Tag: ABSCBN Corp.

NTC stops ABSCBN Corp.’s Channel 43 ops

Cease and desist order also issued vs ABSCBN subsidiary Sky Cable Corp. (Eagle News)–The National Telecommunications Commission has ordered ABSCBN Corp. to immediately cease and desist from operating its digital transmission in Metro Manila using Channel 43, and Sky Cable Corporation, an ABSCBN subsidiary, its direct broadcast satellite service. In issuing the order against Channel 43, the NTC noted that the May 5 cease and desist order it issued against ABSCBN Corp. following the expiration […]

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NTC defends move to issue show-cause order vs ABSCBN Corp.

Says respect precisely for Congress prompted its decision (Eagle News) — The National Telecommunications Commission has defended its move to issue a cease and desist order against ABSCBN Corp., noting it was precisely its respect for Congress that prompted it to issue the same. In its letter to Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises, the NTC noted that based on its months of study of legal arguments, the […]

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Palace: President Duterte has no authority to reverse NTC order vs ABSCBN Corp.

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has no authority to reverse the decision of the National Telecommunications order for ABSCBN Corp. to cease operations. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who gave a television interview on Wednesday, May 6, a day after the NTC issued the cease and desist order against the media giant. According to Roque, the President could be held liable for graft and for violation of the code of conduct […]

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