The live broadcast of World Cup matches is in line with the NCPO's policy to "return happiness to the public"
All 64 World Cup matches can be watched through four free TV channels on every system — the Royal Army-owned TV Channel 5, BBTV’s Channel 7, RS’s Channel 8 and Channel 11.
For football fans who want to watch more than the kick-off, they can access pre-competition, rerun matches, sport training and exclusive programmes directly from the Fifa feed
feed
Meaning: information or programmes that are sent from a central station to other stations in a network; the system of sending out this information or programmes
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, which is being aired for the first time in Thailand on RS’s World Cup Channel.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has just reported that its commissioners have voted 6-1 to use 427 million baht from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Research Development Fund for the Public Interest (BTFP) to pay RS PLC for the right to broadcast all 64 World Cup matches on free TV.
In the latest development, the the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said it might use the money from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Reserve Development Fund for the Public Interest to subsidise the broadcast. A briefing will be held later today.
RS is fighting the court case in the Supreme Administrative Court with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) which wants RS to broadcast all 64 matches on free TV as required by the "must-have rule".
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