GMM Grammy Public Company Limited ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ or G"MM' Grammy) is the largest
media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. According to t ...
entertainment company in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. Grammy top artists include
Bird Thongchai
Thongchai McIntyre ( th, ธงไชย แมคอินไตย์, ; born Albert Thongchai McIntyre; 8 December 1958) is a Thai singer and actor. He is also sometimes known as Bird Thongchai, Phi Bird ("elder brother Bird") or simply Bir ...
,
Silly Fools,
Loso,
Tai Orathai
Tai Orathai ( th, ต่าย อรทัย; born March 27, 1980) is a Thai female luk thung (Thai country music) singer from Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand. She is also known as "Sao Dok Yaah (Miss Grass Flower)". The name Sao Dok Yahh comes from ...
,
Bie Sukrit,
Tata Young,
Mos Patiparn,
Bodyslam,
Getsunova,
Joey Boy
Joey Boy ( th, โจอี้ บอย; born 1975) or Apisit Opasaimlikit ( th, อภิสิทธิ์ โอภาสเอี่ยมลิขิต, ), is a Thai hip hop singer and producer known as The Godfather of Thai Hip Hop.
...
,... In addition to its music business, the company is involved in concert production, artist management, film and television production and publishing.
Major shareholders
Music
The company has fifteen music subsidiaries:
*
Genie Records
*
Grammy Gold – Thai country (
luk thung).
* Grammy Big
* Sanamluang Music
* UP^G
*
White Music
*
Musiccream
* Nevermind Records
*
WerkGang
WerkGang ( th, เวิร์คแก๊งค์) is a Thai record label and a subsidiary of GMM Grammy that produces music on various music genres such as pop and rock. Its current managing director
A chief executive officer (CEO), also ...
* Grand Musik
* Halo Society
*
MBO
*
GMMTV RECORDS
GMMTV ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี ), acronym for Grammy Television (which was its former name), is a television production and talent agent subsidiary to the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy, under The One Enterpri ...
* GMM A
* Exact Music
*
Genelab
GMMTV RECORDS
GMMTV ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี ), acronym for Grammy Television (which was its former name), is a television production and talent agent subsidiary to the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy, under The One Enterpri ...
and GMM A are under GMM Channel Digital TV department and Exact Music are under GMM One Digital TV department.
Manufacturing and distribution comes under MGA Co. Ltd., while the Imagine record store chain is a company-owned retailer. Music publishing is handled by GMM Music Publishing International Co., Ltd., while GMM Grammy licensed
karaoke
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music i ...
music and equipment is handled by Clean Karaoke.
List of GMM Grammy artists
Current and past artists in the GMM Grammy label include (incomplete list):
Media
Film
GMM Grammy has conducted business in the film industry through various subsidiary studios: Grammy Film (1995–2000), GMM Pictures (2002–2004),
GMM Tai Hub (GTH, 2004–2015), and
GDH 559 (2016–present). Grammy Film and GMM Pictures were wholly owned subsidiaries, while GTH was formed in 2004 as a joint venture with
Tai Entertainment
Tai or TAI may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain
*Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless''
*Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon''
Businesses and organisations ...
and
Hub Ho Hin Bangkok, following their successful 2003 co-production ''
My Girl''. GMM Grammy owns a 51% stake in GDH 559, which was formed in 2016 as GTH's successor following disagreements which led to the departure of Tai Entertainment.
GMM Z
GMM Z Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of GMM Grammy that produces and distributes satellite television set-top boxes airing free-to-air channels and its own content.
It formerly operated Z PAY TV, a pay television platform offering premium and exclusive content such as German
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...
,
UEFA Euro 2012
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, and channels from FOX International Channels before it was sold to
CTH.
Television
GMM Grammy has 2 digital television channels:
*
One 31
One 31, fully known as Channel One 31 ( th, สถานีโทรทัศน์ช่องวัน 31) and branded as One31 or One31 HD, is a Thai digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with ...
Channel 31 (high definition)
*
GMM 25
Channel GMM 25 (simply GMM 25) is a Thai digital terrestrial television channel owned by GMM Grammy and operated by The One Enterprise. The network offers a variety of content such as drama, music, news and entertainment programs targeting teena ...
Channel 25 (standard definition)
Production marques, studios which produce
lakorns,
TV series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed b ...
,
TV shows,
game show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, ...
s and
variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a com ...
s, including:
* A-Time Media
* CHANGE 2561 (with Adelfos Co Ltd and Saithip Montrikul Na Audhaya)
* GMM Channel (Owner of GMM 25)
*
GDH 559
*
GMMTV
GMMTV ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี ), acronym for Grammy Television (which was its former name), is a television production and talent agent subsidiary to the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy, under The One Enterpri ...
*
GMM Bravo
* Me Mi Ti
*
Nadao Bangkok
* The One Enterprise (Owner of One 31, merged from GMM One TV, Exact, and Scenario)
Radio
Atime Media, a subsidiary of GMM Grammy, operates the following stations:
* Chill FM Online
* EFM 94
* Green Wave 106.5 FM
* Hot 91.5 (disbanded in 2013)
Publishing
Magazines
Magazines produced by GMM Grammy include:
* ''Image'' – Fashion, beauty, society news.
* ''Madame Figaro Magazine'' – Fashion and beauty "targeting sophisticated and highly educated women who do not need 'how to'".
* ''
Her World'' – The Thai edition of the popular
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
an women's magazine.
* ''
Maxim'' – The Thai edition of the popular
lad mag.
* ''
Attitude
Attitude may refer to:
Philosophy and psychology
* Attitude (psychology), an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value
* Metaphysics of presence
* Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a prop ...
'' – The Thai edition of the British gay lifestyle magazine.
* ''In Magazine'' – Fashion and Entertainment
Newspapers
GMM Grammy has partial stakes in the ''
Bangkok Post
The ''Bangkok Post'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amou ...
'' and the Matichon Group, which publishes several Thai-language dailies, including ''
Matichon
''Matichon'' ( th, มติชน, also known as ''Matichon Daily'' to distinguish it from other related publications) is a major Thai-language national daily newspaper. It was founded by a group of progressive writers in 1978, when the country w ...
'' and ''
Khao Sod''.
Distribution
* Se-Education PLC – A chain of university bookstores.
See also
*
Media of Thailand
*
List of record labels: 0-9
References
External links
*
*
GMMTV*
GDH559– GDH 559.
*
ฟังเพลง– GMM Grammy's Entertainment Web Portal.
GMM Grammyat the
Stock Exchange of Thailand
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ASEAN ( , ), officially the Asso ...
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