Thailand’s long anticipated digital TV auction seems right around the corner with the regulatory body National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission expected to finally announce the names of the qualifying bidders for the 24 digital terrestrial TV licences on December 9th.
With names of the qualified bidders nearly announced, the auction is now likely to happen between December 20 and December 27. A source privy to the auction said, “The committee is expected to call for the bid during December 20 to 27, earlier than previously expected. It is also considering the possibility of organising a bid for two TV-licence categories on the same day in order to speed up the process.”
There are 29 companies who had submitted 41 applications for the 24 licences. For the seven SD variety channels that are up for auction there are 16 companies who have submitted bid documents. There are nine firms who will be bidding for the seven HD variety channel.Once the bidding is over, the channels themselves will be launched in the first quarter of 2014.
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