LOOK BACK: ABS-CBN execs defend company in franchise bid

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Last year, ABS-CBN executives and lawyers attended congressional hearings to defend the company from various allegations and to appeal to lawmakers to grant it a new franchise. ABSCBNFranchise

Katigbak, however, maintained that ABS-CBN did not violate any of the provisions of its then expiring franchise.

Minutes before the network signed off, Katigbak and ABS-CBN Chairman Mark Lopez faced the public on TV Patrol, appealing for support. "Hindi po kami nagpapaawa. Umaapela po kami. Ibalik niyo po ang ABS-CBN para maprotektahan namin ang 11,000 kong Kapamilya at ang kanilang mga minamahal sa buhay," Katigbak said.

"All of this is really about providing the best kind of employment for the workers of ABS-CBN . . . We can only do it if we are allowed to operate," he said.

 

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