Channel 5 (Thailand)

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = Channel 5 HD

| logo = โลโก้ช่อง5.png

| logo_size = 180px

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1958|01|25|df=yes}}

| closed_date =

| picture_format = 1080i HDTV

| network =

| owner = Royal Thai Army

| key_people =

| headquarters = Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand

| country = Thailand

| language = Thai
English

| area =

| former_names = HSA-TV Channel 7
(1958-1974)

| sister_channels = Channel 7 (1967-2018)

| website = {{URL|tv5.co.th}}

| terr_serv_1 = Digital

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 5 (HD) (TV5 MUX2)

}}

RTA Channel 5 or RTA Channel 5 HD (Full Name : Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Station; also known as Thai TV5, Channel 5, Channel 5 HD or simply TV5) is a Thai free-to-air public television network owned by the Royal Thai Army, launched on 25 January 1958.

History

Launched on 25 January 1958, as HSA-TV{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1976-TV-Factbook/1976-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1976 |accessdate=19 October 2023 |page=1115-b }} Channel 7 this television station transitioned from broadcasting in black-and-white to a colour television as Channel 5 in 1974. The Army set up the station in an attempt to destabilize the ruling Phibul government.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Encyclopedias/Archive-Encyclopedia-of-Television/Encyclopedia-of-Television-Vol-4.pdf |title=Encyclopedia of Television: S-Z |date=2004 |accessdate=2 April 2024 |page=2146 }} Channel 5 is the second oldest television station in Thailand, owned and operated by the Royal Thai Army, and as such features, among others, programming devoted to the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

Channel 5 completely ceased its analog broadcast on 21 June 2018 at 9:30amhttps://www.facebook.com/Broadcast.Engineering.NBTC/videos/1853227548073374/ as part of its digital switchover. It was initially scheduled for 16 Junehttps://f.ptcdn.info/359/056/000/p4rhh53hgicKgvRmghu-o.png but was supposed to be postponed to the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.https://yarmfaojor.com/content/553

On 25 November 2021, Channel 5 moved its LCN from 1 to 5.http://www.prachachat.net/marketing/news-788192