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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject: Television programming here bites |
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Man I miss the Philippines...at least there I can still see the pretty chicks on Fox News as well as getting stations like HBO, Cinemax, Star Movies, ESPN and several good others. But coming here to Korea aw man this is really beat. No World Series on cable. No college football. etc etc - no nothing
This place bites. |
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ellegarden
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Television programming here bites |
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| Olivencia wrote: |
Man I miss the Philippines...at least there I can still see the pretty chicks on Fox News as well as getting stations like HBO, Cinemax, Star Movies, ESPN and several good others. But coming here to Korea aw man this is really beat. No World Series on cable. No college football. etc etc - no nothing
This place bites. |
I know how you feel!!! Television programming in Canada sucks too! I mean no Korean music channels, no LG Twins games, I can't even watch FC Seoul play. Not to mention missing PD Dairy either.
College football???? Come on.... really??? Are you serious????? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Television programming here bites |
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| Olivencia wrote: |
Man I miss the Philippines...at least there I can still see the pretty chicks on Fox News as well as getting stations like HBO, Cinemax, Star Movies, ESPN and several good others. But coming here to Korea aw man this is really beat. No World Series on cable. No college football. etc etc - no nothing
This place bites. |
You can get Fox News Channel via IPTV, and the World Series is on one of the sports cable channels.
So many cheapskates here who want channels but are too cheap to pay for them. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Domestic programming here blows... but you can't seriously be expecting college football. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Best Channels
OCN- lots of English movies
C.S.I. Almost every night usually more than one back to back.
Cold Case- interesting flashbacks playing old music.
The Discovery Channel- Lots of interesting Science Shows.
Plus American Chopper love to see Paul senior freak out.
BBC- Dr. Who, Waterloo Road, Unfortunatly there are Lots of comedies that aren't funny British humour has gone downhill miss the "Monty Python" days
I used to follow "Lost" religeously don't know what happened to that |
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Manuel_the_Bandito
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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There is a LOT of English-language programming out here in Korea but it ain't free.
There is the History Channel (subbed in Korean and entirely in English); Discovery Channel (same); Australia Network; CNBC; CNN Int'l; Fox News Channel; ESPN Star aka Star Sports SE Asia feed (sports channel all in English); CCTV9 (English-language channel all about China); Arirang TV (English-language channel all about Korea, but not worth watching); Bloomberg TV; BBC World News; Euro News (available on IPTV); Voom TV (art and fashion channel); National Geographic Wild and Nat Geo Adventure (the first is subbed in Korean, the second is not but entirely in English); BBC Entertainment (subbed in Korean); BBC Lifestyle (IPTV); Deutsche Welles TV Asia (channel about Germany that mostly has programs in English); AXN Asia (subbed in Korean but all in English); and SKY HD (same).
IPTV is the key as it'll keep adding channels. I have Qook IPTV and it added 11 channels this month.
For those who don't want cable or satellite, try IPTV either through SK Broadband or Qook. LG Powercomm's sucks. |
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I hate missing the NFL and major tennis tournaments. It's all available in Thailand, but not in Korea.
I saw a few minutes of a tennis masters series from China on xsports TV. I wanted to check the schedule for when the next match is. Guess what xsports TV has no schedule.
TV here definitely blows. |
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Wiltern
Joined: 23 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't mind viewing college football online, there's channelsurfing.net.
You might have to wake up at some ungodly hour like 4 or 5 am on Sunday to watch some games though. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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I wish we didn't get any of that shite! I wish it were black and white Amos n Andy reruns overdubbed in Korean and low budget Korean public TV, like programming in foreign countries is always depicted as in the movies.
I laugh inside knowing that people here pay for cable and only get a limited number of English language channels! |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Try being married to a Korean and having to watch the SAME entertainers involved in 5 versions of the SAME shows.
Can anyone say... originality??? 
OH... for show #1, let's stick a few comedians, a sexy singer, some old fart ajumma comedians, and a guest in a sauna and have them talk. Hilarious!
Oh... for show #2 let's stick the same people in a house out in the middle of nowhere... Hilarious!
Oh... for show #3, let's send them traveling around in a van ... hilarious!
Oh... for show #4, we'll have the ugly one go out on dates while the others talk about it... hilarious!
Oh.. for show #5, we'll have the same people dress odd and run an obstacle course... hilarious! |
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Kryten
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| Try being married to a Korean and having to watch the SAME entertainers involved in 5 versions of the SAME shows. |
Haha.. I feel you Bass. I'm not a big fan of Korean comedy programming and I try not to be in the same room when it's on. It's actually kind of worse just hearing it - when something funny happens and they replay that 1 second clip immediately 3 times in a row.. ugh. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Try being married to a Korean and having to watch the SAME entertainers involved in 5 versions of the SAME shows.
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Ever read the gaijin smash blog? Japan is the same. Korean shows usually rip off Japanese shows so that shouldn't come as a surprise.
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| Haha.. I feel you Bass. I'm not a big fan of Korean comedy programming and I try not to be in the same room when it's on. It's actually kind of worse just hearing it - when something funny happens and they replay that 1 second clip immediately 3 times in a row.. ugh. |
One of the several reasons I don't hang out with groups of Koreans anymore. There were too many times we would go somewhere to eat, there would be a TV with one of these stupid shows on and everybody in the group would glue their eyes to it except me. Might as well be eating alone. Then they ask me "Why aren't you laughing?" |
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IS-F
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| Kryten wrote: |
| bassexpander wrote: |
| Try being married to a Korean and having to watch the SAME entertainers involved in 5 versions of the SAME shows. |
Haha.. I feel you Bass. I'm not a big fan of Korean comedy programming and I try not to be in the same room when it's on. It's actually kind of worse just hearing it - when something funny happens and they replay that 1 second clip immediately 3 times in a row.. ugh. |
I hate those instant replays!! It's like they just discovered it. If only they could imagine how annoying they get. I think a regular 30 minute show is about 10 minutes in actuality. |
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