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(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - The House committee on telecommunications on Wednesday called on the government to crack down on "illegal" television broadcasts via the Internet and satellites, The Nation reports.

"Many cable-TV operators have exploited legal loopholes to prejudice authorised television stations with unfair competition," committee member Wichit Plangsrisakul said.

Wichit said some six to seven cable-TV services broadcast their programmes to foreign-based Internet service providers that "uplink" the signal to ...

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