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Channel 5 or Channel 5 HD (Full Name : Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Station; also known as Thai TV5 or simply TV5) is a Thai free-to-airpublic television network owned by the Royal Thai Army, launched on 25 January 1958.
Launched on 25 January 1958, as HSA-TV[1] 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.[2] 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 9:30am as part of its digital switchover.
