Peace TV (Thailand)

Peace TV
Launched 10 December 2013 (2013-12-10) (UDD TV)
1 September 2014 (2014-09-01) (Peace TV)
Owned by Peace Television Co., Ltd.
Picture format 576i (4:3 SDTV)
Slogan สื่อประชาธิปไตยประชาชน สร้างสรรค์สังคมอุดมปัญญา (Democracy Media for People, Bringing Wisdom in the Social)
Country Thailand
Language Thai
Broadcast area Thailand , Southeast Asia (via sattellite) , Worldwide (via Internet)
Headquarters 5th Floor, Imperial World Ladprao, Bangkok, Thailand
Website thai-peace-tv.blogspot.com
Availability
Satellite
PSI Channel 214
Cable
Jareon Cable TV Channel 594
Available on most Thai cable systems Consult your local cable provider for channel availability
Streaming media
Watch live www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzbSWE-4AkLwwYp75n2kNA

Peace TV is a Thai television channel, notable for its support for liberal democracy. It is affiliated with United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) It is broadcast via satellite television, cable, and web streaming.

History

Peace TV was launched on 10 December 2013 (Thai Constitution Day) as UDD TV (United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship Television) after UDD leaders who had hosted programs on Asia Update until that station canceled the show due to the Criticism of Amnesty Act.

Until 20 May 2014 after the Army's martial law declaration during the 2013–2014 Thai political crisis UDD TV was forced to shut down along with other political TV channels until the 2014 Thai coup d'état. National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission invited closed political TV channels to register and make MOUs with NBTC. UDD TV was renamed to Peace TV and debuted station logo similar to Brazilian local TV Station TV Asa Branca. The logo is a rectangle and uses red-black-grey colour scheme. Peace TV launched on 1 September 2014.

Peace TV was closed down times, It closed from 10 - 16 April 2015 during Songkran Week. NBTC revoked its licence on 27 April 2015 but it relaunched on 21 July 2015 due to temporary protection from the administrative court. Peace TV filed litigation to the NBTC court.

It closed again from 21 July - 20 August 2016 during that year's constitutional referendum.

Peace TV closed once more from 11 August - 10 September 2017, when the junta claimed that "it broke the rules of the NCPO".[1]. It continued to operate on YouTube.

Business model

Peace TV main revenue comes from commercials. Peace TV conducted a fundraising campaign to encourage viewers to donate money to support the station. It sells products such as herbal toothpaste and radio receivers.

References

  1. ↑ "นายกฯ ยันปิด "พีซทีวี" ไร้ใบสั่งการเมือง ไม่เกี่ยวคดี "ปู" จำนำข้าว" [PM denies closing down Peace TV for political reasons, nothing to do with lawsuit pawed rice Yingluck]. Thai Rath (in Thai). 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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