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WATCH: Moira dela Torre dedicates ‘Hanggang sa Huli’ to ABS-CBN family amid shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 11:46 PM

"To my ABS-CBN family, as the seasons get harder and harder, I hope you remember that this is all it's gonna be — a hard season." Read more »

ABS-CBN subsidiary Big Dipper compliant with tax laws: BIR and PEZA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 10:20 PM

ABS-CBN subsidiary Big Dipper pays correct taxes and is legally allowed to enjoy tax incentives, officials from the BIR and the PEZA said on Wednesday.  Read more »

World Economic Forum official shares sentiment on ABS-CBN amid network's woes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 09:06 PM

A World Economic Forum (WEF) official on Wednesday acknowledged the challenges faced by ABS-CBN, saying "everyone would express solidarity" with the network that has suffered one shutdown order after another. Read more »

READ: ABS-CBN's statement on the shutdown of TVplus channels outside Metro Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 06:50 PM

ABS-CBN regrets to announce that it will stop its digital TV transmission of its TVplus channels CineMo, Yey, TeleRadyo, Jeepney TV, Asianovela Channel, and KBO in all other areas outside Metro Manila starting tonight, July 1, while we seek clarification on the scope of the cease and desist order. Read more »

ABS-CBN has no tax delinquency, BIR tells solons

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 06:27 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. has no current tax delinquency and, with the rest of the companies under the ABS-CBN Group, infused a combined P71.5 billion in taxes to government coffers in 17 years, congressmen scrutinizing its application for a new broadcast franchise were told Wednesday. Read more »

Anne Curtis, Liza Soberano speak up vs new round of ABS-CBN shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 06:26 PM

"No words for these heartless people." Read more »

2020 mid-year review: mga nangyari sa ating bayan ngayong taon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 05:06 PM

Kalagitnaan na ng taon at anim na buwan na lang matatapos na ang 2020.  Read more »

15 media outlets on air despite expired franchise, says lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 03:19 PM

"Dapat maging patas ang proseso natin so may I ask the NTC to make a proper action regarding this matter," said Nueva Ecija 2nd District Rep Micaela Violago.  Read more »

ABS-CBN pays proper taxes, has no tax liability: CFO

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 01:24 AM

ABS-CBN has been paying the proper taxes and has no tax liability with the BIR, a company official testified during Tuesday’s congressional hearing on the network’s broadcast franchise application.  Read more »

READ: ABS-CBN Corp statement on the NTC order vs TV Plus channels

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 07:23 PM

Read ABS-CBN Corp's statement on the NTC's cease and desist order vs TV Plus Read more »

READ: Sky Cable Corp statement on NTC's cease and desist order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 07:05 PM

Read the full statement of Sky Cable Corp on the National Telecommunications Commission's cease and desist order Read more »

Specter of job loss during pandemic haunts 11,000 ABS-CBN employees

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 06:25 PM

A congresswoman on Tuesday called on her colleagues to consider the thousands of jobs to be lost, which would add to the pandemic-driven unemployment crisis, should they reject ABS-CBN's application for a new broadcast franchise. Read more »

NTC orders ABS-CBN to stop TVPlus in Metro Manila, SKY Direct

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 09:20 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Tuesday served 2 cease-and-desist orders stopping ABS-CBN’s digital broadcast on TVPlus in Metro Manila and SKY’s satellite broadcast nationwide. Read more »

Solon asks colleagues to protect jobs at ABS-CBN, approve franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 05:00 PM

Baguio Rep. Mark Go said that at a time when many companies are laying off workers because of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their businesses, Congress should be helping preserve employment that are still there instead of letting more workers lose their jobs.   Read more »

Labor group urges lawmakers to pass 'pro-worker' ABS-CBN franchise

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 03:39 PM

 Putting the jobs of 11,000 ABS-CBN workers at risk during the coronavirus pandemic is "immoral and inhumane", a labor group said Tuesday as it urged lawmakers to approve a fresh franchise for the network with "pro-worker" provisions.    Read more »

Singers, talent managers ask Congress to grant ABS-CBN franchise

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 03:23 PM

Entertainment industry groups on Tuesday appealed to Congress to grant ABS-CBN a new broadcast franchise, citing its contributions and the thousands of jobs to be lost if the network would not be allowed back on the air. Read more »

Cable group accuses ABS-CBN of eyeing 'broadcast super mega franchise'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:28 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. is gunning to operate a "broadcast super mega franchise," an official of a cable group claimed on Monday, citing a provision in one of the franchise bills pending before Congress. Read more »

NTC to issue alias shutdown order vs ABS-CBN after getting SolGen advice

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 04:49 PM

The NTC said Monday it would heed the advice of the government's lead lawyer to shut down the Kapamilya Channel, which is airing some of ABS-CBN Corp's shows through cable and satellite television, nearly 2 months into the shutdown of its free-to-air TV channels and radio stations.  Read more »

Critics zero in on ABS-CBN programs on TVplus, Sky Cable

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 04:52 PM

Congressmen on Monday pushed to shut down ABS-CBN's programs still airing on TVplus and Sky Cable, citing the network's broadcast franchise which they allowed to expire without acting on its long-pending application for a new one. Read more »

How Geny Lopez had to pass through the eye of a needle to reacquire ABS-CBN

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 29 05:35 AM

Upon getting back his network after the fall of the Marcos administration, Geny Lopez had no money and only rundown studios to work with. But with a few key people coming back home, ABS-CBN got a new lease on life. Read more »