digiturk warning

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 11:30

hi guys

i received a email from digiturk trade department and as from 4th of april, digiturk are changing their packages and in my view for the worse especially for expats

the lowest package will still be 19.90 (new name gümüs koltuk) but in this package you wont get bbc prime no more and fox sports has also been removed the only english channels remaining are mymax - hallmark channel - mgm - action max - natinal geo & wild - cnbce - e2 - vh1 - mtv - eurosport



if you want to receive bbc prime and fox sports for the premire games you will have to fork out 43.90 (altin koltuk) in this package you get dizimax - comedy max- moviemax 1&2 - goldmax - history channel - zone reality - crime & investigation

in my view this a quite bad for people who just want to watch bbc prime for eastenders!!! lol and fox sports for their premire games and pay the least amount possiable

but i have been told if you take out a subscription before the 4th you will have the old package for at least a few months before everything reverts to the new price system so for all you people who have digiturk at the moment be prepeared for a price hike because the new basic package has nothing left on it

sorry to be the bearer of bad news but thought you guys should know

regards

ukturk

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 11:38

At least they've doing it at the time of year when television isn't watched that much. Bad marketing on their part really because if they wanted to have a full impact they should have done this in October when the nights are longer and you watch television more.

Karen

Barrovian1



Joined: 16/11/2007
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 12:18

Last time we were over there last month we bought the basic package (gumus koltuk) basically for the fox sports and BBC prime. We forked out for the year, now Digiturk are renaging on there contract. Were does that put us Erkan?



Bob.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 12:38

hi bob

the basic package which you got last month (ekonomik paket) and you paid a year up front will be ok but after that year has passed the new pricing system will be aplicable to you to, if they dare change this they will have a big problem because a legal binding contract has been signed unless in their clauses on the back of their contracts state otherwise, i will take a look at their contract but you should have nothing to fearif you have paid a year up front

regards

erkan

Barrovian1



Joined: 16/11/2007
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 14:30

Thanks Erkan



Bob.

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 15:09

I could think of nothing worse, living in North Cyprus watching east bloody enders !! I have never even watched it in the U.K.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 15:30

hi jock

i could not agree more it is visual torture in watching monach of the glen and bloddy ballykissangel at least with eastenders for us londoners it reminds us how terriable living in london really was!!!!! lol

regards

ukturk

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
01/04/2008 18:45

jock1



I agree with you, it is the pits

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 15:24

i just come back from cyprus and i would like to thank you ukturk for the information about the tv satellite to have french channels - as you told me we have all the national french channels and the canalsat one plus lots of english, italian, spanish and more ....when you come in girn let us know

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 15:29

no probs sylvie

did you go for a next box on hotbird with the tps auto update this is by far the best system to go for without paying a monthly subscription

why do you want me to tell you when i come to girne are you going to buy me dinner and a drink!!!! LOL (only joking)

regards ukturk

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 15:39

of course we will offer you a drink, fench hospitality is very important - we went to tektan with the paper i print about the next fta receiver and he offer us to install the dish and check if we can get what we want so it ist he dreambox which unlock almost all the channels except canal plus in french , he installed as well an other dish hotbird sowe have 2- 90 cm dishes and that dreambox - he toldus the price was 850 ytl - ihad to update myslf because they didn't know how to do it apparently we haven't pay yet - what do you think?

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 15:41

of course we will offer you a drink, fRench hospitality is very important - we went to tektan with the paper i print about the next fta receiver and he offer us to install the dish and check if we can get what we want so it ist he dreambox which unlock almost all the channels except canal plus in french , he installed as well an other dish hotbird sowe have 2- 90 cm dishes and that dreambox - he toldus the price was 850 ytl - ihad to update myslf because they didn't know how to do it apparently we haven't pay yet - what do you think?

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 16:07

the dreambox is a good system but you have to have it connceted to the internet all the time not really worth it just so you can watch the french channels

if you are always living in cyprus i can send you the next box from over here in turkey and ill program the box for all the french channels and send it to you with cargo all you will have to do is put the money into my account and give me your address as soon as i receive the money ill sort the box out and send it to you normally takes 2-3 days to get to you

you can email me and we can talk about how we do this ok

regards

ukturk (erkan)



p.s then all you do is have a 90cm dish put up pointed at hotbird and have the cable come in to where the tv is and then when i send the box you just plug it in simple and ill give you instructions on how to open the channels

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 16:24

no our dreambox is not internet connected because we do not have anytel line!i dont understand

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 16:41

the dreambox to work best and fully has to be connected to the internet, you can update the dreambox like the next box but this is not worth it price and time cos the whole idea of the dreambox is to receive channels thru the internet which in turn breaks the codes plus the person you bought it from does not know how to update it and its to hard for you to do it belive you me

regards ukturk

Othen


Joined: 06/06/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:43

Hi ukturk,

Do you happen to know whether the DIGITURK packages would work with our current HOTBIRD set-up (i.e. so we could get BBC Prime and a few more useful programmes)?

Regards,

Alan

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:24

I have not seen UK Turk on this Forum for a long time but I am sure Digiturk is not on the same satellite as the Hotbird. So you will need a second dish for that. Switching from one dish to the other is done automatically through a switch called "disecq". The person setting upthe second dish will do all the settings for you so that as far as you are concerned everthing might just as well be on the sane dish.

ismet

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 01:27

re msg 17



Ho Ho... Izzie, I see you've been reading up .. ;)



One has to make sure that ones's recvr is DiSEqC compatible - for example SKY receivers are NOT..



Light reading for those who are interested ..



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiSEqC

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 06:23

Hi

I havent had an e mail from Digiturk I am not sure what the name of my package is I pay 39ytl per month which I thought was the basic, they have taken off Hallmark last month and a couple more. Do you think that I will lose BBC prime ??????

Sheila

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 06:51

Morning Sheila,

We pay 40ytl a month which is the basic, normally pay a year up front but this time decided to only pay for 6 months and maybe get a better package for 6 months in the winter, sounds simple!!! Hubby went down tried to pay for 6 months "this is not possible" came the reply. Ok then can I pay for 3 months "yes", so after paying for 3 months hubby say now I want to pay another 3 months "this is not possible". For some strange reason you can pay monthly quarterly or yearly!!!!!

Don't think they will take BBC prime of hopefully not as I like to watch Eastenders omnibus on a Saturday.

Chris

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 06:58

Hi Morning Chris

I think mine is 40ytl also not quite sure as each time I go in it varies last month it was 42ytl this month 39ytl

so that is the basic, so there is a package under that then if Ukturk only pays 19.90ytl no wonder he only gets a few programmes. I did like the hallmark channel though so thats a shame it was taken off.

Many thanks for the info.

Sheila

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 08:20

is it possible to put codes into the free to air nilesat box and unscramble channels ? can you buy a card to do the same if so how much please.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 10:27

Dear LN,



re msg 22



>>is it possible to put codes into the free to air nilesat box and unscramble channels ? can you buy a card to do the same <<



it depends on your receiver... there are so many.. I know you have a mutual friend who can tell you how to get showtimearabia - using one of their legit cards.

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 11:39

I Have the lowest package in my rental property, I have not had any e mails form Digiturk or any text messages form them about this , as hallmark went off the Air about two months ago why would they now be telling us you can't get it on this package. At home I have the family package and still can not get Hallmark.

All seems a bit strange. Has anyone else got this email?

spangles


Joined: 22/10/2008
Posts: 411

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 12:12

kiwikid - ukturk's original message re email was posted April 2008

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 18:22

Hi Spangles, just realised this, having a blond moment, either way still have bbc prime on my basic package so panic was for nothing.