Broadcaster axes panda reality TV | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Broadcaster axes panda reality TV

Published: 1 Oct 2012 at 20.07
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After three years of following her every move, TrueVisions has pulled the plug on one of the kingdom's most-loved but lethargic reality TV celebrities - a giant panda.

Linping, Thailand's first giant panda cub, has won millions of fans since her birth in 2009, becoming the star of a live feed from a zoo in Chiang Mai dubbed the "Panda Channel".

But the show ended after the satellite-cable television broadcaster axed the programme as part of its plans to introduce new channels, to the dismay of her legion of fans.

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whatajoke
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Discussion 8 : 02 Oct 2012 at 08.428
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And now you know why this country's people have a rather pigeon holed intellect. It was the silliest thing I've ever seen on TV, and yet it was apparently popular.
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Discussion 7 : 02 Oct 2012 at 00.257
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True visions could maybe look to other countries to get an idea of what people like to watch .I know they try to run on a show string budget but they could at least try to get Eurosport so we could see something besides football .
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Discussion 6 : 01 Oct 2012 at 23.086
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And the new channels are????
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Discussion 5 : 01 Oct 2012 at 23.035
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They have the panda but we can't have UK ITV, Channel 4 or the BBC except the international rubbish BBC, give us the Austrialan TV that airs on the cable sites of true Please!
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Discussion 4 : 01 Oct 2012 at 21.214
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I am so glad this has finally ended! What a waste of money. Every time I passed over this channel the bear was asleep.
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Discussion 3 : 01 Oct 2012 at 21.213
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"Supornthip Bunlased, 54, who was a regular viewer."

Seriously? I bet he watches with his mouth open and some drool on the floor. It's mind-opium of the worst kind (there's no high).
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Discussion 2 : 01 Oct 2012 at 20.432
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if you spend much time watching things like this, you seriously need to get a life.
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Discussion 1 : 01 Oct 2012 at 20.241
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What a shame, they pull the only channel on TRUE that does not constantly retransmit the same old shows/movies day after day, week after week, year after year....(:
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