Report
of
Factual
Events
to
the
News
that
the
Government
will
Revoke
the
Satellite
Concession
Agreement
with
THAICOM
April
29,
2010.
THAICOM
Public
Company
Limited
stated
today
there
was
a
report
in
the
press
that
at
the
Council
of
Ministers’
Meeting
on
April
27th,
2010,
the
Deputy
Prime
Minister
in
charge
of
security
matter
(Mr.Suthep
Tueksuban)
instructed
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Communication
Technology
(“MICT”)
to
consult
with
the
Juridical
Council
on
the
possibility
of
revocation
of
the
Satellite
Concession
Agreement
with
THAICOM
Public
Company
Limited
(the
“Company”)
as
the
Company
did
not
suspend
the
broadcasting
of
People
Channel
Television
(“PTV”)
as
requested
by
the
government.
The
Company
would
like
to
report
the
factual
events
to
the
Stock
Exchange
of
Thailand
(“SET”)
as
follows:
1.
The
Company
fully
co-operate
and
comply
with
MICT’s
and
the
Centre
for
Resolution
of
Emergency
Situation
(“CRES”).
However,
as
the
Company
did
not
uplink
PTV’s
signal
and
PTV
is
not
the
Company’s
customer,
PTV’s
television
signal
was
uplinked
by
foreign
customers
of
the
Company,
the
Company
was
not
able
to
immediately
and
directly
suspend
the
broadcast
of
PTV
as
instructed
by
MICT
and
CRES.
2.
As
soon
as
the
Company
received
the
instruction
from
MICT
on
April
7th,
2010,
it
requested
the
Company’s
foreign
customer
to
suspend
the
uplink
of
PTV’s
signal.
Meanwhile,
the
Company
transmitted
the
signal
to
interfere
with
PTV’s
signal
on
C-band
transponder
in
accordance
with
the
order
of
the
security
officials.
On
April
9th,
2010,
CRES
instructed
the
Company
to
suspend
the
PTV’s
signal
in
Ku-band,
which
was
uplinked
by
another
foreign
customer.
The
Company
requested
such
foreign
customer’s
cooperation
to
suspend
the
uplink
service
to
PTV,
but
was
unsuccessful.
The
Company
therefore
encrypted
PTV’s
signal
so
that
it
could
not
be
received
by
receivers
in Thailand.
3.
The
Company
issued
an
ultimatum
to
the
foreign
customer
to
suspend
the
uplink
of
PTV’s
signal
within
a
definite
time,
failure
of
which
the
Company
would
take
every
possible
action
to
suspend
the
broadcast
of
PTV,
including
to
shut
down
the
transponder
which
PTV’s
signal
was
uplinked
to,
either
in
C-band
or
Ku-band.
The
foreign
customer
suspended
the
uplink
service
of
PTV
on
April
23rd,
2010,
and
there
was
no
service
to
PTV
on
THAICOM
satellite
since.
4.
The
Company
reported
the
actions
taken
by
the
Company
to
stop
the
broadcast
of
PTV
to
MICT
and
CRES
on a
regular
basis.
5.
From
the
facts
mentioned
above,
it
is
clear
that
the
Company
has
used
its
best
effort
to
comply
with
MICT’s
and
CRES’s
instructions,
even
though
that
may
endanger
the
Company’s
employees
and
assets
as
the
demonstrator
occupied
and
held
their
meetings
on
the
ground
of
THAICOM
Satellite
Stations
at
both
Lad
Lum
Kaew
(“LLK”)
and
Kaerai,
demanding
the
broadcast
of
PTV
be
continued.
There
was
a
clash
between
the
demonstratos
and
security
officials
at
LLK,
which
was
widely
reported
in
the
press.
And,
at
Kaerai,
the
demonstrators
still
occupied
the
ground
until
the
present
time.
6.
The
company
would
like
to
confirm
that
it
has
complied
with
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
Satellite
Concession
Agreement,
and
with
MICT’s
and
CRES’s
instructions
as
far
as
possible,
even
though
a
number
of
the
Company’s
customers
were
affected
by
the
Company’s
actions
relating
to
PTV.
7.
The
Company
has
not
received
any
communications
on
the
performance
of
obligations
under
the
Satellite
Concession
Agreement
from
MICT
which
is
the
party
to
the
Agreement.
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