Palace: Gov't can tap ABS-CBN for distance learning if allowed to broadcast anew ABSCBNfranchise
MANILA- Shuttered ABS-CBN Corp can be tapped for the government's push for distance learning if the media giant is issued a fresh broadcast license and goes back on air when the new school year begins in August, Malacañang said Thursday.
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said all private media companies, including ABS-CBN, can be tapped to help in the education efforts of the government as the coronavirus crisis persists."If ABS-CBN can come back on the air, I'm sure, as a way of showing their commitment to the Filipino people, that they will allow their broadcast to be used for educational purposes," he said.
The Philippines' largest media network has created a team "that would focus solely on how to use our media assets for education and child development," ABS-CBN President and CEO Carlo Katigbak told the Senate Committee on Public Services earlier this month. ABS-CBN went off-air on May 5 after the National Telecommunications Commission ordered it to "cease and desist" from broadcasting. The company's franchise expired on May 4.
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