{"id":259727,"date":"2020-06-29T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259727"},"modified":"2020-06-29T07:22:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:22:51","slug":"abs-cbns-tv-plus-ops-violate-cease-and-desist-order-ntc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/29\/abs-cbns-tv-plus-ops-violate-cease-and-desist-order-ntc\/","title":{"rendered":"ABS-CBN’s TV Plus ops violate cease and desist order: NTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the House hearing on ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise, Cordoba said ABS-CBN\u2019s TV Plus should have ceased operations because the legislative franchise granted by Congress to the network already expired on May 4. (File photo by Judgefloro\/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba on Monday said the continued operations of ABS-CBN’s digital television service, TV Plus, is a violation of its cease and desist order (CDO) against the network.<\/p>\n

During the House hearing on ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise, Cordoba said ABS-CBN\u2019s TV Plus should have ceased operations because the legislative franchise granted by Congress to the network already expired on May 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cDapat po hindi nila ginagawa yun,<\/em>\u00a0your honors,\u00a0dahil ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0ABS-CBN franchise\u00a0ay<\/em>\u00a0expired\u00a0na<\/em>.\u00a0At yung pag-ere ng<\/em>\u00a0digital broadcast\u00a0doon ay mali po yun, ang ginagawa nila<\/em>\u00a0(They should not be doing that, your honors, because ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise has already expired. At the airing [of programs] through digital broadcast is also wrong). That is a violation of the CDO that we issued,\u201d Cordoba said.<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN went off the air on May 5 after the NTC issued a cease and desist order against the local media giant following the expiration of its franchise.<\/p>\n

“Yung pag-ere ng<\/em>\u00a0ABS-CBN\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0digital TV\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Channel 43\u00a0ay kasama sa<\/em>\u00a0CDO\u00a0dahil ang<\/em>\u00a0franchise\u00a0na ginamit nila<\/em>\u00a0for digital broadcasting\u00a0ay yung<\/em>\u00a0ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN’s airing of digital TV on Channel 43 is part of the cease and desist order because the franchise that they used for that is ABS-CBN’s franchise),” he said.<\/p>\n

Cordoba noted that he has received guidance from the Office of the Solicitor General that the NTC is authorized to issue an alias cease and desist order against the continued broadcast of ABS-CBN programs through the digibox.<\/p>\n

\u201cIto ngayon ay inaaral na ng aming<\/em>\u00a0legal department.\u00a0At kung sakaling okay naman ang kanilang pag-aaral ay<\/em>\u00a0we will issue\u00a0‘yung aming<\/em>\u00a0alias cease and desist order (Our legal department is currently studying this. And if the study turns out okay, we will issue the alias cease and desist order),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN President and chief executive officer (CEO)\u00a0Carlo Katigbak, for his part, pointed out that in the past, the NTC has permitted other broadcast companies — whose franchises have expired but their application for renewal is pending in Congress — to continue their operations until such time that the franchise application is either approved or denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like permission to ask the same privilege be extended\u00a0sana<\/em>\u00a0(hopefully) to ABS-CBN in the spirit of fairness,\u201d Katigbak said.<\/p>\n

He explained that the ABS-CBN is using the franchise of Amcara Broadcasting Network for its Channel 43 operations through a block time arrangement.<\/p>\n

Katigbak said a block time arrangement is a standard commercial arrangement where a company is allowed to buy airtime from a duly licensed broadcaster.<\/p>\n

Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor said NTC\u2019s move allowing the continued operation of TV Plus is a usurpation and infringement on the powers of Congress to grant or deny broadcast franchises.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalinaw sa akin<\/em>, it is a violation of the powers of Congress. It is a violation of our constitutional mandate\u00a0na tayo lang ang magbibigay ng prangkisa<\/em>\u00a0(that we are the only ones [with the power] to grant franchises),\u201d Defensor said.<\/p>\n

Deputy Majority Leader Boying Remulla said there is a \u201cripe\u201d case against Cordoba before the Ombudsman for \u201cwillfully disobeying the power of Congress to issue franchises and allowing an entity to operate without a franchise and earn money at the same time\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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