Channel 3 (Thailand)

Channel 3 ( Thai: สถานี วิทยุ โทรทัศน์ ไทย ทีวี สี ช่อง 3 อ.ส.ม.ท., translated: "Television broadcasters Thai color TV Channel 3 MCOT " English Thai TV 3) is a Thailand nationwide terrestrial air TV.

The station belongs to MCOT, a former state-owned company, which was privatized in 2004, its largest shareholder, but is still in the Treasury. MCOT operates the program itself, but has the license for 50 years at a private company, Bangkok Entertainment Co., part of the media group BEC World forgive. BEC is majority owned by Maleenond family. Pracha Maleenond is a political ally of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and was a member of the Thai Rak Thai Party.

Channel 3 had in the second quarter of 2011, an average audience share of 29.9 % and an advertising market share of 26.7%. A large part of its advertising revenue earned channel 3 in the environment of its Lakhon, a level comparable to the soap opera or telenovela format. Other important components of the program are game shows, synchronized Chinese historical melodramas from Hong Kong, and music programs. The focus is clearly on entertainment. Programs that deal with social issues, still play a marginal role.

Ran on channel 3 and running, among others One Night Genius, the popular breakfast television program rueanglao chao ni ( เรื่อง เล่า เช้า นี้, " stories / rumors from this morning " ), the Thai version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? ( เกม เศรษฐี, game setthi, " Millionaire Game"), The Weakest Link ( กำจัด จุดอ่อน, kamchat chut -on ), Got Talent (Thailand 's Got Talent, ไทย แลนด์ ก็ อ ต ทา เลน ต์ ), The Voice ( The Voice Thailand, เดอะ วอยซ์ ไทย แลนด์ ) and the dubbed version of the South Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum series.