Palace junks Newsnet plea for pay-TV service

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THE Office of the President (OP) has junked the appeal of businessman Mel Velarde's News and Entertainment Network Corp.

to reverse a decision by the Anti-Red Tape Authority that nullified a previous ruling granting an automatic approval of the company's application to set up a local multipoint distribution system or LMDS.

''While it may be argued that the operation of a CATV does not require the grantee to have a prior legislative franchise, the same is not applicable to Newsnet since the object of its Application is the operation of an LMDS, a wireless service which makes use of a frequency spectrum,' the OP said in its 16-page decision.The OP also dismissed Newsnet's assertion that ARTA could not legally vacate its Feb.

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