READ THIS CRAP! <br /> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> (d) TARBS/UBI<br />Before it went into receivership in July 2004, Television & Radio Broadcasting Services or TARBS provided<br />subscription TV and radio services to multicultural audiences and households in Australia. The company<br />was founded in 1995 by Mike and Regina Boulos and delivered its services via the PanAmSat 8 satellite<br />and was estimated in 2004, to have approximately 57,000 subscribers.<br />Prior its demise in 2004, the company incurred an unpaid debt of US$30 million to PanAmSat, which<br />effectively placed TARBS under receivership. The Asian subsidiary of PanAmSat has bought the assets,<br />which include the subscriber list, intellectual property and equipment. PanAmSat is still owed US$30 million.<br />We understand that TARBS’ failure was largely due to its decision to invest heavily in infrastructure,<br />technology and content, including significant costs relating to the build-out of teleports in Greece and<br />Australia; an oversized and overstaffed call centre; and non-core foreign-language channels that did not<br />appeal to its major ethnic target groups. It also lacked English-language programming in its channel line-up<br />and only added an English language channel package in 2003, a year before its demise.<br />In August 2005, the parties behind TARBS moved to launch a new multicultural-focused subscription TV<br />platform called United Broadcasting International (UBI). The parties secured transponder space on the<br />Optus B3 satellite with a monthly term contract, as opposed to long term annual agreements which typically<br />run to 9-10 years for established pay TV providers.<br />UBI’s service – UBI World TV – claims to be the largest provider of non-English language digital TV<br />channels to Australia’s diverse population. The company retails 2 packages to customers at A$49.95/month<br />and A$59.95/month, offering more than 45 TV channels.<br /> </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">My opinion is Select TV should go on and conduct its business in the best possible way but by lowering itself to this you have lost the slighest bit of credibility they have. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" />