All of them rely on advertisers to pay for publishing and seldom feature, or even list, unadvertised companies. If you have a specific recommendation then call the company yourself. Le Journal is a French language magazine covers Northern Thailand as well as Laos and can be found at the usual places as well as airports and hotels. T.V. UBC cable T.V., ITV and Star satellite are the main stations broadcasting in English and offer a variety of programmes from HBO to sports. Thai stations also carry live English football dubbed in Thai as well as cartoons.
Most major hotels have in-house videos and are connected to one of the above systems.
Smaller guest houses, and some restaurant, offer communal viewings of the latest video block busters for patrons and visitors. Other stations are dj'd in Thai but play western music. BBC world service, Australian, American, Japanese, Swedish and many other international stations can be picked up on Short Wave. Frequencies can be found in the Bangkok Post and Nation newspapers but a twist of the knob can bring up some surprising results. Cinema Vista has several cinemas in Chiang Mai which are good value, clean, modern and showing a selection of the latest international films.