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Third digital plan revision
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 20/02/2015
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has made a third revision of its radio-frequency master plan draft for digital TV.
40% of digital TV coupons redeemed
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 29/01/2015
» Some 7.07 million digital TV subsidy coupons have been distributed to Thai families, with the average redemption rate of over 40%, says the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
MCOT asks for B1.4bn allocation
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 08/10/2014
» MCOT Plc, the state-run digital TV network provider and broadcaster, seeks to solve its digital TV network expansion delay by asking for 1.4 billion baht from the government.
4 channels go dark in MCOT crash
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 12/09/2014
» MCOT Plc's digital TV network suffered an operating failure yesterday, reportedly caused by malfunctioning equipment.
Board yearns for strong MCOT boss
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 12/08/2014
» Gen Surasak Karnjanarat, the newly appointed board chairman of MCOT Plc, the SET-listed operator of Channel 9, has outlined his policy of reviving the state-owned broadcaster, with top priority being appointing a new chief executive as it faces fierce competition from digital TV.
Digital TV help plan goes public
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 21/06/2014
» The 25-billion-baht digital TV subsidy coupon programme will be put to a public hearing before distribution starts in mid-September.
MCOT stuck in the twilight zone
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 19/05/2014
» A twilight zone. That could be a perfect way to describe MCOT Plc, the 60-year-old state-owned broadcasting enterprise that is often fraught with uncertainties and the intervention of politicians wishing to reap benefits from a slow-moving and inert organisation that refuses to change the way it operates.
MCOT chief steps down in dispute over equipment
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 16/05/2014
» Anek Permvongseni, president of MCOT Plc, the broadcaster of Channel 9, has stepped down due to the state-run broadcaster's declining performance in the first quarter and political intervention in the procurement of digital TV network equipment.
Absence of new government may slow digital expansion
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 14/05/2014
» The absence of a new government has affected the digital TV expansion plans of MCOT Plc and the Public Relations Department, both of them state-run network providers.
NBTC in defence of voucher plan
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 12/05/2014
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) insisted its digital TV subsidy scheme will speed up the country’s digitisation and the coupon distribution will be transparent.