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The broadcasting regulator plans to meet all 24 holders of digital terrestrial TV licences next week to hear their complaints and ideas in case some operators need to exit from its licence-based regime, Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, said yesterday .

He claimed that this meeting aimed to seek remedies for troubled digital TV broadcasters.

Drop in rice output

Thailand will reduce rice production to 25 million tonnes of paddy a year, from a current of about 31 million to 32 million tonnes to ensure stable rice price in the world market, according to the Commerce Ministry’s meeting with related government’s agencies and private enterprises, Chutima Bunyapraphasara, permanent-secretary to the ministry, said. The plans to reduce plantation area for rice and output will be started in this May.