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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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 Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:02 am Post subject: What foreign channel(s) does Korea need? |
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My cable company changed the lineup of my channels and added Bloomberg TV (whoopee!). I now get that in addition to CNN, BBC World, Australia Network, NHK, CNBC, CCTV 9 and ETTV (Chinese).
I'm wondering what channels COULD Korea get. I saw Fox News Channel in the Philippines and was told Malaysia gets so many int'l channels. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| What cable company are you with to get that wide a range of english language channels? How much do you pay for it? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:00 am Post subject: |
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No kidding. All I get is Korean channels.
What's up, OP? |
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I get those channels too. I am with a company called C & M Their website is www.cnm.co.kr phone number 02-2036-9494. An English speaker will answer the phone.
I think I pay 35,000 won per month for Digital Cable and High speed Cable internet. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| polonius wrote: |
I get those channels too. I am with a company called C & M Their website is www.cnm.co.kr phone number 02-2036-9494. An English speaker will answer the phone.
I think I pay 35,000 won per month for Digital Cable and High speed Cable internet. |
No kidding. Get any other good channels? Comedy Central? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| icicle wrote: |
| What cable company are you with to get that wide a range of english language channels? How much do you pay for it? |
I get the HD digital cable package with CNM Mapo Cable. I pay around 17,000 won a month or more for it because of a special for new subscribers.
The Discovery Channel is also subtitled but never dubbed in Korean. |
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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I get the same package in Mapo. The thing is, it still gets old. |
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Starla
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| To the OP, I've heard from a Malaysian friend that in Malaysia, people speak English as if it's their primary language and everybody speaks English there so that may be why they get so many English speaking channels. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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the real espn int would be great not this mbc/espn stuff. also wish cnm would carry axn and get star sports with english commentary instead of no audio when there could be chinese or english commentary
when i was down in malaysia and thailand this summer i was shocked at how good their sat channels were for english programming, yeah they speak a lot of english in malaysia but not so much in thailand |
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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
the real espn int would be great not this mbc/espn stuff. also wish cnm would carry axn and get star sports with english commentary instead of no audio when there could be chinese or english commentary
when i was down in malaysia and thailand this summer i was shocked at how good their sat channels were for english programming, yeah they speak a lot of english in malaysia but not so much in thailand |
Star Sports in English and AXN are exclusive channels of Skylife TV, so those two channels ARE available in Korea.
So what channels are available in Malaysia? I'm curious.
By the way, people in Gangnam-gu and Seodaemun-gu can get TV5, a French-language channel. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: Re: What foreign channel(s) does Korea need? |
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| peter07 wrote: |
| What foreign channel(s) does Korea need? |
We need CBC for Hockey Night in Canada, eh. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| Starla wrote: |
| To the OP, I've heard from a Malaysian friend that in Malaysia, people speak English as if it's their primary language and everybody speaks English there so that may be why they get so many English speaking channels. |
That is most definitely not true. Maybe the well educated, but not your average person. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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A Western music channel not aimed at youngsters... are there any?
That, and CBC. For The Hour and the news, I don't follow sports. |
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Pooty
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Location: Ela stin agalia mou
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| HBO would be nice. |
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Starla
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Starla wrote: |
| To the OP, I've heard from a Malaysian friend that in Malaysia, people speak English as if it's their primary language and everybody speaks English there so that may be why they get so many English speaking channels. |
That is most definitely not true. Maybe the well educated, but not your average person. |
I dunno. He's Malaysian born and bred and visits almost every year so I'm just going by what he told me. |
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