Hey- where's my TV access to international racing

.....popped into a TAB branch near Sandton to do a withdrawal....a little place with friendly staff, new TV's slot machines, vending machine and is receiving the International channel....
I'm a loyal tote player and on most days I could turn what that little branch collects in turnover....so where is my TV access to the international channel.....why have they not made it available to the online players that bet from the comfort of their own homes....surely if a branch can receive a TV picture there is something that can be done for their customers to receive the pictures too....and increase the betting pools by doing so.....this streaming sh!t is not for me....it is erratic and picture quality is poor....

I thought you could watch online? sure ive seen links on tab and interbet?

......yes Bob that's called streaming......the tote branch that I speak of is getting a crisp clear stable TV picture.....and definitely not from the internet..... :huh:

I`ve posted a few times that the international bookies get a better quality stream, top picture is a screen from the international stream the bottom a pic of the local stream

......Bob we live in Africa.....streaming is crap.....here in my office today with WiFi ADSL I have to restart the stream picture 4-5 time during the race just to find a result in a static picture....got unlimited but shaped bandwidth and it is only a bit better since I am now the only one in the office......my wife has just called from home saying that we have no ADSL there.....night racing and betting via telebet.....charming....will have to give it a miss.....3G yes I got....but slower and more erratic than pigeons... :dry:

Muhti, they certainly have an opportunity here to both reward loyal tote account punters and increase tote vs bookie revenue. All they have to do is identify regular tote acc players and offer them the same international coverage as a reward for this. I am sure it would also encourage some who use bookies to use their tote account if they were to receive the bookie type coverage we get in the shops. Even with a provision of a certain turnover of your account to ensure this coverage, I for one would use them instead of my bookie - or at least in tandem.