Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN seeks Supreme Court injunction on NTC cease and desist order
A guard passes logo of ABS-CBN at the network’s compound, a day it was ordered shut by National Telecommunications Commission, May 6, 2020. The STAR/Michael Varca. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
MANILA, May 7, 2020, PhilStar. ABS-CBN Corp. ran to the Supreme Court on Thursday to set aside the National Telecommunications Commission’s cease and desist order against the network. ABS-CBN News reported that their broadcast company filed a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition assailing the NTC’s order before the SC on Thursday, The Philippine Star reported.
A copy of the petition has yet to be made public as of posting.
ABS-CBN also reported that the network asked the SC to issue a permanent injunction against the NTC’s order, as the regulatory body committed grave abuse of discretion when it ordered the network to stop broadcasting after its franchise expired.
NTC issued an immediately executory cease and desist order against the network on Tuesday, a day after its 25-year franchise expired.
The network complied with the order and shut the operations of its 42 television stations across the country, including flagship and free Channel 2 and regional channels as well as 10 digital broadcast channels, 18 FM radio and five AM radio stations.
The closure of ABS-CBN comes at a time when the Philippines and the rest of the world are grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally.
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