As of June 2014, digital TV will be available in 11 provinces in Thailand. That would amount to nearly half of the country’s entire television population, which now stands at 22 million. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has announced that households in these areas will be able to watch digital terrestrial television.
As April comes, people living in areas like Bangkok, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chiang Mai and Songkhla will be able to access the service. That would include the newly auctioned 24 commercial digital channels as well as channels that fall under public-broadcasting category. In May residents in Ubon Ratchathani, Surat Thani and Rayong will get access and in June residents in Sing Buri, Sukhothai, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani will get access.
In December, NBTC held auctions for 24 commercial broadcast licences. The licences were sold for a sum of USD 1.5 billion. According to NBTC the channels will start their broadcast from February of this year itself.
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