Thai Public Broadcasting Service
| Thai Public Broadcasting Service | |
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| Launched | 1 July 1996 (as ITV) 8 March 2007 (as TITV) 15 January 2008 (as TPBS) |
| Closed | 7 March 2007 (as ITV) 15 January 2008 (as TITV) |
| Owned by | Royal Thai Government |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Slogan | ติดปีกความคิด (Winged idea.) Thailand's First Digital HD Broadcaster |
| Country | Thailand |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide and Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Lak Si, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Formerly called |
ITV (1.7.1996 to 7 March 2007) TITV (8.3.2007 to 15 January 2008) TPBS (until 31 January 2008) TV Thai (until 2011) |
| Sister channel(s) |
NBT Channel 9 MCOT HD RTA TV5 Thai PBS Kids (Also broadcast) Thai PBS Radio Online |
| Website | www.ThaiPBS.or.th |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Channel 29: UHF (Bangkok) |
| Digital | Channel 3 (HD) (TPBS – MUX4) |
| Satellite | |
| Thaicom 5 | 4017 V 1800 3991 V 15000 (HD) |
| TrueVisions | Channel 3 |
| Cable | |
| TrueVisions | Channel 3 |
| Streaming media | |
| ThaiPBS | Watch live |
| STAT | Watch live |
The Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai: องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย; rtgs: Ongkan Krachai Siang Lae Phrae Phap Satharana Haeng Prathet Thai), or TPBS (Thai: ส.ส.ท.), is a public broadcasting service in Thailand. It was established by the Thai Public Broadcasting Service Act, BE 2551 (2008), which came into force on 15 January 2008. Under this act, TPBS holds the status of state agency with legal personality, but is not a government agency or state enterprise.
TPBS operates Thai PBS (ไทยพีบีเอส), which was formerly known as iTV, TITV and TV Thai television station, respectively. Thai PBS is a public television station broadcasting in UHF Channel 29. The station broadcasts on a frequency formerly held by the privately run channel, iTV. Thai PBS tested its broadcasting on a temporary frequency appropriated by Television of Thailand (TVT or TV 11 Thailand) at TVT New Phetchaburi Road Broadcasting Station (presently National News Bureau of Thailand headquarters) from 15–31 January 2008, and it started airing its programs on 1 February 2008.
Discussion of a public television station in Thailand began in the aftermath of the "Bloody May" crackdown on anti-government protests in 1992, in which the need was expressed for a TV station that would broadcast news and information free from state intervention. The resulting public debate give rise to iTV, a privately owned channel which started broadcasting in 1995 under a 30-year state concession. According to the covenant, iTV had to include news and information no less than 70% of its total airtime. This condition made it difficult for iTV to make a profit. Soon after the 1997 economic crisis in which Thailand was hard hit, iTV underwent massive debt restructuring. Nation Multimedia Group, a major news and publishing company and shareholder, pulled out and was replaced by Shin Corporation, a telecommunications conglomerate owned by the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was elected prime minister in 2001.
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