TrueVisions subscribers can watch Euro 2012 matches

[News Bandit]

TrueSports has announced via its twitter page that TrueVisions subscribers will be able to watch UEFA Euro 2012 matches.

 

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[brewster]

Great news. I just hope they have an English commentary option.

[brewster]

Nope. All change again. Not on Truevisions fro the time being...

 

EURO 2012

Pending talks with GMM Z

 

BANGKOK: -- TrueVisions' subscribers will have to deal with blank screens until Monday or Tuesday, as talks with GMM Z Co Ltd, the authorised broadcaster of Euro 2012 in Thailand, are not finalised yet, the company announced.

 

"TrueVisions is to apologise to subscribers for the absence of Euro 2012 signal, as TV operators refused to transmit the signal. Still, TrueVisions will continue with its attempt to negotiate with the rights holder for the sake of all subscribers. This should be finalised on Monday or Tuesday," it said in a statement released at around 8pm.

 

Chiefs of TrueVisions and GMM Z Co Ltd in the evening were in talks over the broadcasting of Euro 2012 on TrueVisions network, according to a source close to the matter. The source then said that "good news" is expected.

 

In a statement released in the afternoon, GMM Z blamed TrueVisions’ slowness in settling the dispute over the broadcasting, for the blank screens that TrueVisions subscribers would suffer during the 1-month-long tournament.

 

Thana Thienachariya, chief executive officer of GMM Z - a subsidiary of GMM Grammy and the authorised broadcaster of the tournament, said that the company contacted TrueVisions to sell the sub-broadcasting rights in December but there was no action.

 

"TrueVisions, as a provider of international contents in return for subscription fee, has to buy copyrighted items for the broadcasting. However, it asked GMM Z to unlock the signal for its subscribers (for free of charge). That’s impossible. It’s certainly that during the broadcasting time slots for the matches, TrueVisions’ screens would turn blank," he said in the statement released today.

 

He noted that it is vital that the subscribers had GMM Z’s set-top box for the viewing, to ensure that no broadcasting signal is released beyond the Kingdom’s border. This is in line with the UEFA’s broadcasting condition.

 

In addition to viewing the matches through antenna on ThaiTV3, TV5 and Modernine TV via conventional antennas, viewers can watch the tournament via authorised cable and satellite TV operators such as Cable Thai Holding's network; DTV satellite TV sets and GMM Z set-top boxes. They can also watch the matches on AIS-networked smartphones. GMM Z estimated that the singals would reach 17-18 million households nationwide, or over 80 per cent.

 

Still, Thana said that GMM Z is ready to forge business cooperation with True Visions through the broadcasting of world-class sports tournaments and entertainment programmes.He said that GMM Z’s parts in bidding for the broadcasting rights of such event would indeed reduce TrueVisions’ operating cost. Moreover, as the events are bundled in cheaper packages for GMM Z’s customers, this would benefit Thai population as a whole.

 

-- The Nation 2012-06-08

 

[ExBHInmate]

It is on cable TV with only Thai commentary.I purchased the Grammy box which has English Audio.

The Poland Greece match is surprisingly good

[jinners]

yes streaming also but crappy quality, come on TRUE!!!

[misteregg]

Uefa today confirmed that True will not be able to broadcast the Euros. But, can still watch through terrestrial or cable, or GMM Z box.

Have invested in a GMM. Box for X Zone and impressed. Plug and play once connected to true satellite dish. Good customer service. Next season we will be able to show Championship football and Budesliga from this box.

 

True has temporarily upgraded it's subscribers to compensate. eg free to sports, gold to platinum.

Wonder if the price of sports will go down on True now it has lost Bundesliga and La Liga in September.

[anappleaday]

^{It was crap watching the England game in the bars .}

^{Some of the bars had different feeds which were a couple of seconds ahead of the feed in the bar where we were watching.}

^{It was like watching a badly synched movie.}

[whitespider - RIP]

Add a twist to the tale. Grammy agents are now doing the rounds of the bars delivering a letter stating they must pay 9000 Baht in addition to buying the box to show the games. They were accompanied by police officers who are probably in on the deal.

[misteregg]

Went past the Chang Beer fans zone on Beach Road. Huge screen and speakers. Left hand speakers had Thai commentary, right hand side had English commentary. Couldn't concentrate on either. Welcome to Thailand.