NTC: Time to allot TV frequencies

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A senior official of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday said the agency granted the television frequencies formerly held by ABS-CBN Corp. to allies of President Rodrigo Duterte because they had been left unused for over a year.

by ABS-CBN Corp. to allies of President Rodrigo Duterte because they had been left unused for over a year.

Further, Channel 23, which used to air ABS-CBN’s sports and action channel, was assigned to Aliw Broadcasting Corp., established in 1991 and owned by ALC Group of Companies founded by the late ambassador Antonio Cabangon Chua.Cabarrios said leaving the frequencies idle was “disadvantageous to the public.” He also said that waiting for the next administration to be installed before assigning the frequencies would mean they would be idle for more than 2 years.

“While I view this development with qualified optimism, we cannot ignore the fact that there appears less or even lack of transparency in the grant of frequencies by the NTC. That being so, the public or otherwise interested entities might view this arrangement as a midnight deal, a situation that we need to avoid,” Marcoleta said.

a radio or television station shall be granted or issued, suspended or canceled during the election period.”

 

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