So then looking more broadly, I came across this UK RealNetworks site for SuperPass that does list CNN and a variety of other online news channels' content for 11.99 UK pounds per month. They do offer a basic package of music downloads, a game and some other lesser stuff for $4.95 per month, and then a $6.95 per month add on for streaming movies. Superpass site of any particular news channel coverage including CNN. Since George has not re-surfaced since his original post here on RealNetworks and their SuperPass (which he reported includes online access to CNN), I went looking to see what I could find.Īs best as I could find, there's no mention on the U.S. I think an internet service is all that's really needed these days for news, entertainment and education. I like watching documentaries and some movies, and I can often find them available for download through file sharing networks. These days I'm satisfied with getting news from web sites, and it's information overload as it is with a lot of duplicate content, so I don't see a need to pay to be overloaded with more information. The owner was not willing to cooperate with me so I simply lived in abstinence for years, and my addiction subsided such that I realize how crazy I was in my plans just to get these channels. I considered getting a separate subscription to True or installing a big (non-True) satellite dish to do some hacking to get free international satellite TV. I used to be addicted to the Discovery Channel and CNBC and when I moved to a new apartment I was disappointed that I could no longer get these channels. I played around with such services as TVUPlayer and TVAnts. I've been interested in online TV streaming too, and had found some free services with hundreds or thousands of TV channels around the world a while ago. I'm just not sure how we would keep it, or in what form it might be maintained. Kind of a master list of TV programming resources. It makes me think, and throw out as a suggestion, the prospect of TV members with an interest joining together to create some kind of online TV channel directory, showing how/where to access different channels. since the True cable version of CNN is (what I consider to be the pretty horrible) international edition. that I'd never heard of before, and very dearly want to see. This thread was enlightening for me because, for example, it produced a link for an online stream of CNN U.S. I like the certainty of not having to hunt around or not know how to find the game I want to see.Ĥ. VPN to access-gives me more than I could want.along with paying individually for NFL, NBA and MLB streaming services (though the game stuff also is available for free.though not always reliably). I've found that paying for Netflix streaming service (about $11 per month) combined with Hulu streams (advertiser supported so free) - both also requiring a low cost paid U.S. My general feeling is the best approach is to pick the True cable package (or Happy Home Cable depending on where one lives) that best fits your desires, and then supplement it with online streaming services, whether paid or free. But if you are, post or PM me and I'll try to find the name and link for that service.ģ. I'm not game to pay out those kinds of bucks so I didn't investigate it any further. But then I saw the price, which was something like $80 to $100 a month. I did on a different international expat forum once see an advertisement about an online streaming service designed for expats that supposedly include basically all of the U.S. I upgraded finally to 8 mb for about 1,100 baht per month (as a True Move subscriber), and now everything runs fine.even though I get nowhere close to 8 mb actual download speeds on streams from the U.S.Ģ. I had 4 mb before with True, and had a lot of buffering problems. And for those kinds of things, a 2 mb connection just wouldn't cut it. For whatever it's worth, I do a lot of video streaming from the U.S. I've never tried the Slingbox approach you mention, but I know what it is. I don't think there is any ONE place to get all the things you ticked off while residing in Thailand. I can see you don't want too much in your request.only IMMORTALITY!!!īut seriously, I've been thinking a lot about this lately.
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