scrubbedexpat141

Miss Ann Thrope

This article gives some background to how this has been bubbling along for a while in case people missed it. This email dump emerged subsequent to the so-called "hacking" of the Qatari news site which resulted in the Emir's controversial speech being factually reported (presumably the unhacked version would have been thoroughly sanitised).

Also just to ensure that not all the links here are to scary right-wing conspiracy sites...

Johnnyboy11

What? Zerohedge a scary right-wing conspiracy site?

That's where I learned my prepping. Good thing too, what with the zombie hordes now wandering the empty isles of Carrefour and soon to be targetting my stash of drinking water, rice and gold...

For balance I just postal-voted Conservative, a reputable left-wing party in the UK

Miss Ann Thrope

It's gone! 's f**kin' gone!! I didn't think it would come to this, as surely this will upset the local populations more than anything else, but all 18 or whatever it is of the BeIN sports channels have disappeared from my du box. The channels are still there but there is no programming

Johnnyboy11

You need an Amazon Firestick, Kodi and Mobdro for free, unblocked BeIN wherever you are

Millhouse

I'm starting to really feel sorry for them now... Maldives just joined the ban. That's screwed Eid for a few of them. Really getting them where it hurts.

al dente

Sucker punch, Austria/ Switzerland next?

Miss Ann Thrope

So if I buy a Firestick from Amazon.co.uk and plug it in to my TV here in the UAE, I can get all BeIN Sports without having a separate subscription to BeIN (as mine here is via the du cable service rather than stand-alone subscription)? Or will I need to have a stand-alone BeIN subscription to access via the internet? And how good is the streaming quality on live matches? For years I've had to endure the awful quality of the internet feed for the All Ireland hurling finals in Fibbers. Now hurling is the fastest field game in the world (or claimed to be) but even football was hard to watch sometimes on that service.

Johnnyboy11

Plenty guides on the internet on how to install Kodi and Mobdro on your Firestick. No need for any subscriptions, and you can stream basicaly any TV channel, including Sky TV, Sky Movies, Sky Sports, BT Sports, BeIN and many, many others. Literally hundreds of free TV channels, plus a massive back catalogue of movies and TV shows. The quality will be as good as your internet speed allows. I don't watch much TV or sports, but checking Sky Sports tonight, it was crystal clear. This is, of course, dodgy, but each to their own, hence the

Irishbeekeeper

I have heard that there is a guy who runs Kodi on a Raspberry Pi
been doing it for the past year now on a normal 8mb internet connection
I dont know him ofcourse, have no idea who he is
I just heard about him from somewhere
dashing looks and all, that chap....or so ive been told

csdf

I wonder if he's related to a guy I know who does exactly the same thing. Also very dashing.

Johnnyboy11

Back on topic me hearties! Espy, descry... the good ship Qatar is holed beneath the waterline...

Miss Ann Thrope

You're just making stuff up now. Raspberry Pi is something on the menu at the Lime Tree cafe.

The guy with the back tattoo (and dodgy bed linen)?

Miss Ann Thrope

Not so fast...we have not finished with getting my home entertainment options sorted.

scrubbedexpat141

I don't feel sorry for Qataris at all.

cricfree
first row sports / front row sports (can't remember which).

OR

Just don't watch tennis because it's boring?