Bangkok National Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation Channel 7 is a Thailand

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 television channel

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. The headquarters

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 are located in Bangkok, Thailand. The channel was established in 1967 with the first live broadcast of the Miss Thailand pageant held in the Vajiravudhthanusorn event at Saran Rom Palace.

In the year 1973, Channel 7 began to broadcast to other provinces. In 1978, it was the first to broadcast by satellite signal from Bangkok to its network in other regions. Today, Channel 7 has 37 broadcasting stations covering the nation and neighboring countries’ borders.

Testcard

• 1967-1990 Blue screen - First testcard of the station
• 1990-1995 Telefunken FuBK testcard
• 1995-2010 PM5544, current testcard of the station

Satellite names

• Thaicom 2/5 C band - BBTV Ch.7
• TrueVisions (Thaicom 2/5 KU band) - CH7
• VinaSat - BBTV CH 7
• Cambodia/Camsat 2011 - Chhorng Chet