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​Thailand to require OTT providers to set up local offices

( June 9, 2017, 04:20 GMT | Insight) -- Thailand's broadcasting regulator plans to require foreign over-the-top platform providers such as Facebook Live, Line TV and YouTube to set up corporate offices in the country, making them subject to local corporate income taxes, the Bangkok Post reports.  Thailand's broadcasting regulator plans to require foreign over-the-top platform providers such as Facebook Live, Line TV and YouTube to set up corporate offices in the country, making them subject to local corporate income taxes, the Bangkok Post reports. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission said the proposed measure aimed to ensure fair competition in the industry, in which TV advertising and pay TV industries are taxed while OTT platform providers pay nothing to the state. The NBTC last month clearly categorized OTT businesses as a TV broadcasting service that does not use frequencies. The plan comes after the regulator concluded a series of forums with industry groups to discuss plans for an OTT services regulatory framework. ...

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