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Aksorn aims to lift learning standards
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 27/03/2015
» Textbook publisher Aksorn Education Co has developed an e-learning platform to help strengthen the country's education system.
Listed firms' profits down
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 09/03/2015
» Listed media companies witnessed a sharp fall in profits last year because of high initial investment costs for the construction of their digital TV networks, as well as the domestic political impasse.
SLC's NMG deal found to violate rules of auction
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 03/03/2015
» The Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has finally reached a conclusion on the share purchase of Nation Multimedia Group (NMG) by Solution Corner (1998) or SLC, saying the deal is in violation of regulations governing the digital TV licence auction.
Grammy allots B3bn for digital
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 12/11/2014
» GMM Grammy Plc, the country's largest entertainment company, has earmarked 3 billion baht for its digital TV content development next year in a drive to lift ratings and expand viewership.
Channel 3 dispute hits an impasse
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 25/09/2014
» BEC World Plc, the operator of Channel 3, is standing firm on its demand that the broadcasting regulator help to find a way to solve the analogue channel's legal quagmire before migrating content to air digitally via a simulcast.
Media prospects brightening
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 19/08/2014
» Listed media companies hope to see a better second half after experiencing sharp profit declines or even losses in the first half due to the economic slowdown and higher costs from digital TV licences.
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.
CTH, Grammy tie knot
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 24/07/2014
» Two big pay TV operators, CTH and GMM Grammy, will join forces in the hopes of expanding their pay TV subscriptions to 2.5 million this year from 800,000 as well as help CTH to break even on its English Premier League (EPL) licensing fee.
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.
Digital dawn
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 14/01/2014
» Adrenaline was running high. Hearts pounded. Behind closed doors, keys repeatedly pressed, each stroke costing 5 million baht. Screens flickered to the blurry eyes of astonished watchers. Someone finally shouted: "A billion-baht mark reached!" Yet more keystrokes followed.