[8] In 1985, TVT started broadcasts in Bangkok, using a loan from the Japanese government's JICA.

[5] Television of Thailand Channel 11's official grand opening, inauguration, and launching telecast morning ceremony took place with Princess Sirindhorn on 11 July 1988 at 10:00:00am Bangkok Time, when TV9 (currently known as Modernine TV) split into two channels.

Some elements such as sex and violence are censored as NBT is one of the government departments under direct control.

[9] On 1 April 2008, TVT11 television stations were once again restructured by Dr. Mun Pattanothai, the then Information Minister and renamed NBTTV.

NBT World, launched in 2013, is the network's 24/7 English language television service aimed for Thai, ASEAN and Asian communities broadcast Internationally via cable and satellite.

(Currently broadcast and can only be watching via the station page[10] since 1 October 2022) However NBT World is owned by National News Bureau of Thailand which is a unit under The Government Public Relations Department.