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True4U eyes content splurge
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 28/05/2015
» True4U, a digital TV channel owned by True Corporation, has set aside 2 billion baht for content and studios this year and repositioned itself as a sports and entertainment channel, aiming for the top three in digital TV.
CTH pay-TV subscribers complain about shoddy service
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 25/08/2014
» CTH's pay-TV subscribers have lodged complaints about unfair treatment with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), claiming that they pay high fees for a poor service.
IP law needs updating, say analysts
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 22/07/2014
» Legal experts are urging amendments to intellectual property (IP) law to catch up with new broadcasting technology and avoid a repeat of the recent World Cup football dispute between rights holder RS Plc and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.
RS ruling clouds future bids for sporting rights
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 17/07/2014
» Thai broadcasters are likely to be classified as "high risk" when they bid on future broadcasting rights for major sporting events due to the Supreme Administrative Court's decision on the must-have rule.
RS plans refunds for footie fans
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 14/06/2014
» RS Plc, the broadcast rights holder of the Fifa World Cup 2014, will refund buyers of its World Cup set-top box and World Cup Channel subscription in full.
TrueVisions wins footie broadcast rights
News, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 10/06/2014
» RS Plc, the holder of the broadcasting rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup, has agreed to sub-license rights to pay-TV operator TrueVisions to broadcast all 64 tournament matches.
World Cup ruling looms
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 07/06/2014
» About 2.4 million TrueVisions subscribers are likely to watch all 64 World Cup football matches on its pay TV platform if RS Plc wins its Supreme Administrative Court appeal on Tuesday.
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.
RS will proceed with box sales
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 02/04/2014
» The SET-listed RS Plc, which holds the local broadcasting rights to this year's Fifa World Cup football tournament, insists it will move ahead with its rights management plan and sell World Cup set-top boxes next week after a court ruling in its favour.
RS to ignore must-have rule
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 13/03/2014
» RS Plc, the country’s second-largest entertainment firm, is moving ahead with its rights management plan for this year's Fifa World Cup even though the regulator is seeking a court decision on whether the broadcast of these football games will have to follow the must-have rule.