Revamp at modernine TV for lead role in industry
Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, the new PM's Office minister overseeing media policy, wants Modernine TV to be the best news station and a leading light in bringing about national reconciliation.
"I would like to see freedom of the press, social responsibility and professional standards in MCOT’s news crew," he said yesterday.
This will improve the media outlet’s ratings and boost its revenue, he said.
"Think about news, think about Modernine TV" should be the motto for this 60-year-old state enterprise, he said after attending a briefing on MCOT’s strategic plan.
MCOT should focus on good governance; promoting national reconciliation, culture and education; and supporting Thais in times of natural disaster, he added.
Chakraphan Yomchinda, vice chairman and acting president, said Modernine TV would get a new studio with cutting-edge technology and a helicopter for the Modernine Sky News team.
On April 19, Modernine TV will revamp its news programming and re-brand its two satellite TV stations. This had to be postponed from April 9 because a royal cremation will be held on that day.
MCOT 1, under its new name MCOT Insight, will be transformed into a live public broadcasting service similar to the model of Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) in the United States.
Asean TV, which also screens reruns via satellite TV, will be repositioned as MCOT Global to act as Thailand’s window to the world, providing information, culture, music and entertainment shows.
