Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Great Weekend

Looks like it was a great weekend for the CBNsat Subscribers since they got their cable tv operator back on air. According to reports received the channels that are presently available are BBC World, AXN, NGC, History Channel, A1, Nick, MTV, Zone Reality (formerly known as Reality TV), ESPN, Star Sports.

Accordingly the other frequencies are running promotions of the rest of the CBNsat channels and they should be on air in due course. At the moment test transmissions are being carried out and once the test transmissions are over then all the other channels will also be back.

We are however saddened by the fact that Mr. Muhunthan Canagey has resigned from CBNsat. However we believe that a company of the calibre of Dialog Telekom under the leadership of Dr. Hans Wijesuriya will continue taking this company into greater heights.

We would also like to wish the new chairman Mr. Yusof Annuar Yaacob all the best as he takes over the leadership of this company.

According to a compilation of the channels that have been requested by CBNsat customers over a period of time we have come up with a list of channels that the should be introduced soon.

Star World
Star Movies
Ten Sports
God TV
Zee Cafe
Zee Sports
Disney Channel


We would like to thank CBNsat Subscriber Unite who took an active participation in highlighting the grievances of CBNsat Subscribers. Excellent work CBNsat you never gave up and that is greatly appreciated. We also like to thank our fellow bloggers for keeping us updated on the events that were taking place over the months that CBNsat was down. Even if we did not update the blog you guys and gals made sure that the information on the blog was kept up to date. Specially during the last weekend we were not able to update this blog on the latest on the resumption of transmission but you guys and gals kept the information flowing and we hope that you will keep it that way.

We will now focus on making sure that CBNsat continues to provide excellent service to it's subscribers and fulfill our theme "This blog is intended for CBNSat customers to tell the world about how efficient their service is, or any problems in their service or just plain congratulate them for a job well done."

This blog is for the subscribers to air their view and thoughts so CBNsat Management is always welcome to check what their subscribers require from their service as well as what they think about the service. We are also getting reports that the downtime due to rain that the subscribers are experiencing is much less that earlier.

Please keep us updated as channels are being added to CBNsat and share your views on the service provided by CBNsat.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

My choice is

God TV
Star World
Star Movies
Ten Sports
Zee Cafe
Zee Sports
Disney Channel
Zee Studio

Anonymous said...

Thanks for you information Channa.

everyone is willing to watch those new channels.
We know Dialog ,"The future Today !"
we can expect those very soon!!

bank_dude said...

Channa, when can we see rest of the channels that we already had with CBN?

Looser said...

Zee studio is a useless channel comparing to HBO, Signature, Cinemax and Star world. I think Star Movies is the best.

Can we have some european channels other than Indian channels.

Hey What about Fashion TV? HA

riky said...

MACHANG,CHANNA - ALF GEN AHAPAN DISH TV SOUTH FEED EKA GENA,OKA AWASTHAWADIYANE DISH TV EKE KUNU FEED EKA BALA BALA HITAPUDEN.

KATA HARI AHINSAKAYEKTA UGE CBNSAT BOX EKA ARANG DEMU,OKATA THAN DISH EKAI LNB EKAKUTH NENE

Lisura said...

Yes ! The new management will need some time to re-activate the international channels and local channels partnerships too. Now that we've got something we have to be patient till the rest comes in. Within 2 weeks maximum all the channels which were there will be back.

Getting the local channels is not a big issue because CBNSat is a subsidary of Dialog now. Dialog have the infrastructure to even get the channel upto CBNSat uplinking station via it's broadband network digitally. So the picture and sound quality will be even better.

There is a lot to fine tune and I sincerely hope that Dialog Telekom have the capability to take CBNSat to the next level. Hope things will happen fast because they need to start sales and re-capture the market.

They have a chance as it is the festive season and what could be better than taking home a CBNSat receiving system home for Christmas and New Year !!!!!!

Sameera said...

Since i have cable tv and CBN both I can directly tell that Star World is a MUST for CBN. Star world and Ten sports are the main two channels I usually watch in cable tv. Star movies is not a must for CBNsat becos they have the best 3 movie channels in their lineup.

so my lineup is like this.
Star World
Ten sports
God tv
Zee Studio
Star movies
other channels in Zee package
..
..

I think God tv is a free channel.. wonder why they're not giving it yet.

Broadband Idea is also Great...
Hope dialog will introduce that facility also in near future..

VH1 is now on test transmission..

Unknown said...

Yes TOPFAN is right,This blog kept us all together and lot of guys shared their ideas and knowledge and showed what unity is all about.

Bloggers like Lisura,LST,Rob,Alf,Kalu,Channa,Topfan,Cableguy,jesika,bankdude and many others made this a wonderful place(Specialy Kaluperuma who seems to be dead against Alf )

well done and keep going

riky said...

ALF WHAT ARE THE CHANNELS YOU WANT TO BE ADDED?

