Manila: The Philippines’ telecoms body ordered the country’s leading and largest broadcasting company ABS-CBN Corp to shut down immediately, saying its license had expired.
The National Telecommunications Commission said ABS-CBN’s 25-year congressional license expired on May 4. The company has 10 days to respond and say why frequencies assigned to it should not be recalled, it added.
In an interview with ABS-CBN’s radio station, DZMM, NTC Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios said that the order is “immediately executory”, and Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra affirmed the legal opinion.
After ABS-CBN files its response within the next 10 days, a hearing will be scheduled as soon as the coronavirus emergency lockdown in Metro Manila and other areas of the country is lifted.
Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1913048/philippine-telecoms-body-orders-abs-cbn-to-shut-down
