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A MCOT Public Company Limited board meeting has approved the “Tem Jai Jak” (voluntary leave) programme to provide voluntary early retirement to the firm’s employees, board president Pol General Thawitchart Phalasak told Isara News Agency.

MCOT does not need a rehabilitation plan despite recording a Bt877-million loss in the first quarter, the Ministry of Finance said.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has decided to give MCOT Bt3.2 billion in compensation for recalling its 2600-megahertz spectrum, which was valid until September 23, 2015.

MCOT Plc said on Monday (March 16) that the company will shut down its FM99 radio station for 14 days after a guest host reported being infected with the new coronavirus (Covid-19).

Popular former TV show host Sorayuth Suthassanachinda and his former employee Montha Theeradet were on Tuesday (January 21) sentenced to six years and 24 months in jail for embezzlement of funds.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board will consider on Wednesday (January 15) the compensation amount MCOT will receive for handing over its 2600MHz band to NBTC for an auction, NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tatasith has said.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Monday (September 16) handed more than Bt161 million in compensation to MCOT after it returned its broadcasting licence.

MCOT will not lay off staff working for its Family Channel 14 digital TV channel, which will be switched off at midnight on September 15, but will relocate them to other business units as appropriate, MCOT president Kematat Paladesh said.

MCOT Public Company Limited has boosted profit by 257 per cent in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the same period last year. It booked net earnings of Bt287 million.

The board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Tuesday approved payment of compensation over Bt378 million to digital TV licence holder Voice TV for returning its licence to the regulator.

MCOT Public Co Ltd (MCOT Plc) received a 2019 Anti-Corruption Award from the Anti-Corruption Foundation on July 6 in recognition of its outstanding performance in combating graft.

MCOT CUTS LOSS FOR QUARTER BY 71 PER CENT