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Beyond the Stories: Media landscape ngayong nasa iba na ang dating ABS-CBN frequencies | Talakayan nina @jodeszgavilan, @reyaika, at @RalfRivas twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas Makalipas na harangin ng Kongreso ang renewal ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN noong 2020, ipinagkaloob ng pamahalaan sa ibang kompanya ang frequencies na dating nakatalaga rito.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas Ilan sa mga nabigyan ng frequencies na ito ay ang Advanced Medica Broadcasting System, na pag-aari ng bilyonaryong dating senador Manny Villar, na kaalyado ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas Nabigyan din ang Sonshine Media Network International ni Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, malapit na kaibigan ng Presidente.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Sinasabi nila na si President Duterte, he doesn't have a hand sa rejection of ABS-CBN's franchise, but if you look sa previous years, parang taliwas sa sinasabi ng Malacanang.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Itong pag-broadcast, limitado lang ang nabibigyan nito dahil yung frequency limitado rin.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Ang frequency ay ina-assign para makapag-bigay sila ng services. Bakit siya importante? Limitado siya at ang paggamit nito, kailangan mong dumaan sa proseso.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@ralfrivas: Coveted ang channel 2. Kung may premium na frequency, ito yung channel 2. Ito ang unang lumalabas. Nalaman natin through a leak, at kung walang nag-leak ng mga dokumento, hindi natin malalaman.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Yung ibang binigyan, there are lots of connections tying them back to the political alliances of President Duterte.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Mabilis yung mga pangyayari. Kung titignan, noong September lang sila [NCT] nagsulat sa DICT kung ano ang gagawin nila.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@ralfrivas: I think that GMA should demand competition at this point. It's no fun na kayo lang yung malaking player in the media landscape.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: It's not news at this point na number one kayo given na wala kayong competition na malaki. Pero at the end of 2020, bumaba actually yung viewership ng GMA, although it remains to be the dominant.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: There are 83 million viewers in 2021, but some 1.1 million stopped watching GMA. It makes you question kung saan pumunta yung mahigit isang milyon na iyon? It also tells you that the public is looking for variety.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Dapat din nating intindihin that competition is good especially sa negosyo ng broadcast media. Yung pagkawala ng ABS-CBN, it affected ad agencies.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Villar's AMBS has no track record of making content. If you're gonna start from scratch, I don't think they can air this year. Napakahirap bumuo ng isang media company.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Yung reach ng TV, nandoon yung hope para mawasak yung disinfo network na nagsimula sa social media. At the very least we should be cautiously optimistic on what's going to be the impact of this.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Hindi siya imposibleng mangyari kung may political agenda. Mayroon ding rumors na puwede itong gamitin sa political agenda nila.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Huwag na tayong magpanggap na walang halong poltika ito dahil yung mga personalities involved, these are big names. Yun ang disappointment ko, it's bad for business na for a regulatory environment, nandoon yung claws ng politics able to steer the business environment

@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: It's a bad signal to the business community. Itong mga negosyante, as much as posible, they want to be apolitical, separate yung politics and business, but with this happening, matatakot sila. This happening to the media industry sets a precedence.

@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Transparency is very important, people would be at ease that you follow rules.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Ang frequencies, public asset ito, sana man lang nabigyan ng courtesy ang publiko kung saan ito mapupunta, hindi yung malalaman na lang natin through a leak. The public deserves better.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas Maibababalik pa ba sa ABS-CBN ang dati nilang frequencies?

.@reyaika: Hindi pa rin tayo sure. Sinasabi ng NTC na maraming nakapila at sinusunod lang nila ito. Kung mabigyan man sila ng prankisa, ang sabi ng NTC, kailangan nilang mag-apply ulit. Nasa dulo sila ng listahan.

@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Kung ano yung mangyayari sa paparating na eleksyon, makikita natin kung maaprubahan yung prankisa ng ABS-CBN. Kung hindi man, kailangan nating makita kung ano yung eere sa channel 16, 2, 23 at 43.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@reyaika: Very strong ang following ng ABS-CBN, very loyal ang mga nanonood. Maaring magkaroon ng clamor na ibalik sila.

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: I remember na kapag free channel ka, required na magkaroon ng newscast, so I'm interested kung anong klaseng newscast yung makikita natin, anong content o slant ng balita? Magiging commercial channel ba ito?

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@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas .@RalfRivas: Yung move into digital, hopefully we wont need franchises or tech na puwedeng bahiran ng pulitika. As we move to digital, I hope this somewhat erases yung puwedeng gawin ng pulitika sa content na deserve ng mga Pilipino. Filipinos deserve more choices.

@jodeszgavilan @reyaika @RalfRivas And that's a wRap! Panoorin ang diskusyon dito: