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Spring News to sue MCOT in debt row
Business, Published on 08/06/2018
» Spring News, a Thai TV news outlet, plans to sue MCOT Plc after the state enterprise on Tuesday vowed to terminate the channel's broadcasting network at the end of next week unless it repays 104 million baht in debt.
Deadline for TV licence fees arrives
Business, Published on 23/05/2018
» Digital TV operators must submit their fifth licence payment by 4.30pm Wednesday or face having their channels blacked out after a 120-day warning period, the telecom and broadcasting regulator has warned.
TV rights for World Cup secured
Sports, Published on 28/04/2018
» >>Thailand has finally secured the 2018 Fifa World Cup broadcast rights after the country's football-mad fans had been kept in suspense over the outcome of negotiations for a long time.
Section 44 urged to untie digital TV
Business, Published on 16/03/2018
» The government is expected to invoke its sweeping Section 44 powers this month to tackle the legal tangle with digital TV operators and help ease the financial burdens of the winners of the 2015 4G mobile licence auction on the 900-megahertz spectrum.
Digital TV cries for help
Business, Published on 27/11/2017
» The Association of Digital TV Operators urged the government to invoke Section 44 for the second time last week to accelerate the industry's reform and provide timely financial relief to terrestrial digital TV operators after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha dismissed their previous calls for help, including subsidising costs and waiving remaining licence fees.
Prayut deflects digital TV aid request
Business, Published on 18/10/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has brushed aside digital TV operators' renewed request for more state assistance to ease broadcasters' financial burden and business difficulties.
NBTC keeps eye on over-the-top operators, mulls licensing
Business, Published on 17/02/2017
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to place policy measures to govern over-the-top (OTT) operators, as the internet-based services are rapidly pervading all segments of commerce and society, affecting and disrupting traditional industries in ways that are difficult to control.
Thai TV deadline now Nov 2
Business, Published on 30/10/2015
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has given cash-strapped Thai TV Co two more days to find a business partner and pay the digital TV auction fees, extended to Nov 2.