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May 6, 2020 · At 7:52 PM on Tuesday, May 5, the Philippines ’ largest media network went off the air after a long battle to renew its franchise to broadcast. ABS-CBN shut down just hours after the National...
- Therese Reyes
May 5, 2020 · EPA. The channel went off-air on Tuesday evening. The Philippines' top broadcaster has gone off air after it was ordered by the media regulator to stop operations. ABS-CBN said it had...
May 6, 2020 · Manila — The Philippine government ordered the country's largest broadcast network, ABS-CBN, to stop broadcasting immediately on Tuesday after its license expired. The network, which...
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Here are a few frequently asked questions answered about the circumstances that led to the country's biggest network going off air. BY BAM V. ABELLON
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The resulting franchise expiration and withdrawal of its broadcast rights marked the first time ABS-CBN, considered a historical and cultural icon in the Philippines, had been off the air since the 1986 revolution, having been seized and liquidated by the authoritarian government of the Martial Law dictatorship from 1972 until the regime's collapse in 1986. [16] Critics of the Duterte ...
Jul 26, 2020 · In-depth. ABS-CBN. Fewer viewers, ad options: How ABS-CBN shutdown alters PH media landscape. Jul 26, 2020 6:17 PM PHT. Camille Elemia. With the decline of TV viewership and disruption of...
May 5, 2020 · ABS-CBN said it would go off the air in compliance with the NTC’s order and stopped broadcasting after its evening prime time newscast.