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| Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Thailand Malaysia (Perlis,Kedah,Perak,Kelantan) Myanmar (areas ofTachileik,Myawaddy, parts ofMawlamyine, and southernmost part ofTanintharyi Region) Cambodia (border areas ofOddar Meanchey,Banteay Meanchey,Pailin, parts ofBattambang andKoh Kong provinces) Mekong river areas inLaos (includingVientiane) |
| Headquarters | Chatuchak,Bangkok,Thailand |
| Programming | |
| Language | Thai |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bangkok Broadcasting & Television |
| History | |
| Launched | 27 November 1967; 58 years ago (1967-11-27) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 35 (HD) (TV5 MUX2) |
| Streaming media | |
| BBTV's Official | Watch live Thailand only (It can be accessed with aVPN overseas) |
| TrueID | Watch live Thailand only (It can be accessed with aVPN overseas) |
Channel 7 HD, formerly known asBangkok Broadcasting & Television Company Limited Channel 7 (Thai:สถานีโทรทัศน์สีกองทัพบกช่อง 7) isThailand andBangkok's firstcommercialfree-to-air television network that was launched on 27 November 1967 asThailand andBangkok's firstcommercialtelevision station. It is the first color television channel to be broadcast inMainland Southeast Asia. It is currently owned by Bangkok Broadcasting & Television. It is headquartered in Mo Chit,Chatuchak,Bangkok.
Channel 7 officially launched broadcasts inBangkok asThailand's firstcommercial television channel on 27 November 1967 at 7:00 pmBangkok Time. The channel's broadcast area was only limited toBangkok Metropolitan Area (Bangkok, the capital and the surrounding areas) only. It was presided over by the thenPrime Minister of ThailandField MarshalThanom Kittikachorn. The first programme to air was the 1967Miss Thailand Pageant. The channel initially shared its facilities with the black-and-white Channel 7, which is now Channel 5.[1] Channel 7 was known back then as "Bangkok Colour Television Network", with callsignHSB-TV,[2] airing on Channel 7 in the 625-line standard (simulcast on Channel 9[3] in the 525-line standard) and was the country's first colour television station using PAL colour. On 1 January 1972, it started broadcasting nationwide.[4][5] In 1974, the 525-line relays were turned off, with the channel broadcasting exclusively on VHF Channel 7.
A regional station opened inPhuket on 9 October 1980. Up until then Phuket only had one television station, an MCOT/PRD station on channel 11.[6] As of 1988, it was the only truly national commercial television network, at a time when channels 3, 5 and 9 announced that they would increase their transmitter networks in 1989.[7]
Channel 7 launched itshigh-definition television feed on 25 April 2014 on its digital terrestrial television system (DTT) on channel 35. Three years later, on 19 June 2017, Channel 7 was given authorisation from theNational Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to shut down its analogue frequencies in the rest of the country, in order to replace them with its digital channels on DTT. Thus, the network was expected to stop broadcasting on analogue 1 January 2018, but the process was postponed to 16 May 2018 and eventually completed on 16 June.
In 2017, it was the most-watched channel out of all 25 terrestrial television networks available, surpassing Channel 3. That year was the first time its morning news surpassed Channel 3's in ratings, coupled by administrative changes and challenges.[4]
In July 2020, the Election Commission requested Channel 7 to cease broadcast of the television drama series 'Love Song of the Gun Crack' over one of the actors, Krungsrivilai Sutin Phueak, who decided to run as the people's representative forSamut Prakan's 5th District. The series was then suspended from 30 July to 9 August.[8]
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