The iTV saga timeline
September 17, 2002 - iTV submitted an appeal with the Arbitration Court seeking its ruling on the station's dispute with the Prime Minister Office over terms of concession contract.
January 30, 2004 - iTV won the Arbitration Court's consent to pay an annual fee of either 6.5 per cent of revenue or Bt230 million, whichever is higher, in a drastic cut from an original rate of 44 per cent or Bt1 billion a year, whichever is higher. The court also allowed the station to adjust its news/entertainment programming ratio from 70:30 to 50:50.
May 9, 2006 - To an appeal by the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the PM's Office, the Central Administrative Court overruled the Arbitration Court's decision on the case, ordering iTV to stick to the original concession fee rate and the old news/entertainment programming ratio of 70:30.
June 8, 2006 - iTV lodged an appeal against the Central Administrative Court's ruling with the Supreme Administrative Court.
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