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AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PRESENTLY KNOWN AS ABS-CBN CORPORATION, UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966, ENTITLED 'AN ACT GRANTING THE ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
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August 28, 2019
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Entitled: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PRESENTLY KNOWN AS ABS-CBN CORPORATION, UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT GRANTING THE ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2019 ] 8/28/2019 Introduced by Senator RALPH G. RECTO; 8/28/2019 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on RULES; [ 2020 ] 1/20/2020 Letter from Senator LEILA M. DE LIMA, dated January 7, 2020, converying her intention to be a co-author of SBN-981, received by the LBIS; 2/19/2020 Letter from Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO dated February 18, 2020, expressing his intention to co-author SBN-981, received by LBIS; 5/13/2020 Transferred to the Committee on PUBLIC SERVICES; (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau) 5/19/2020 Conducted COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS;