The ten HD channels are Channel 5, NBT, TPBS, MCOT HD, ONE HD, Thairath TV, 3HD, AMARIN TV, 7HD and PPTV.
The move came after the government’s invocation of special power under Article 44 of the Interim Charter last year for relief measures to be offered to all digital-TV operators facing financial difficulties.
One measure allows the use of the same fund to subsidise the monthly cost of programme transmission by digital-TV broadcasters. However, the subsidy covers only standard definition (SD) channels.