AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC NO. 7966 TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE OF ABS-CBN CORPORATION UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020

AN ACT GRANTING THE ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION A PROVISIONAL FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO ABS-CBN CORPORATION UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT GRANTING ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES FOR TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT'

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE OPERATIONS OF ABS-CBN CORPORATION TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ITS FRANCHISE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) TO ISSUE A PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY TO ABS-CBN CORPORATION, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND/OR AFFILIATES ABS-CBN CONVERGENCE, INC., SKY CABLE CORPORATION, AND AMCARA BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE NTC MAY DEEM NECESSARY, UNTIL CONGRESS' FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE FRANCHISE RENEWAL BILLS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO URGE THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) TO RECONSIDER ITS CEASE AND DESIST ORDER AGAINST ABS CBN CORPORATION AND TO ALLOW THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF ABS CBN CORPORATION, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES ABS CBN CONVERGENCE INC., SKY CABLE CORPORATION, AND AMCARA BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., PENDING THE DISPOSITION OF ITS FRANCHISE RENEWAL