MANILA, Philippines—ABS-CBN Corp. is offering the Duterte administration the use of its television transmission assets around the Philippines as the government eyes distance learning during the
“We hope to help the government continuously educate students nationwide despite the limitations brought about by the pandemic,” ABS-CBN said in a statement after President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday .
During the SONA, Mr. Duterte called on the use of the government’s radio frequency assets for “uninterrupted quality education to our children in our shift to e-learning.” Duterte had publicly threatened the media giant, owned by the influential Lopez family, over unaired political ads during the 2016 elections.
ABS-CBN’s transmission equipment is specifically tuned to its assigned frequencies, which the administration wants to recall.
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