TV ROW CONTINUES
The dispute over TrueVisions’ cancellation of HBO movie channels remains unsolved, with the broadcasting regulator still requesting a better remedy.
Today the regulator will meet with the country’s biggest pay-TV operator and a representative of thousands of disgruntled subscribers.
TrueVisions insisted in its latest statement that its remedial measures offered to subscribers of its Platinum and Gold packages were appropriate and fair.
However, Supinya Klangnarong, chairwoman of the subcommittee on consumer rights protection at the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, said yesterday that the proposed plan from TrueVisions was not enough to compensate about 300,000 consumers.
She also invited Peerapat Foithong, chief executive officer of Fongdi.com, a legal consulting start-up site, to join the meeting, as more than 1,100 people had registered to take legal action against TrueVisions.
RICE RELEASE AGREED
The National Rice Policy Committee yesterday agreed to allow the release of 8 million tonnes of rice from government stockpiles this year, aiming to cut storage costs.
Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa, permanent secretary of the Commerce Ministry, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who chaired the meeting, wanted rice stocks to be drawn down by the end of this year to help save maintenance costs of about Bt510 million per month.
