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News, articles and programmes about Next Step and our services, such as Good TV, Thainess and Doxzilla, newest first. Select an item for a summary, and follow the link to read or watch the original.
2025
January 24, 2025Doxzilla แพลตฟอร์มสารคดี สร้างแรงบันดาลใจในการเรียนEduzones
An education-focused piece for teachers and students on using Doxzilla documentaries alongside lessons. It describes a catalogue spanning science, history, art, culture and the environment, watchable on computers, tablets and phones. The article argues that documentaries prompt students to ask questions, think analytically and keep learning beyond the classroom.
2024
July 18, 2024Embrace AI: How the rise of AI is transforming & impacting Asia's broadcast & media industryAPB+ News
A roundup of how Asian broadcasters are adapting to AI. Next Step's section describes using AI for repetitive work such as drafting scripts, Thai-to-English translation for its Thainess channel, and writing content synopses from transcripts, so that staff can spend more time on creative work. Staff still do the final review for cultural fit, and the company's managing director also flagged originality and copyright as reasons to use AI responsibly.
January 26, 2024ทำความรู้จัก Doxzilla แพลตฟอร์มสำหรับสารคดี สู่ Soft Power ระดับโลกMarketing Oops!
A profile of Doxzilla, Next Step's documentary streaming service, which grew out of the company's long record of making documentaries, including its travel series Sightseeing the World. The article describes a service aimed at families, children and younger viewers, available on demand across phones, tablets and TV. It also covers the stated goals of building a learning society through curated, fact-checked content and supporting Thailand's documentary production industry.
2023
October 17, 2023AIS 5G ชวนดำดิ่งไปกับความมหัศจรรย์ บน Doxzilla สตรีมมิ่งของคนรักสารคดีไทยโพสต์ (Thai Post)
An October 2023 report on a collaboration between AIS, a major Thai mobile operator, and Next Step that let AIS customers try Doxzilla free for a short trial and then subscribe at a customer rate. The article presents the documentary catalogue by theme, including wildlife, nature, science, culture, archaeology, lifestyle and travel, with Thai and English audio.
April 3, 2023Cyber Apps 03/04/23 : Doxzilla / Little Stories / Supermarket Village / StarriMGR Online (ผู้จัดการ) คอลัมน์ Cyber Apps
An app-review column from MGR Online in which Doxzilla is one of several apps covered. It presents Doxzilla as a Thai-dubbed documentary app from Next Step spanning themes such as wildlife, history, science and space, available on iPhone and iPad and castable to a TV through AirPlay.
Read the original at MGR Online (ผู้จัดการ) คอลัมน์ Cyber Apps
March 30, 2023Good TV: Why DTT will continue to be indispensable in Thailand despite evolving viewing habitsAPB+ News
An interview with Next Step's managing director on why free-to-air digital terrestrial TV still matters in Thailand. He pointed to viewers who prefer not to pay for content and to households with limited internet, described how Good TV's satellite delivery reaches both cities and rural areas, and called for public support for children's programming so that a new generation of viewers keeps coming.
2022
June 20, 2022วธ.จับมือบริษัทเนกซ์สเตป จำกัด เดินหน้าร่วมเผยแพร่ความเป็นไทยสู่นานาชาติ ผ่านช่อง Thainess และเครือข่ายระดับโลกTHAILANDPLUS NEWS
A report on the signing of a cooperation agreement between Thailand's Ministry of Culture and Next Step at the Ministry on June 20, 2022, to promote Thai arts and culture through the Thainess channel and the Good TV network. As described in the article, the Ministry was to help with content and information, while Next Step would produce programmes on Thai arts, folk performances and documentaries for broadcast.
May 2022มีปากมีเสียง - [EP4] Soft PowerAwakenYourIdeasTH (รายการ มีปากมีเสียง)
Episode 4 of the Thai talk programme Mee Pak Mee Siang, on the theme of soft power, in which Next Step's managing director took part. The episode looks broadly at soft power and Thai culture, as its title indicates.
Watch the original at AwakenYourIdeasTH (รายการ มีปากมีเสียง)
February 3, 2022Next Step brings Thai culture to global audience via AsiaSat 7APB+ News
The February 2022 article reports that Next Step worked with the satellite operator AsiaSat to carry Thainess, a lifestyle HD channel on Thai culture, on the AsiaSat 7 satellite so that viewers across the region could receive it. AsiaSat provided technical and marketing support, and the channel was also offered through live streaming.
February 1, 2022Soft power: Another force driving Thai economyThe Nation Thailand
A clip from the Voice of The Nation programme on how soft power can help drive the Thai economy. According to the programme page, it touches on the Thainess channel launched by Next Step and the company's work with content-creation teams.
January 28, 2022AsiaSat Wins Thai Broadcast Capacity DealVia Satellite
A US satellite-industry outlet reported that Next Step chose AsiaSat to carry its Thainess channel on the AsiaSat 7 satellite, in a C-band group alongside many other channels. The article frames Thainess as Next Step's next step in taking Thai soft power to audiences abroad, with AsiaSat providing technical and marketing support and live streaming alongside the satellite feed.
January 27, 2022"เนกซ์สเตป" เปิดตัวช่อง "Thainess" นำซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ไทยบุกตลาดโลกกรุงเทพธุรกิจ
A Thai business daily reported on the launch of Thainess, an English-language lifestyle and variety channel broadcasting 24 hours a day by satellite and streaming with AsiaSat and One Click Go Live. The article says Next Step would hold a launch event at Sukhsiam, ICONSIAM in Bangkok. The channel's themes, as described, include Thai food, film, fashion, Muay Thai and festivals, along with travel, nature, temples and Thai products.
