Topic started by Bharath (@ 156.153.255.195) on Fri Sep 13 12:46:19 EDT 2002.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.
check out
www.kbs-tv.com
www.dishnetwork.com ( for dish deals)
www.suntvworld.com
Its 15$ a month. The same program schedule as in India but only adjusted to California time.
yipeee.
why is this relevant to newtfmpage?
Most TFM DF'ers who comment on music are based in USA and they have to buy CD'a and cassts to actually get to hear Latest TFM music. Now its on Sun TV most of the time and so more TFM for USA DF'ers.
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- From: Bharath (@ 156.153.255.195)
on: Fri Sep 13 12:47:40 EDT 2002
This could be historic moment for Tamils in North America. Much like Apr 14, 1993 was.
Sun TV brings India a lot closer to us than ever before :-)
p.s: agreed i had to strech logic a little bit to make this relevant to TFM. but most people would be glad to hear this news.
- From: Fliflo (@ 146.186.113.218)
on: Fri Sep 13 12:54:34 EDT 2002
Bharat; How about other parts of USA..Any idea??
- From: Bharath (@ 156.153.255.195)
on: Fri Sep 13 13:11:57 EDT 2002
Its available in all parts of USA. its in dishnetwork. the channel where we see cricket etc..
- From: NCR (@ 206.30.30.2)
on: Fri Sep 13 13:28:48 EDT 2002
Indeed a historic moment. Bharath, glad you brought this out in TFM.
- From: Thenraja,K. (@ 167.192.89.1)
on: Fri Sep 13 13:35:00 EDT 2002
My friend in Atlanta has already subscribed to it yesterday. he mentions that it was added only yesterday. Channel no 610.
My other friend in NY tells me that Sun TV executives are launching it in New York on 23rd.
- From: Fliflo (@ 146.186.113.218)
on: Fri Sep 13 13:37:26 EDT 2002
I talked to those guys few moment ago. They said to me it costs $80 for free installation of dish and receiver and $15/month for the channel subscription. They also told me that it would take about a week to 10 days to get the dish installed. If you're living in an apartment, then they need to see the copy of permission from your realtors. So we are all set now!!
- From: GS (@ 216.123.207.130)
on: Fri Sep 13 14:30:18 EDT 2002
SUN TV Poster Showing Details
http://www.sunnt.com/specials/us/default.htm
Wonder why they are showing RK in their AD Campaign ???
- From: Bharath (@ 156.153.255.195)
on: Fri Sep 13 15:23:00 EDT 2002
i think they feel rajini kanth is the most popular face in the tamil planet :-)
some kind of marketing gimmick.
I saw 1 hr of Ajith hits in the morning and then 1 hr of Vijay hits and the solomon papiyah explained a thirukural in"vanakkam tamizhagam"... doode i am so exited it just awesome.
i can understand their rationale behind having programs in Pacific prime time because thats where they wud get most subscribers.. but one of my frnds said that his parents were used to watchin some new TV serial called "annamalai". that comes at around 9:30 PM India time whereas its 11:30 PM central time here...
so people of the mega serial variety might get a little peeved off but who cares.. i love junk cinema :-)
- From: Normal Man (@ 216.65.193.130)
on: Fri Sep 13 15:58:06 EDT 2002
I started watching it from last night. Trust me its was just amazing to get that feeling. But a couple of notes,
* there is a bit of voice lag, which makes the screen-voice lag
* the schedule is not available anywhere; mso I really dont know how and what programs are aired
- From: Bharath (@ 156.153.255.196)
on: Fri Sep 13 16:15:30 EDT 2002
//"* there is a bit of voice lag, which makes the screen-voice lag "//
yeah i noticed it when solom.p was talkin.. i thought it was just that program..
i asked my mom to mail me the sun tv schedule. she has so far maile mon and tue. the rest will follow.
Sun TV Programme
Monday
06.45----vannakkam tamizagam (all 5days
09.00 Thri vimarsanam
09.30 Malarum mottum
10.00 Ilami Pudumai
10.30 natchathiram (film base)
11--13.30 serials ( all 5 days)
13.30 News
14.00 Movie (all 5 days)
16.30 chennai times
17.00 comedy time
17.30 prabangal rasitha katchi
18.00 serial
18.30 news headlines -
18.33-20.00 serials(all 5 days)
20.00 Tami news
20.30 Neengal ketta padal 20.30 Comedy time
21.00--22.00 serials (all 5 days)
22.30 Comedy time 23.00 Putham pudhusu (film songs)
23.30 Thirai masala.
Tuesday
9.oo Kondattam
9.30 Thillana Thillana
10.00 Serial
10.30 Natchathiram
16.30 Thirai masala
17.00 Comedy time
17.30 Thirai vanam
20.30 Comedy time
isai thenral
- From: WN (@ 203.24.100.132)
on: Fri Sep 13 21:12:56 EDT 2002
Bharath, do u only get Sun TV or the whole network including KTV, SCV & Sun News. If u dont get these, it might be worth ur while to find out if u can.
Anyway, nice to see u excited. Tat's how I felt when I got the Sun network for the first time as well.
Some of the morning items r repeats from the weekend originals though eg. thirai vimarsanam, thillana thillana, ilamai pudumai, etc.
This is definitely relevant to TFM though. Since u'll notice, the Tamil networks r really dependent on Tamil Film industry for programmes.
- From: settu (@ 152.163.189.230)
on: Sat Sep 14 00:56:57 EDT 2002
yij chun tb yabailable yin seecago?
