A YouTube video misleads in claiming that Sen. Risa Hontiveros was berated by a congressman for supposedly granting a new broadcast franchise to ABS-CBN.
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta scolded National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Chairman Gamaliel Cordoba Wednesday, Aug. 24 for supposedly being remiss in investigating the shuttered ABS-CBN after the House of Representatives denied the network's application for franchise renewal back
MANILA - The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is set to review the deal that would allow ABS-CBN to broadcast its programs on TV5 following the former's failure to renew its broadcasting franchise in 2020. In an interview over Radyo Pilipinas on Thursday, NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba said there would be a thorough review of the proposed joint venture between the two broadcasting companies due to the outstanding violations of ABS-CBN revealed during the investigation made by the 18th Congress in 2020. The deal, Cordoba said, would allow ABS-CBN to have part ownership of TV5 and would allow the former to "ride" the broadcasting franchise of the latter. "Hindi po sila makakuha ng sariling prangkisa, so ang ginagawa po nila is sasakay po sila dito sa prangkisa po ng TV5. Pero hanggang ngayon po ay bitbit po nila ang kanilang mga violations kahit dati pa po iyon (They can't secure their own franchise, so what they will do is ride the franchise of TV5.