The Bartercard networking night in Pattaya last week was
notable in many ways. Firstly the venue - held at the Art Cafe (Soi 16
Pattaya-Naklua Road), which showed that it was capable of handling an influx
of people and maintain a healthy buffet going at the same time. And despite
the heat of the evening, the white wine was cold!
Peter
Malhotra, MD of Pattaya Mail, and Raine Grady, the charming CEO of Capital
TV introduce the Pattaya Mail Plus.
Pattaya
Mail’s effervescent yachting scribe is flanked by Lalida and Varassaya
Phanthusak from Woodlands Resort, future leaders of the Pattaya business
community.
Graham Brain, Bartercard’s MD was also present for the
networking evening, dispensing largesse as large men tend to do, while
Worawat Rojrangsee, the executive business development manager rushed around
introducing likely contacts to each other.
However, the big news of the evening, which was revealed
after the viewing of a promotional video from Capital TV, was the fact that
Capital TV, in conjunction with the Pattaya Mail, will be telecasting
a new news, events and entertainment program called Pattaya Mail Plus!
This venture will commence next month and Raine Grady,
the CEO of Capital TV, who came down to launch the program said she was very
excited by the concept and felt that it would be a very positive promotional
arm for Pattaya, since the Pattaya Mail Plus! program could be seen on
Sophon Cable TV in Pattaya and world-wide on various international channels.
Raine gave a brief background of her company saying, "Capital
Television is an independent production company based in Bangkok. CTV has a
strong Thai team and a multi-national group of reporters, production staff
and computer design experts. CTV has been producing international
programming in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East for more than seven
years and local programming in Thailand for eight years.
Raine
Grady CEO of Capital TV assures Pattaya residents that we will soon see
top-notch television programmes.
Worawat
Rojrangsee, executive business development manager of Bartercard Thailand
was in top form bringing businessmen together for effective networking.
Graham
Brain MD of Bartercard Thailand entertains Darryl Woolly of Tequila Reef and
John Koerber.
"The company’s team produces a range of video
projects and television programs - including documentaries, TV specials and
news features. Regional television affiliates have included CNBC Asia, NBC,
STAR Plus & STAR World. Local television projects have been undertaken
with UBC, ITV, Television of Thailand Channel 11 and Channel 5 Global
Satellite. Capital TV productions are now seen in more than 100 countries by
more than 150 million potential viewers.
"For the last 6 years we have been working in
partnership with STAR TV to produce the network’s only regional travel
show "Travel Asia & Beyond" and Capital TV produced most of
the travel related video content for STAR’s broadband platform.
"The show covers Asia, Indochina, Middle East &
Pacific destinations. It airs twice weekly on STAR to an audience of 17
million homes (almost 100 million viewers) in more than 80 countries. ‘Travel
Asia and Beyond’ has also been syndicated throughout Europe to AB Sat
(West Europe), Escales France, UK Travel Channel (UK, Scandinavia &
South Africa), and Foxtel Australia. Negotiations are underway with Canadian
TV, Ireland and the USA. Various episodes of the show air in-flight on Thai
Airways and Cathay Pacific.
For the past 5 years Capital TV has been producing the
English language magazine show "Destination Thailand" which airs
each weekend on UBC Series."
MD of the Pattaya Mail, Peter Malhotra, also spoke
on the expectations that the new program will be able to realize, not only
straight news but also local events, community related stories and most
important of all, travel features. Pattaya Mail Plus! will auger in a new
era of first rate quality television shows for the Pattaya audience and will
be instrumental in helping to promote and boost the image of Pattaya as the
premier tourist destination in Thailand.
