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Content is king for TV channels
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 27/12/2014
» Media agencies are advising TV channels with low ratings to improve their content or be left behind and not have viewers' attention.
Top business newsmakers of 2014
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2014
» It must be said that Thailand itself became quite a newsmaker along its up-and-down ride throughout the Year of the Horse.
Samart to push IPTV boxes
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 09/12/2014
» Samart Engineering, the digital set-top box arm of Samart Corporation, has announced plans to introduce IPTV set-top boxes.
Thai PBS pushes community and kids' TV
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 01/12/2014
» Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS), the country's public service broadcaster, plans to switch off its analogue signal transmissions in late 2015 in order to push its community TV and children's channels.
DN Broadcast allots B800m to expand
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 20/11/2014
» DN Broadcast, the TV arm of the country's second-largest daily newspaper Daily News, is set to spend more than 800 million baht next year to broaden its viewer base for New TV to reach the top of news channel category.
Digital TV to take longer to break even
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 17/11/2014
» Digital TV channels are likely to take longer to break even due to lower-than-expected viewership, says global ratings agency Fitch Ratings.
Subsidies under the knife
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/11/2014
» Removing fuel price subsidies is a political hot potato for governments, given that doing so can push up the cost of living and has even caused riots in the past. But the current plunge in world oil prices has been a blessing for governments that have started to take the difficult step of nudging fuel prices up to market levels.
Lifeline for digital TV operators
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 13/11/2014
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday agreed to extend the second payment period of digital TV licence fees by one year to ease channel operators' huge investment burden.
Demand outstripping supply of set-top boxes
Business, Published on 28/10/2014
» Demand for digital TV set-top boxes has grown beyond the country's current capacity of 2 million a year, driven by the government's giveaway of coupons to help consumers buy the devices.
Retailers, set-top box makers offer incentives
Business, Published on 21/10/2014
» Electronics retailers have teamed up with set-top box makers to offer discounts and other incentives to draw potential customers using the 690-baht digital TV coupon.