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Plan B gives BNK48 bigger stage
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/05/2018
» Thai idol group BNK48 is ready to go abroad this year, following plans by media giant Plan B Media and BNK48 Office, the company that manages the girl group, to synergise their out-of-home (OOH) businesses.
A one-man 'loveable rogues' gallery
B Magazine, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/05/2018
» Sunny Suwanmethanont raises his thick eyebrows and chuckles. He forks a piece of mango into his mouth while he considers something -- an existential query of sorts.
Chermarn Boonyasak, raising the ring finger
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/01/2018
» 'What's the story behind this?"
GDH 559 in push abroad as 'Bad Genius' wows China
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 13/11/2017
» Film studio GDH 559 is ramping up its international market push, notably for China, following the success of its high-school thriller Chalard Game Goeng (Bad Genius) there, hauling in over US$16 million (528 million baht) on its opening weekend.
Stars get struck for speaking out
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/08/2017
» The social media world has been swept in patriotic sentiment since singer Suthita "Image" Chanachaisuwan, 19, posted a complaint about Thailand's poor public transport last week. After waiting two hours to catch a bus home in Bangkok, she was driven to tweet her frustration: "What's a lousy country. It's not going to improve in 50 or even 1,000 years from now … Now shoot me."
View from a veteran
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/03/2017
» The list of hits he has created in the past 20 years is long and staggering: Visute Poolvoralaks, perhaps Thailand's best-known film producer, is the man behind the renaissance of Thai cinema in the mid-1990s with Dang Bireley's And Young Gangsters, Nang Nak and Satree Lex, before becoming part of the hit-making machine GTH to push Fan Chan, Hello Stranger and the highest-grossing Thai film of all time, Phi Mak Phrakanong. Estimated box-office intake commandeered from his desk: nearly 2 billion baht.
No longer the mainstream
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 03/03/2017
» TrueVisions, the veteran cable TV service provider, in January sent viewers reeling after a decision to discontinue six major TV and film channels -- most notably those under the HBO brand. The company then announced plans to drop an additional 11 channels from its line-up just a month later and though the operator has replaced the cancelled channels with seven new ones, plus giving other incentives to its million-plus subscribers, the clamour has been audible.
Positively Negative
Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/01/2017
» When the film O-Negative was released in 1998, it was praised for its interesting script and the great acting of Tata Young, Chakrit Yamnam and Ray MacDonald. So it’s no surprise that GMM decided to remake it for Channel 25.
Media's shifting landscape
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 23/01/2017
» When the news broke late last year that TrueVisions -- the largest cable TV service provider in Thailand -- would be cutting off six film and television series channels from their line-up beginning this year, a swathe of the network's subscribers were left in doubt as to the necessity of actually owning a cable TV subscription. After all, with online platforms like Netflix, Iflix, YouTube and even Facebook giving us the ability to access our preferred media content at any place or time of our choosing, many consumers are now given more choices in how they can consume media content than ever before.
5 talking points in Thai entertainment
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/12/2016
» A year of progress and disappointment in the arts.