Press Release
TRANSCRIPT OF SEN. GRACE POE'S OPENING STATEMENT
Today, we will tackle the franchise application of three telcos and 13 broadcast companies. The three telco franchises include Dito Telecommunity Corp. and Instant Data, which we initially heard last December, and Transpacific Broadband Group International. As for the 13 broadcast franchises, we have Blockbuster Broadcasting, Tagbilaran Broadcasting, City Government of Davao, University of the Philippines System, Rolin Broadcasting, Servotron Industries, Christian Music Power, Good News Sorsogon Foundation, Allied Broadcasting Center, Palawan Broadcasting Corp., St. Jude Thaddeus Institute of Technology, Baycomms Broadcasting Corp., and Highland Broadcasting Network.
There are a lot of franchises to be tackled today so that we can efficiently go through this hearing in the most reasonable time and finish our concerns today. I will begin first with the broadcast companies because I anticipate the senators will have more questions.