 / mo. for that package (SR243)...it is 11 premium movie channels plus 4 commercial (and censored) movie channels, and 60 other channels. The fee is charged to my US-based credit card automatically. Perhaps I got a cheaper deal because I already had Showtime before they merged with Orbit, and all the Orbit chs. are only $5 extra. Or perhaps because I eschew many of the sports channels...but I still have some ESPN, and I still have 75 chs.
The best part aside from the movies (for Americans) is getting Orbit News 1 and 2. They put all the major US news shows on there, the morning shows, 48 hrs, 20/20, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, lots of MSNBC, (love that what's-her-name-with-the-short-mane) etc. etc. |
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funcky1924
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
I pay $65 / mo. for that package (SR243)...it is 11 premium movie channels plus 4 commercial (and censored) movie channels, and 60 other channels. The fee is charged to my US-based credit card automatically. Perhaps I got a cheaper deal because I already had Showtime before they merged with Orbit, and all the Orbit chs. are only $5 extra. Or perhaps because I eschew many of the sports channels...but I still have some ESPN, and I still have 75 chs.
The best part aside from the movies (for Americans) is getting Orbit News 1 and 2. They put all the major US news shows on there, the morning shows, 48 hrs, 20/20, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, lots of MSNBC, (love that what's-her-name-with-the-short-mane) etc. etc. |
Sorry mis wrote, I have platinum and nothing is censored, showtime doesnt censor anything |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| No, Orbit and Showtime premium movie channels are not censored. I was referring to the free-to-air Arab channels that come with Showtime and that show English movies 24/7: MBC 2, MBC Action and MBC Persia, in addition to Fox Movies. |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Where I work, we have it provided at no cost. My location is a closely-kept secret. |
Very helpful. Braggart.
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Where scot47 is they could provide the Folies Berg�res live every night, and you still wouldn't want to be there. |
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Pikgitina
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| funcky1924 wrote: |
| Sorry mis wrote, I have platinum and nothing is censored, showtime doesnt censor anything |
| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
| No, Orbit and Showtime premium movie channels are not censored. |
As far as I can tell, some of the movies on Showtime Premium (Showtime Movies 1 and 2) are definitely censored. Pity, that. |
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