Five digital television operators in Thailand have petitioned against the broadcast regulator, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission for inefficiency in propagandising migration to digital TV, reported Bangkok Post.
BrightTV, GMM Channel, GMM One, PPTV and Thairath TV have sued for an amount of THB9.55 billion at the Central Administrative Court on Monday. The operators have also appealed the court to direct NBTC to postpone the third instalment of digital TV licence fees which was supposed to be paid in May 2016.
According to the operators, NBTC has been sluggish in distributing digital TV set-top-boxes and expanding digital TV networks. They have also accused the regulator of being incompetent to attract more bidders for digital TV licences.
The NBTC granted over 24 commercial digital TV licenses to 17 bid winners in an open auction held in December 2013. It generated over THB50.9 billion.
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