RTA Channel 5 or RTA Channel 5 HD (Full Name : Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Station; also known as Thai TV5, Channel 5, Channel 5 HD or simply TV5) is a Thai free-to-air public television network owned by the Royal Thai Army, launched on 25 January 1958.

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[3] as part of its digital switchover.

It was initially scheduled for 16 June[4] but was supposed to be postponed to the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.