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Leading TV Network Goes Off Air Under Philippine Government Order

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The leading broadcast network in the Philippines went off the air under government order Tuesday, sparking shock over the loss of a major news provider during the coronavirus pandemic and accusations of targeting a presidential critic.

The National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN Corp. to stop operating after its 25-year congressional franchise ended Monday.

The network’s application for a renewal has been pending in Congress, which is controlled by President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies, but hearings have been delayed, in part by a coronavirus lockdown.

ABS-CBN, one of the country’s oldest and most influential networks, broadcast on TV and radio for most of Tuesday but later went off the air. “Millions of Filipinos will lose.

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