ADVERTISEMENT“There are comments, issues, there are those challenging the validity of the franchise. There are opinions now being raised,” Cabarios noted. “That’s right and nobody had complained, nobody raised issues about these (other entities), but this is different because there are issues that were raised [against ABS-CBN],” Cabarios continued. Cabarios was then asked if NTC could be guilty of omission in the past when it granted provisional authority to other broadcast and telecommunication networks, which franchise renewal bids were pending in Congress. On May 5, a day after the expiration of ABS-CBN franchise, NTC ordered the media network giant to “cease and desist” from broadcasting on television and radio.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 08, 2020 07:52 UTC