As the upcoming digital auction looms closer, Thailand’s broadcasting regulator National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has announced that all bidders would be notified of the auction at least five days before it’s supposed to take place so as to give them sufficient time to prepare.
There are currently 24 commercial broadcast licences that will be up for grabs. Col Natee Sukonrat, chairman of the NBTC’s broadcasting committee, has noted that each bidder will be allowed to send only five representatives for the auctions for each category (HD, SD, children’s channels, news channels). The bidder should also send NBTC the list of the representatives it’s planning to send five days in advance. Representatives, once they arrive inside the auction room will not be allowed to leave but if they do, they will not be allowed to enter.
Bidders also cannot carry their mobile phones, laptops or voice recorders. If bidders left the room when the auction is still taking place, they would be immediately disqualified from the process. According to Sukonrat, the auctions are likely to take place either in the end of December or mid-January. 15 days after the auction has taken place, the auction committee would formally announce the winners.
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