2021年2月9日 · President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will not allow the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to issue a permit to operate to ABS-CBN even if Congress renewed the network’s franchise.

For most of the 2010s decade starting from July 28, 2012 up until the early 2020s on September 10, 2020 (during the presidencies of Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte), the network had an eight-year controversy regarding the renewal of their broadcast franchise.

2020年2月26日 · Appearing at a Senate hearing on Monday on the broadcast network’s franchise renewal bid, ABS-CBN Corp. president Carlo Katigbak apologized to Duterte. He said it was not the intention of the company not to air Duterte’s campaign ads

2020年7月10日 · By voting not to renew the franchise of ABS-CBN, lawmakers silenced a major network that had come under fire from President Rodrigo Duterte. Crew members and hosts preparing for a newscast in...

2017年8月18日 · Duterte said he will block the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise after the network allegedly refused to air his political ads for the 2016 elections. Experts told Rappler that Duterte’s...

2020年7月10日 · On Friday, a parliamentary committee in the Philippines refused to renew the license for ABS-CBN, one of the country's largest broadcasters, after being forced to go off air in May. An...

2020年1月17日 · Duterte says he will file charges of “multiple syndicated estafa” against ABS-CBN, in a speech at an event launch of housing designs for the military and police.

2025年1月7日 · MANILA, Philippines — Nearly five years after ABS-CBN was denied a franchise, a fifth House bill was filed on Tuesday, January 7, seeking to grant the broadcasting giant a 25-year franchise...

3 天之前 · Five bills seeking to provide ABS-CBN with a new franchise have been filed since 2022. ABS-CBN was forced to halt its broadcast operations in May 2022 after former President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s allies in Congress denied its franchise renewal application owing to alleged tax issues and violations of its original franchise terms.

2025年1月8日 · The House, during the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte, thumbed down ABS-CBN’s franchise application in May 2020 for another 25-year franchise after its last franchise from May 1995 expired. ABS-CBN Corporation was granted a 25-year broadcast franchise on 30 March 1995 under Republic Act 7966, to expire on 4 May 2020. The ...