Public invited to share ideas on revamping TITV

PM's Office Minister Khunying Dhipavadee Meksawan yesterday urged anyone with ideas on how to operate TITV station - formerly iTV - to make his or her voice heard.
The suggestions can be made to PO Box No 1111, hotline telephone number 1111 or www.1111.go.th. "We would like to brainstorm ideas," Dhipavadee said. "Within the 30 days of the legal protection granted by the Administrative Court to the station, these ideas should provide clear guidelines about how we can proceed." Last Wednesday, the Admini-strative Court ordered the PM's Office to ensure uninterrupted broadcast of the station until its legal case gets a final court ruling or until the court rules otherwise. The court issued the ruling after iTV staff asked it to help following a suggestion by the PM's Office that the station might be closed temporarily while relevant problems were being sorted out. Because the parent company would not pay more than Bt100 billion in concession fees and fines to the PM's Office, iTV's licence was cancelled. The the Public Relations Department is now managing the station so the renamed TITV could stay on air. TITV now belongs to the PM's Office, not the private company. "During the transition period, we hope we can draw up a framework that will be in the best interests of the country and the public," Dhipavadee said. She said she would listen to the opinions of media members, media consumers, non-governmental organisations and academics. She said she would report on the station's situation to the Cabinet tomorrow, including the lawsuits against iTV executives. The Office of Attorney-General was handling the lawsuits.
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