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The Thai government deals specially with broadcast media for keeping good amount of control over the news released. Thai News includes Thai TV that gets a rebate from the PRD. There are six terrestrial Thai TV stations in Thailand. These have bases in Bangkok. News gets relayed throughout the country with the help of repeaters. More than 80% of Thai people trust on primary news broadcasted through Thailand TV.
The giants in the Thai TV industry are MCOT and the Royal Thai Army. The MCOT was a former state enterprise. The government still has ownership of it by 77%. The Royal Thai Army, which retained much ownership on broadcasting for years long. Owned by Shin Corporation, iTV is the sole commercial point not under the control of MCOT or the army. Shin Corporation is a communications giant monitored by Temasek Holdings of Singapore. Channel 11 is known as Thailand’s public service broadcaster. It is enriched with funded and operation by the Public Relations Department of the Prime Minister's Office.
Bangkok encompasses six TV stations of Thailand. News are relayed to everywhere of the country through repeaters. Daily Thai news through television is like a hotcake to the Thai people. Channel 3 and channel 7 are special for Bangkok news. Thai TV or TTV gets a rebate from the PRD for operation of an MMDS service in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area. Thai TV is rapidly growing with technical soundness and news of wide varieties.
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