Briefs

 The Central Bankruptcy Court yesterday ruled out absolute receivership for TT&T, a fixed-line telecommunications service provider in provincial areas, after deciding not to extend its rehabilitation plan due to an objection by the listed company’s major creditor.
 The Legal Execution Department, as the official receiver, will call for a meeting of TT&T’s creditors for debt negotiations.
 If the negotiations are unsuccessful, it will file a case for bankruptcy and then liquidate the company’s assets.
 TT&T’s debts total Bt280.6 billion, with stare agency TOT one of the major creditors.
 The court ordered TT&T to have a rehabilitation plan in November 2008, and approved the plan in December 2010.
 TT&T has a 25-year concession with TOT for 1.5 million fixed lines. The concession expires in 2018.
 TT&T still has 490,000 fixed-line users around the country.
 
Major Cineplex upping proportion of Thai films
Major Cineplex Group, the country’s largest theatre chain, aims to support the local film industry by increasing the proportion of Thai movies to up to 50 per cent of the show time at its cinemas both at home and overseas this year, chairman Vicha Poolvaraluck said yesterday.
 Major operates 92 branches with a total of 609 screens in Thailand and neighbouring countries such as Laos and Cambodia.
 In the Kingdom, it has 256 screens in Bangkok and 341 in the provinces.
 
 
Dinosaur Planet tickets bookable online from Friday
Bangkok’s new coming attraction, Dinosaur Planet, is opening an online platform for customers to purchase entrance tickets in advance at www.dinosaurplanet.net from this Friday onwards.
 To celebrate the launch, the theme park will give away specially designed Dinosaur Planet caps to the first 1,500 customers who purchase a ticket online.
 There is a limit of one free gift per online payment.