Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited is a Thai

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company. The company and its subsidiaries do business in television production, film making, event management, animation, publishing, event marketing and recording. The company was founded in 1989 by Phanya Nirunkul and , and went public on the

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in 2004. The company, which has been called "the No. 1 TV producer in Thailand" by the ''Hollywood Reporter'', has produced over eighty television programmes, with fifteen programmes broadcast weekly on free television in 2011. Mainly focusing on game shows, Workpoint's first production was ''Wethi Thong'' (''Golden Stage''), which was broadcast on Channel 7 from 1989 to 2007. It soon expanded into other genres and has produced variety shows, soap operas, sitcoms, animations and feature films. Its productions include the

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-winning ''Game Jarachon'', '' Fan Pan Tae'', ''

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Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo ''Lharn Poo Koo E-Joo'' th, หลานปู่ กู้อีจู้ is a Thai children's television reality show produced by Workpoint Entertainment and hosted by Panya Nirunkul. In 2009, it was nominated for an International Emmy Award ...

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''. Two of its productions, ''Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo'' and ''Talok Hok Chak'', have also received nominations for the

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. Workpoint's productions have from time to time been the subject of various controversies. Popular programmes including ''Fan Pan Tae'', ''Todsagun Game'' and ''Tpop'' have seen criticisms of inaccuracy and allegations of being rigged. In 2012, the second season of '' Thailand's Got Talent'' became subject of intense criticism when a contestant who displayed her breasts on stage was revealed to have been paid by the organisers in order to boost ratings.

Television program franchise

Big Box

Black Box

Ching Roi Ching Lan

Drive Me Home

Gang of Gags

Gang of Ghosts

Generation Gap

Lightning Quiz

Little Big Gang

Love Blood

Mic On Debt Off

Office Syndrome

Outlaw Beauty

Seven Days

Spy Game

Super Muaythai

The Band

The Fan

The Innocent Face

Who's This

Secret of Numbers

Black Sheep

Super 10

Little Lightning

Love Judge

The Rapper

The Wall Song

10 Fight 10

References

External links

Website
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