Mga umano’y paglabag ng ABS-CBN sa prangkisa nito, pinaiimbestigahan
Pinaiimbestigahan ni Presidential son at Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte sa Kamara ang mga sinasabing paglabag ng broadcast giant na ABS-CBN sa prangkisa nito.
Base sa House Resolution No. 853 na inihain ni Duterte kasama sina House committee on accounts chairman Abraham Tolentino at House committee on appropriations chairman Eric Yap, nais ng mga ito na magsagawa ng pagdinig ang House Committee on Legislative Franchises.
Nakasaad sa resolusyon na itinuloy ng ABS-CBN ang operasyon ng pay-per-view channel sa pamamagitan ng free-to-air signals sa kabila ng utos ng National Telecommunications Commission na itigil ito habang wala pang guidelines.
Malinaw anilang sinabi ng NTC na paglabag ito sa prangkisang ipinagkaloob ng Kongreso.
Nakasaad sa reaolusyon, “Whereas, ABS-CBN Corp., is operating a pay-per-view channel through free-to-air signals in violation of its legislative franchise. By charging the public with this pay-per-view Kapamilya Box Office channel through ABS-CBN TV Plus, it has been gaining huge profits at the expense of the public while using the air frequencies provided by the government for free”.
Paglabag din umano sa Konstitusyon ang pagbibigay ng ABS-CBN ng Philippine Depository Receipts sa mga foreigner.
“… the resulting foreign equity in ABS-CBN Corp., also violates Republic Act 7042 (Foreign Investments Act of 1991) as amended by RA 8179, Executive Order 184 (Promulgating the Tenth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List) and Presidential Decree 1018 (Limiting the Ownership and Management of Mass Media to Citizens of the Philippines and for Other Purposes),” sabi pa sa resolusyon.
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