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Glum outlook for ad industry
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 26/03/2015
» The advertising industry may see flat growth in the first half of this year due to lower budget injections by advertisers and the pressure of the economic slowdown on consumers' purchasing power.
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.
NBTC to sync digital radio with TV broadcast roll-out
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 04/03/2014
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will allocate existing analogue TV frequencies to use with digital radio later this year.
NBTC halts new concessions prior to licensing
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 11/02/2014
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) set new guidelines for government agencies' management of radio frequencies during the transition from concessions to a licensing regime.
AM/FM squelched by online radio
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 18/11/2013
» Radio is facing a tough time from declining audiences and stations keen to draw listeners, especially teenagers, to their online platforms.
CPB plans overhaul for Rattanakosin Island
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 30/09/2013
» The Crown Property Bureau (CPB) will draft a master plan to renovate its properties in Rattanakosin Island, particularly along Ratchadamnoen Avenue, which is set to be an iconic road for Bangkok.
MCOT backs B480m EPL sublease
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 21/06/2013
» MCOT Plc's chairman has insisted Modernine TV will not lose money from subleasing 2013-15 English Premier League (EPL) broadcast rights from Cable Thai Holding Plc (CTH) despite staff believing otherwise.
Budget bump aids digital shift
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 13/06/2013
» The government supports the Public Relations Department (PRD), which runs Channel 11, in pushing ahead with the country's digital transition and increasing its budget by 40% to 2.9 billion baht next year.
Free-TV state operators set to go digital
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 12/06/2013
» State-run free-TV operators will likely receive network operator licences for digital TV from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) this month.