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  • Today Tonight misleading the public

    July 24 2008 8:29pm (UTC+8)  -  Article by Kevin

    Today Tonight, the Seven Network's top rating current affairs show, is a show that prides itself on exposing fraudsters on national television for all to see. However, in an ironic twist the show tonight chose to promote one of those very people.

    Tonight's report on a way to obtain access to a variety of subscription television channels online is nothing but a fraud. Whilst there certainly are ways to watch a number of subscription television channels online, many of them contain large amounts of pirated material and many are illegal.

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  • phileasmann
    July 25 2008
    5:01am
    #1 of 19

    These "internet channels" are all BS. Most of the sources are free publicly! For example, some of these "internet channel software" lineups include Al Jazeera, which is just the same feed of what you can get for free after a google search (in this case, the AJ website).

    Furthermore, except the foreign news channels, none of the Foxtel channels were on both the free & $30 programs' lineups.

    TT & ACA are just aimed for the gullible.

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    12:07pm
    #2 of 19

    YouTube user "ljraggy" has posted the TT story with his own comments thrown in :)



    Some of the comments are great :lol:

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    4:20pm
    #3 of 19

    If you need any more evidence that the website is dodgy, just check out the "bonus" page.

    What do you get in this $99.00 package?

    Don't Mind waiting for cd ? Get this

    1. 20,000 Channels over 17 softwares
    2. Spyware Doctor Software
    3. Car Gas/Petrol Saver Ebook
    4. Get your XBOX Wireless ebook
    5. How to PICK UP SEXY GIRLS Ebook

    :lol: @ number 5 :nonono:

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    4:33pm
    #4 of 19

    Kevin said:
    :lol: @ number 5 :nonono:

    I wouldn't be laughing if I were you. I think you really need to read that book. :D

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    4:34pm
    #5 of 19

    cartman said:
    I wouldn't be laughing if I were you. I think you really need to read that book. :D

    I'm the one with the girl... so if anything you need that more than I do :P

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    4:39pm
    #6 of 19

    Kevin said:
    I'm the one with the girl... so if anything you need that more than I do :P

    I already pick up sexy girls, I'm just not dumb enough to marry them. :P

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    5:13pm
    #7 of 19

    TT are now doing a report tonight about "the sites where you don't have to pay for pay tv". :rolleyes:

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    5:13pm
    #8 of 19

    LOL a TT promo just aired on ATN which said for all of us to "forget about him" because "our viewers have found sites where you don't have to pay a cent" (or something like that).

    If they make out like he is the bad guy (which he is, but so are they for not doing their research) then Media Watch and ACA need to be all over them.

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    5:15pm
    #9 of 19

    cartman said:
    TT are now doing a report tonight about "the sites where you don't have to pay for pay tv". :rolleyes:

    They had better apologise for their stupidity in the first place, although I reckon we have no chance of that. <_<

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    5:27pm
    #10 of 19

    I still don't understand why TT is promoting piracy at all.

    If someone set up a rolling live stream of Seven, their lawyers would be all over it. Yet, for some reason, it's ok for them to promote what is happening to other television channels. :rolleyes:

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    5:38pm
    #11 of 19

    As I expected, not a single apology at all <_<

  • cartman
    July 25 2008
    5:39pm
    #12 of 19

    Well that was a rather lame attempt at trying to get themselves out of hot water. :nonono:

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    5:39pm
    #13 of 19

    cartman said:
    Well that was a rather lame attempt at trying to get themselves out of hot water. :nonono:

    Agreed. Hopefully Media Watch and ACA do a better job of it.

  • Kevin
    July 25 2008
    6:00pm
    #14 of 19

    Balzan proudly boasts on his Facebook that he is "free as a bird and i dont care about what you say or what you think im in this world making it big"

    My message to him - enjoy ripping people off while you can. The people who reported you to TVU Networks will have the last laugh :)

  • Kevin
    July 28 2008
    8:34pm
    #15 of 19

    Nothing about TT on Media Watch tonight. Bit of a shame really, they deserved to be caught out on this <_<

  • Mediawatch
    August 4 2008
    8:38pm
    #16 of 19

    Media Watch did the TT (and several others) Pay TV scam tonight

  • Kevin
    August 4 2008
    10:08pm
    #17 of 19

    Mediawatch said:
    Media Watch did the TT (and several others) Pay TV scam tonight

    Excellent... coming up in 10 mins in Perth. Will have a look :)

  • Kevin
    August 4 2008
    10:28pm
    #18 of 19

    Excellent report from Media Watch as always :clapping:

  • SydneySider
    August 5 2008
    8:15pm
    #19 of 19

    I downloaded the program and opened it, and every time I open it Norton tells me it has blocked an attempted attack. I opened up the details and it says the address the program uses is a known attacking website.

    Anyone else know anything regarding this or experience the same thing?


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