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DOJ: Congress may allow NTC to give ABS-CBN provisional authority to operate beyond franchise lapse

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 27 04:42 PM

MANILA - ABS-CBN Corp may continue operations pending renewal of its franchise as Congress may allow the National Telecommunications Commission to issue broadcast companies provisional authority, the Department of Justice has said.    Read more »

Lacson: Provisional permit after ABS-CBN franchise lapse illegal, but network's predicament 'unfair'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 01:28 PM

MANILA - It would be illegal to grant a provisional permit to allow ABS-CBN Corp to continue operations should its franchise lapse, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Thursday, noting that past issuances of temporary permits for other franchise applicants do not legitimize the practice. Read more »

ABS-CBN says failure to get new franchise to impact workers’ job security

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 09:15 PM

"Halimbawa po sa ABS-CBN Foundation, the network donates funds so that the Foundation is able to maintain its operation. Pag nawala po yung funding ng ABS-CBN Foundation, malamang po yung 400 employees ng ABS-CBN Foundation ay mawawalan ng trabaho."  Read more »

On Valentine's Day, hundreds rally for ABS-CBN amid franchise woes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 11:58 PM

Clad in red shirts, ABS-CBN employees, supporters, and representatives of several groups held placards saying "No To ABS-CBN Shutdown," "Save ABS-CBN Workers," and "Defend Press Freedom." Read more »

May kapangyarihan ba ang gobyerno na idikta ang ineere ng broadcast network?

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 07:59 PM

Ayon sa abogadong si Tony La Viña, kahit pa gobyerno ang nagkakaloob ng prangkisa, hindi ibig sabihin na ito ang masusunod sa kung ano ang lalamanin ng broadcast. Read more »

House panel proceeding 'cautiously' on ABS-CBN franchise renewal: Albano

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 05:09 PM

The House committee tasked with hearing bills renewing ABS-CBN’s franchise refuses to be “coerced” into deciding on the measures, its vice chairperson said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Solon cites plight of employees in pushing for ABS-CBN franchise

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 09:38 PM

Rep. Carlos Zarate said that while the owners of ABS-CBN "can defend themselves" and "shift their business model if they want to" if no fresh franchise is granted, the workers cannot easily transfer jobs. Read more »

Start ABS-CBN franchise hearings, solon urges House colleagues

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 05:01 PM

Congress has only 22 session days left to decide whether to extend the franchise for another 25 years, said Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. Read more »

House committee urged to bring ABS-CBN franchise bills to plenary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 04:21 PM

Eight bills seeking an extension of ABS-CBN Corp's franchise must be brought to the House of Representatives plenary "without further delay," an opposition lawmaker on Monday urged a committee tasked to handle the measures.   Read more »

ABS-CBN shows, personalities dominate 5th Alta Media Icon Awards

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:42 PM

ABS-CBN on Sunday emerged again as the most awarded broadcasting network at the Alta Media Icon Awards, hauling a total of 37 awards. Read more »

House ratifies bicam report on expanded coverage of law to protect journalists' sources

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 10:47 PM

The House of Representatives ratified the conference committee report of bills expanding the coverage of the so-called Sotto Law, which allows journalists to protect the identities of their sources. Read more »

HS broadcasting team na nag-'viral' balak pumasok sa midya?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 03:58 PM

Nagpasalamat ang isa sa miyembro ng high school radio broadcasting team sa Borongan City na nag-viral.  Read more »

Philippine radio station tunes into indigenous land rights

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Dec 06 07:27 AM

A community radio station in the Philippines is drawing attention to the struggles of indigenous Lumad people, whose rights to ancestral land and resources are increasingly under threat from industrialization. Read more »

Duterte renews franchise of Manila Broadcasting Co

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law renewing the franchise of Manila Broadcasting Co., one of the country’s largest radio operators, and two other networks, documents released by the Palace Thursday showed. Read more »

NTC, KBP boost crackdown on illegal broadcast stations ahead of 2019 polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 01:39 PM

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has partnered anew with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) to boost its crackdown on illegal broadcast stations ahead of the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

CBCP broadcast franchise renewal hurdles House panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 11:02 AM

A bill seeking the broadcast franchise renewal of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines was approved Wednesday in the committee level at the House of Representatives. Read more »

PCOO defends airing of Chinese shows on state-run station

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 04:08 PM

There is nothing wrong in the planned airing of Tagalog-dubbed Chinese shows and movies over state-run television network PTV as long as these are informative and entertaining, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) said Wednesday.    Read more »

House panel fails to act on CBCP broadcast franchise renewal

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 11:26 AM

The House of Representatives has not renewed the broadcast franchise renewal application of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines before it went into recess. Read more »

Tina Monzon-Palma, pinarangalan ng 2017 Gawad Plaridel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 01:37 AM

Pinarangalan ang veteran broadcast journalist na si Tina Monzon-Palma ng 2017 Gawad Plaridel para sa mahigit 40 taon niyang kontribusyon sa pamamahayag sa telebisyon. Read more »

ANC's Tina Monzon-Palma is Gawad Plaridel 2017 honoree

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 06:15 PM

Veteran broadcaster Tina Monzon-Palma is the recipient of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication's (UP CMC) Gawad Plaridel 2017. Read more »