Post by mangomoney on Feb 4, 2016 9:57:31 GMT 7
Seems Thailand is having its own Groundhog Day on licences. We've seen it on EPL, World Cup, Telecom, TV etc.
Same pattern. A select few only meet the conditions because of barriers to entry. They then bid to capture the big prize and dominate a market. If they can't afford the bid or it doesn't work out as they wished, then never mind just don't pay and walk away
Thai TV faces loss of digital licences over unpaid fees
Newspaper section: Business
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expected to revoke the licences of cash-strapped Thai TV Co's two channels without further notification next Monday.
Secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the regulator had offered the company many chances to solve its financial problems.
Thai TV failed to pay the second instalment of its auction fee last May.
Its two digital channels, Loca and Thai TV, went off the air on Dec 1, and the regulator suspended the licences for 90 days until yesterday, which was also the new deadline for Thai TV to pay the overdue second instalment.
more...
www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/851260/thai-tv-faces-loss-of-digital-licences-over-unpaid-fees
Same pattern. A select few only meet the conditions because of barriers to entry. They then bid to capture the big prize and dominate a market. If they can't afford the bid or it doesn't work out as they wished, then never mind just don't pay and walk away
Thai TV faces loss of digital licences over unpaid fees
Newspaper section: Business
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expected to revoke the licences of cash-strapped Thai TV Co's two channels without further notification next Monday.
Secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the regulator had offered the company many chances to solve its financial problems.
Thai TV failed to pay the second instalment of its auction fee last May.
Its two digital channels, Loca and Thai TV, went off the air on Dec 1, and the regulator suspended the licences for 90 days until yesterday, which was also the new deadline for Thai TV to pay the overdue second instalment.
more...
www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/851260/thai-tv-faces-loss-of-digital-licences-over-unpaid-fees
