Spring News Television Network
Spring News was a Thai digital television news channel founded in 2010 and owned by Spring News Television Ltd., a subsidiary of News Network Corporation PCL. The channel began test broadcasts on satellite television on March 5, 2010, with its official launch on December 15, 2010. Spring News won a digital television license for news and information content from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in 2013 and began digital terrestrial broadcasting on April 1, 2014, on channel 19. In November 2016, the channel signed a five-year partnership agreement with CNN International through Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific, becoming CNN’s first news affiliate partner in Asia. This partnership included content sharing, staff training, and the adoption of CNN-themed graphics beginning January 1, 2017. Spring News ceased television broadcasting on August 15, 2019, but continues operating as an online news platform under the Nation Group umbrella, maintaining its website and digital news services.