- From: raycas (@ 80.110.12.153)
on: Sat Sep 14 04:53:35 EDT 2002
now imagine how excited we malayalees in vienna, austria, are in getting asianet since some weeks, and that too for free...everyone is suddenly calling my father (who was the first guy to come to know about asianet braodcasting to europe) asking for his help in setting the dish. poor guy is busy all day...
one day in the morning at 6 o'clock when i woke up i saw my mother watching a serial at asianet, when i came back at 1 p.m. she was still watching asianet....bamm...malayalees here are all in a craze....but i heard that they are going to make it a pay channel from december onwards...
raycas
- From: Bharath (@ 66.137.225.217)
on: Sat Sep 14 11:11:48 EDT 2002
WN,
i cant believe this actually.. for 3 years this has been a distyant dream sun tv in US. how many times i checked kbs-tv and sunworld.com for updates and returned dissapointed.
when sun cam in numtv.com i bought new comp with S video etc. but that also went away.
finally now its in dish network.
much like raycas mom i have been watching suntv 24 rs.. i rushed bak from work for sun tv..
its been tv mad since thursday nite..
its not as if i have never seen sun tv. i have been seeing it since 93, apr 14..
but its just another opportunity to celebrate something in life...
i remember feelin same way when 99 WC cricket was telecasted..
now i can hear some songs which i never wud have clicked in raaga or bought CD's.
yeah! baby.....
- From: Bharath (@ 66.137.225.217)
on: Sat Sep 14 11:11:54 EDT 2002
WN,
i cant believe this actually.. for 3 years this has been a distyant dream sun tv in US. how many times i checked kbs-tv and sunworld.com for updates and returned dissapointed.
when sun cam in numtv.com i bought new comp with S video etc. but that also went away.
finally now its in dish network.
much like raycas mom i have been watching suntv 24 rs.. i rushed bak from work for sun tv..
its been tv mad since thursday nite..
its not as if i have never seen sun tv. i have been seeing it since 93, apr 14..
but its just another opportunity to celebrate something in life...
i remember feelin same way when 99 WC cricket was telecasted..
now i can hear some songs which i never wud have clicked in raaga or bought CD's.
yeah! baby.....
- From: Fliflo (@ 130.203.161.75)
on: Sat Sep 14 12:19:09 EDT 2002
Bharat: Can you comment on the quality of signal reception. Are they as good as what we see in Chennai.
- From: Suba (@ 130.13.128.234)
on: Sat Sep 14 13:08:17 EDT 2002
We have vsnl Dgital service set up for computer and TV. So if I switch to dish, waht would be the consequences? We live in Phoenix, AZ. Num TV was very encouraging while it lasted and now with my in-laws planning to visit us, I am looking forward to seeing Sun TV at home all the time. Will it work in al TV sets at home? How about Raj TV, Jeya TV etc.....Thanks for the service.
- From: vicki (@ 68.37.47.91)
on: Sat Sep 14 14:07:16 EDT 2002
How many dish is required to see sun TV? 1 or 2?
What is the package deal we can look for....
Free Dish, Installation
American Top 50 + Sun TV
Please share your experience...
- From: Gokul (@ 64.34.176.129)
on: Sat Sep 14 23:03:04 EDT 2002
You need 2 dishes. One for local channels and America top 50. One for Sun TV alone. You have to pay for the extra dish alone (100$). Rest everything (1 Dish, receiver & installation) is free. Sun TV costs 14.99$. Don't know how much is AT 50.
- From: kk (@ 192.11.223.116)
on: Sun Sep 15 22:29:13 EDT 2002
My apt complx dont allow dish. Many apts in my area is like that. Anyway iam happy with local programs very much, I get bored with sun tv and like when i go back to india, new tamil songs dont excite me much.
- From: Bharath (@ 156.153.255.195)
on: Mon Sep 16 10:26:58 EDT 2002
Flifo,
The quality is good allright. its better than the Zee TV & others we are getting. Its the same as we get in madras infact the digital reception makes it better.
Suba,
look at the web site url's in the top. This is better than Num TV because instead of computer this is on real TV. I dont think u should be affected by any previous cable unless u signed some contract.
Gokul,
AT50 is 22.50/month. you have to sign 1 year contract. so u r deal wud be
local channels: 6:00
AT 50 :22:50
Sun TV :15:00
Total :43:50
taxes 6:50 (approx)
---------------------
Total 50:00
---------------------
kk,
"chee intha pazham pulikkum" :-) ( just kiddin)
- From: Shankar (@ 216.90.226.2)
on: Mon Sep 16 13:48:40 EDT 2002
kk,
Apt complexes cannot restrict you from putting up a dish if you have a balcony. See the link below
http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/News_Releases/1998/nrcb8023.html
This is the law !! You can take your complex management to the cleaners if they still object.
I have a combination of expanded cable and dish. So it works out pretty good for me since I get all the american programming I want as well as Sun TV, Zee and Sony. So I have only one dish and one receiver @ $149 including installation. There is also an offer for the same at $80 but then the equipment is refurbished (mine is brand new) and there is a programming commitment for a year (whereas I have no commitment at all and am free to change according to my desire)
- From: prabhudas (@ 141.157.231.73)
on: Mon Sep 16 23:22:47 EDT 2002
Shankar,
what is expanded cable and dish?, u mean u are getting AT 50 plus Sun TV with just 1 dish and reciever?, any web links for ordering deals similar to urs, I am frm NY,
Thanks in advance
Prabhudas
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