January 26, 2022AsiaSat and Next Step in strategic partnership to collaborate on end-to-end content aggregation and distribution of a new Lifestyle HD channel 'Thainess' in Asia PacificAsiaSat
The satellite operator's own January 2022 announcement of its partnership with Next Step to aggregate and distribute Thainess, an English-language lifestyle HD channel on Thai culture, food, nature and traditions, running 24 hours a day by satellite and streaming. AsiaSat took on technical support, marketing and media management.
January 9, 2022ม.อัสสัมชัญ และเนกซ์สเตป เปิดสอบชิงทุนสำรวจโลก E-Listening ครั้งที่ 17Eduzones
A January 2022 announcement that the 17th round of the Sightseeing the World e-Listening scholarship exam was open, run jointly by Assumption University and Next Step. The scholarship funds an English-taught bachelor's degree for students finishing upper secondary school, with no minimum grade requirement, and the article describes its aim as having recipients bring knowledge back to develop their home communities.
2021
June 10, 2021Satellite DTH empowers Good TV to deliver affordable linear HDTV to folks in rural ThailandAPB+ News
The article describes how Good TV delivers HD television by direct-to-home satellite to households in rural Thailand where internet access is limited, at an affordable price. Next Step's managing director explained the approach of running several channels aimed at different lifestyles and interests rather than one channel for everyone. He saw satellite TV and streaming as able to coexist, and suggested that regional DTH operators could collaborate on content.
March 16, 2021กู๊ดทีวี เปิด 14 ช่อง เอชดี ใหม่The Story Thailand
A report on a new batch of HD channels added to Good TV for families, young people and children. The line-up spans science and animal documentaries, lifestyle, music for teenagers, a children's channel and a channel on Thai heritage, all delivered by satellite without needing an internet connection. The executive quoted said each channel was designed around a different lifestyle preference.
2019
November 2019APSCC 2019APSCC 2019 (nextstep.archive)
A clip from APSCC 2019, an Asia-Pacific satellite communications industry conference, kept on Next Step's nextstep.archive YouTube channel as a record of the company's participation.
June 6, 2019'เนกซ์สเตป' รุกขยาย ป้อนคอนเทนต์เด็กเล็กฐานเศรษฐกิจ (Thansettakij)
An interview with Next Step's managing director about expanding programming for young children on Good TV. He explained that early childhood is a period of fast brain development, so children should watch programmes designed around the needs of each age group. The company arranged channels by age band from toddlers to teenagers and highlighted documentaries as a way to inspire young viewers.
May 2019Next Step กับแนวคิดการพัฒนาเด็กไทยVideo Exchange Asia (ช่อง Good TV)
A clip on Good TV's YouTube channel about Next Step's thinking on the development of Thai children, as its title indicates. Children's programming and channels have been a consistent focus of the company's work.
2018
November 14, 2018"Good TV" ยืนหยัดทีวีดาวเทียม ชูจุดแข็งรายการมีสาระเหมาะแก่เด็กเล็กMarketeer Online
A feature on Good TV's strengths as a satellite pay-TV service: Thai-language programming with educational value, especially for young children, alongside entertainment and international news channels. The executive interviewed said the company set out to use television as a tool for developing society.
2017
February 17, 2017Next Step, Fox Networks launch 'Good TV' pay TVThe Nation Thailand
A report in The Nation that Next Step and Fox Networks introduced Good TV, a satellite pay-TV service aimed at middle-income households, using the Ku-band satellite dishes many homes already had. According to the article, the main target market was Bangkok and large cities across the country. The article describes the service as a rebranding of FreeView HD.
2016
November 10, 2016Next Step Selects ATEME's TITAN to Power the First HEVC DTH Service in ThailandAteme (ข่าวแจกของผู้ขายเทคโนโลยี ฝรั่งเศส)
A November 2016 announcement from Ateme, a French video-encoding vendor, reporting that Next Step selected its TITAN system for the direct-to-home satellite platforms branded Freeview HD and Good TV. The system prepares both standard-definition and HD channels for satellite delivery. The release says the service uses HEVC encoding for satellite delivery.
Read the original at Ateme (ข่าวแจกของผู้ขายเทคโนโลยี ฝรั่งเศส)
2015
November 25, 2015Thailand's Next Step to use Intelsat technology for its satellite TV offeringDigital News Asia
A Malaysian technology outlet reported that Next Step was moving from content provider to platform operator with a direct-to-home satellite TV service using Intelsat capacity. The article calls the platform Freeview HD.
2013
May 21, 2013เนกซ์สเตปผนึกแพลตฟอร์มบูมช่อง 'ฟรีทูบ็อกซ์'กรุงเทพธุรกิจ
A report on Next Step working with satellite set-top box makers so viewers could receive the company's channels through the box with no monthly viewing fee, a model in which the box platform carries the channel cost. It targeted middle-income viewers unwilling to pay high monthly fees, during Thailand's transition to digital television.
2011
January 28, 2011เนกซ์สเตป เปิดแผนธุรกิจ ย้ำแนวความคิดเอ็ดดูเทนเมนต์โพสต์ทูเดย์ (Posttoday)
An interview with Next Step's managing director on the company's 2011 plan, centred on documentaries that combine learning with entertainment. The Sightseeing the World channel was to add an adventure flavour, and a new channel would gather Thai-focused documentaries on history, archaeology, food, wildlife and science. He described the challenge of producing enough programming for a full year and of getting people to watch it.
Company information
- Company name
- Next Step Company Limited
- Thai name
- บริษัท เนกซ์สเตป จำกัด
- Founded
- 1988
- Address
- 319 Ramkhamhaeng 60, Hua Mak, Bang Kapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
- Office hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:30, Bangkok, Thailand time (GMT+7)
- Office telephone
- +66 2 735 1000
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