ALF - I WANT RAJA FM

Looser said...

Channa - yes you're correct. HBO & AXN on Dish TV is useless. But Star movies is great. And thats the only movie channel we can enjoy on Dish TV.

I think we need better channel lineup than Dish TV and I'm sure Dialog will do it.

There's nothing much on Zee package except for Hindi lovers. (I personally don't like Hindi films)

cableguy said...

Hey DON(and others)

It was a pleasure "hanging out" with you guys during the stressful 6 months of CBNSat closure. The blog was always a very effective means of having a good laugh as well as getting the frustration out.
I hope we can continue to keep in touch on this blog on matters related to CBNSat.

Hey Admin:
How about organizing a small happy hour or a get together for all us bloggers so that we can actually meet each other. Maybe we can all wear our blogger name on a Name Tag and come to the party. ha..ha...haa.

Unknown said...

What about the STAR beam? Does it come directly from HK or is it something similiar to HBO south east Asia where it less in quality and content compared to the bem from Singapore?

From what i gather the Criket World Cup and a lot of cricket will be available on the Sony Max channel,where CBNsat has the SET channel? Isnt it necessary?

Anonymous said...

HALLMARK would also be a very interesting channel to have

bank_dude said...

Topfan, Thank you very much for mentioning. All the credits must go to blog admin for make this blog. My salute goes to all my fellow bloggers for keep this blog such a happenning place.

Anyway guys CBN started broadcasting HBO, Signature & Cinemax. But those three channels does not contain any sound. Further notice that AXN comes with left channel and NGC sound track is containing English & Hindi (two are mixed up). I hope CBN will look into this matter before starting commercial transmission.

TEAM FILEnetworks said...

Yo everyone,
It's been a hectic week for me as I was overloaded with work. So I didn’t have the time to thank anyone formally or to celebrate CBNsat's return.

My thanks go to:
#The blog admin for maintaining this blog which became the virtual gathering place for stranded subscribers.

#Lisura and everyone in the subscriber unite for their massive efforts which even included newspaper campaigns.

#Mr Muhunthan Canagy for creating cbnsat and fighting for cbnsat. Never ever think you lost the battle coz you had to step down from CEO. You are always a winner in our hearts ( you can see from the many comments in this blog.) and I wish you all the very best in whatever you do from here.

#All my fellow bloggers (there are too many to name) who made this blog an online 'AXN'

#Cbnsat team for keeping it cool and manning the call center 24/7 to answer pissed off customers for whole 6 months.

It's not the end so it's not goodbye. As long as CBNsat lives, this blog will continue to live. Rock On!!

P.S-
My fucks go to:
#The gay mofos who were behind the closure of CBNsat (by the way wtf did you achieve during the 6 months?).

Lisura said...


Thanks for all the bloggers who posted inspiring thoughts about CBNSat Subscribers Unite.

We need to mention that we will remain as an independent subscriber representation to act as an organisation when a need arises from the subscriber point of view.

You can send us your suggestions on CBNSat such as channel upgrades; improve quality of the existing channels, to introduce new services such as EPG or anything you think that could improve CBNSat service. You can mail these suggestions to cbnsat@gmail.com

Please note that we need only your suggestions in general to improve the service. If you have a problem regarding your connection please call the hotline 4606060 and CBNSat will attend to it ASAP. And also drop us a mail regarding your problem.

We will analyse these suggestions and complaints and forward them to CBNSat as a unite for necessary action.

We'll work together to improve CBNSat and bring it to the No. 1 DTH TV service in the South Asian Region. Dialog has the strength in delivering it.

So please send in your comments to
"CBNSat Subscribers Unite"
cbnsat@gmail.com

MANIL said...

My Requirement is,

Ten Sports
Star Movies & World
Disney channels

riky said...

ALF kemathith owatama thama, oka Dish TV eke owa balanawa ethi,Kata hari okage CBNsat Dish eka ikmnata aran denna one,nethnam Huluballawa okage gedarata yawanna one meka dish packages horen wikunanawa kiyala,

Ape CBN eke apita one,

ten sports
star package
disney channels

Unknown said...

Ten Sports,Star World,Star Movies and the Disney Channels are the ones we realy need.

Hope CBN gets them soon.

Lisura said...

I personally beleive TEN SPORTS and STAR MOVIES is must for CBNSat to capitalise on the Sri Lankan market. And SETMAX is a must before the World Cup 2007 as it is the only channel which has ICC braodcasting rights.

My personal choices are :

TEN SPORTS
STAR MOVIES
ZEE SPORTS
SET MAX
CHANNEL V
DISNEY CHANNEL



SEND YOUR WISH LIST TO
cbnsat@gmail.com

WE'LL SUMMARISE ALL YOUR REQUESTS AND FORWARD IT TO CBNSAT.

Anonymous said...

I believe E! Entertainment, would compliment the current lineup. www.eonline.com