Top News (Thailand)
| Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Thailand |
| Headquarters | 333 Moo 4, Thana City, Bang Chalong Subdistrict, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand |
| Programming | |
| Language | Thai |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Top News Digital Media Co., Ltd. |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 February 2021 (as cable and satellite channel) (via channel 77) 18 September 2023 (as cable, satellite and digital TV channel) (via channel 18) |
| Replaced | TVD10 (via channel 77) |
| Closed | 30 September 2023 (as cable and satellite channel) (via channel 77) |
| Former names | Top TV (pre-launch) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| TrueID | Watch live |
Top News (Thai: ท็อปนิวส์) is a Thai broadcast television news channel owned by Top News Digital Media Co., Ltd., a company led by Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham.
The company was established in December 2020 by former staff and journalists of Nation TV, who had departed the network over objections to a change in management that planned to pivot the channel away from a far-right and pro-government positioning following criticism over its coverage of the 2020–21 Thai protests.
Top News was founded as Top TV in December 2020, then changed its current name in 2021. At the time it negotiated with a number of digital terrestrial television channels but did not succeed. It was launched as a satellite television station in mid-January and began broadcasting for the first time on 1 February 2021 via a signal leased from TVD10 channel. On the PSI set-top box, it was available on channel 77 and a number of parallel streams on social media. Top News later moved its channel to channel 210. It started its digital terrestrial television broadcasts on 18 September 2023 on JKN18. The partnership between JKN Global Group and Top News was signed on 11 September of that year. The channel did a parallel broadcast alongside JKN18 from 18 to 30 September of the same year. It ceased its cable and satellite broadcasts on 30 September 2023 to transform Top News into a cable, satellite and digital terrestrial television channel which aired on JKN18 only.