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Social media, political turmoil hit book industry
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 31/01/2014
» The Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) estimates the book industry will be stable with sales of 25 billion baht this year due to various negative factors including the economic slowdown and political turmoil.
RS spends B300m on digital content
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 17/01/2014
» RS Plc, Thailand's second-largest entertainment company, is setting aside 300 million baht to invest in content production for its digital TV channel in the first year.
Digital TV will weed out political channels
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 16/01/2014
» The rise of digital TV will solve the structural problem of political channels airing on the satellite TV system, says the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.
Hammer falls on digital TV auction
News, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 28/12/2013
» The two-day auctions for 24 digital TV channels ended yesterday with the national broadcasting regulator collecting 50.862 billion baht.
Channel 3 tops in digital bids
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 27/12/2013
» The Thai broadcasting industry has turned a new page on Thursday when the first auction for 14 digital-TV licences ended successfully, bringing in almost 40 billion baht.
World Cup weathers political heat
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 27/11/2013
» RS Plc, the local media rights holder for 2014's Fifa World Cup in Brazil, says the political crisis has not hurt sponsorship deals for the football contest.
Ratings boom for political TV
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 14/11/2013
» Politically focused satellite TV channels have enjoyed higher viewership thanks to the polarising political situation.
Protests threaten advertising industry's budgets
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 07/11/2013
» Advertisers are taking into account the political uncertainty and declining spending power as they set their ad budgets for next year, says the Media Agency Association of Thailand.
Nanfang Media buys 20% of Sing Sian Yer Pao
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 06/11/2013
» Nanfang Media Group, China's second-largest media group, acquired a 20% stake in Sing Sian Yer Pao, the largest Chinese-language newspaper in Thailand, to strengthen its Chinese-language media content here.
Ad spending to drift in H2
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 31/07/2013
» Ad spending is expected to show flat growth in the second half of this year, as the Thai economy is showing no positive signs of growth.