[skinman]

Hey!

Who here has chinese channels from their cable or satelite service? I live in Canada and we only get Fairchild TV. Its alright at times but it shows TVB series that are 1-2 years behind. Currently, they are airing Virtues of Harmony 2 and Perish in the Name of Love.

In America, Jadeworld is airing Palcebo Cure (sp) correct? I wish I had Jadeworld but we cannot get DirecTV in Canada due to some copyright and communication rules!

[Sabby]

I live in Canada too and i just hate how Fairchild airs series that are 1-2 years old....Fairchild is also airing Eternal Happiness too skinman hehe...They should air series that are at the most a couple months old...*sigh*

[diary]

I am also currently living in Canada. Therefore, if I wish to order 'chinese tv channel', fairchild tv would be the only choice. I used to have 'fairchild channel' with cable, it costed me an extra $15. However, I find that the tv series that they show are a bit out dated. As a result, I discontinued the chinese channel service. Now I just download tv series from AF and it is much better than paying for the channel. Save lots of money.

[black eyed susan]

We used to have TVBS-Europe via satellite, but we ended the subscription as we seem to miss lots of episodes. They're quite up to date with the series though, I think they're now airing Survivor's Law, Better Halves and Virtues in Harmony II... Next up will be Find The Light. So they're only about a year behind lol...

Anyway, we're renting videos again and I only download old series that I want to watch again or the ones that the rest of the family doesn't want to see...

[starizblue]

athlonkmf, on Aug 18 2004 8 20 AM, said:

do you have to pay for those channels in america?

yeah you do. Direct TV is a lot of money every month. They have the International Channel, phoenix channel, and also the Jade channel. None of them air updated shows, except for the jade ones, when there is an award show and miss hk. stuff like that.

[m1ss]

i also have Fairchild, but i never watch any of the series because ive seen then all since they're so old/outdated..

[heehee]

I live in the U.S. and I have DIRECTV. It includes Jade West (west coast), Jade East (east coast), Jade Super (Mandarin), Movies channel, and CCTV 4. As of right now, Jade is featuring Virtues of Harmony II, The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow, Survivor's Law, and Fate Twisters. Series are shown after a year or so after its release on tapes.

[add_oil]

skinman, on Aug 18 2004 12 42 AM, said:

In America, Jadeworld is airing Palcebo Cure (sp) correct? I wish I had Jadeworld but we cannot get DirecTV in Canada due to some copyright and communication rules!

nope. america's direcTV/jadeworld is just as "up-to-date" as fairchild in canada. "placebo cure" is not airing here. jadeworld east & west are both airing "survivor's law", "king of yesterday and tomorrow", "virtues of harmony 2", and "fate twisters".

but from the commericals, the series that will be coming up after "survivor's law" are: "better halves" (steven ma/maggie cheung), "w-files" (gallen lo/yoyo mung), "not just a pretty face" (roger kwok/joey yung), and finally, "triumph in the skies" (francis ng/flora chan). but i'm not sure if it's in that order.

after "king of yesterday and tomorrow" are: "vigilante force" (kenix kwok/bowie lam), "armed reaction 4" (bobby au yeung/ada choi), "point of no return" (julian cheung/charmaine sheh).

i actually really want to watch "aqua heroes" but it doesn't seem to be in the schedule anywhere.

[berries8]

I used to have DirectTV with Jade west, Jade east, etc., but not anymore... too expensive

[xbunnii]

I'm in Canada as well.. we should all write to fairchildtv and complain..

[molly]

I'm from GA., and I have comcast cable. do u guys think they have chinese channel?

[Zyphere]

I live in Canada as well.
We get Fairchild TV and Talentvision (a mandarin channel) is also available for extra cost. As many of you have already said, Fairchild really isn't updated. That's alright, because I rarely watch Fairchild anymore so my parents watch it. They don't care about how new/old a series is, as long as they have something to watch.

[moto]

Apparently the reason for why Fairchild's tvb drama are so old (1-2 years old) is b/c TVB first needs to make money off the dramas through renting it.
If the newest dramas are availble in Fairchild right after it aired in hk, who's gonna rent the tapes in Canada?

i found that abit interesting.. haha

[DJ123]

I agree. But residents in HK get the brand new television series on TV. but people in north america gets to view these series a year later. It doesnt really bother me becuase i download the new series from AF

[Edwise]

I don't have Fairchild TV but it's a lucky thing to have bittorrent and what's better, it's free!

[CrushedDreamz]

When I had cable I had umm 1 Cantonese channels and umm 4-5 Manderin channels. I had the Jade Channel but it only aired from 2:00pm-2:00am, and started at like 12:00am were reruns.. The series were pretty old too... concerts were like 1-2 years old.. movies were REALLY old... but I still liked it.. But then my mom cancelled it.. so I just have umm regular channels now.. But I get umm this "International Channel" The asian stuff starts at like 5 to umm 8... It's news in Cantonese for one hour, Manderin news for one hour, than umm a tv series from China or Taiwan for one hour...

[The Prodigy]

I only get one channel on cable. It air full time and its mostly in maderin. There is another channel but it only are 2-3 a day. Most of the show on these channel are either old and/or boring.

[Affinity]

yeah, we get asian channels. they are all in manderin, sometimes they have shows, concerts, and news.

[2long]

I live in canada also and we get fairchild the chinese series stuff and the food shows are good but other then that the other stuff sucks

[loongloong]

Malaysia is showing War & Beauty which is also slower compare to TVB series, but I don't mind because we have AF right?

[kangpo_1]

Yes I have Chinese Channels, but it is ATV.

[KC_deathscythe]

tvb channels in brisbane....spend too much time watching eps on tv and not enough studying..damn tv so addictive

[tina4]

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Hey!

Who here has chinese channels from their cable or satelite service? I live in Canada and we only get Fairchild TV. Its alright at times but it shows TVB series that are 1-2 years behind. Currently, they are airing Virtues of Harmony 2 and Perish in the Name of Love.

In America, Jadeworld is airing Palcebo Cure (sp) correct? I wish I had Jadeworld but we cannot get DirecTV in Canada due to some copyright and communication rules!

lol..i live in england it is bout the same..stupid right....i want to watch all de new drama like simple life and others
i had to d/l sum of the new drama where ppl in hk can just watch it straight away..i want to live in hk lol

[DarkNetworks]

me in Msia now airing War and beauty and something treasures...

[fillmeup]

I'm in california and our tvb channel is about to air war and beauty.. so behind

[yubad]

I live in Canada as well, and FairchildTV is a ripoff! it's $19.95/month + taxes, rental, etc. so expensive to watch TV now, and the series that are airing are all old and are shown at the wrong times lol