TELEVISION
Nation Channel teams up with Siamsport for top quality sports TV
Kitinan Sanguansak
The Nation


NBC president Adisak Limprungpatanakit, left, Siamsport Syndicate executive chief Pongsak Pholanan and Siamsport director Adisai Varinsirikul, right.

BANGKOK: -- Siamsport has joined hands with Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to produce sporting content for Nation Channel in what has been hailed as "a phenomenal partnership" in digital television.

The partnership brought together leaders in the field of sports and news respectively. The two parties yesterday signed a deal for Siamsport to provide sports content for the Nation Channel on both its terrestrial digital and satellite platforms.

NBC president Adisak Limprungpatanakit believes the partnership will make Nation Channel even more attractive to all groups of viewers.

"It's phenomenal for the country's digital TV. It is a partnership that started with Siamsport producing a TV programme for us. There's no doubt there will be many more activities between us in the future.

"When the country entered the TV digital era, we made it clear that we wanted to be the No 1 channel in the field of news. Over the last few months, we've proved ourselves with news programmes that have received top ratings.

"We feel even more confident now that Siamsport is on board as our new partner. They will provide us with sporting content to create a more 'colourful' experience for our audience. We hope this deal will lead to major changes in the digital TV landscape in many aspects," said Adisak at the contract-signing ceremony, held at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel.

Siamsport Syndicate executive director Adisai Varinsirikul promised sports fans that they would get a chance to watch the "best product", starting with "The Match", which will be broadcast every Saturday between 4pm and 5pm.

"It's an honour to have clinched this partnership on the digital platform. It's something special and we're determined to help Nation Channel boost its ratings.

"We started negotiating in April. However, everything fell in place today. Our first programme is "The Match". It's something new and different from the sport programmes fans are used to seeing.

"We carefully picked the content and the hosts for the programme, which covers a variety of sports at mainly international level. There's also content lifestyle features that take the audience to interesting places such as football stadiums in England and club stores."

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sports/Nation-Channel-teams-up-with-Siamsport-for-top-qua-30240327.html

[thenation]2014-08-06[/thenation]

I will be watching.

Siamsport is yet another terrible example of 'cut and paste' tv so prevalant these days.
Combine that with the appalling picture quality their feed seems to be blessed with and they seem a great match for The Nation.

"We carefully picked the content and the hosts for the programme"  Duh  

We normally dont do anything carefully, and hire the any guy that walked in off the street ?

I don't think that CTH, GMM or even True will be shaking in their boots. Do I hear yet another 'box' being prepared?

Right....so no mention of the sports available then. The Match sounds a lot like other world sports roundup programmes. Tired and dull even when it was a new concept.

Chucking in product placement as well with club shops.

Think I'll stick to Thai Expat TV.

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by Bluespunk

Sounds great!