GMA Strikes SkyCable for Alleged Eat Bulaga Signal Interruption
GMA Network has filed a complaint before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against cable channel provider SkyCable, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation, due to the alleged signal loss during the airing of noontime show “Eat Bulaga.”
In a letter submitted to NTC on August 25, GMA appealed to the agency for the immediate action for the sake of paying SkyCable subscribers “who are being short-changed through the irresponsible acts of their service provider.”
The complaint came after SkyCable subscribers from Metro Manila, Cavite, Bacolod, and Iloilo vents their frustration on Twitter over signal loss during AlDub Kalye Serye airing from July 19 to August 21, 2015.
In a letter submitted to NTC on August 25, GMA appealed to the agency for the immediate action for the sake of paying SkyCable subscribers “who are being short-changed through the irresponsible acts of their service provider.”
The complaint came after SkyCable subscribers from Metro Manila, Cavite, Bacolod, and Iloilo vents their frustration on Twitter over signal loss during AlDub Kalye Serye airing from July 19 to August 21, 2015.
its Senior Vice President for Engineering Engr. Elvis B. Ancheta and Vice President for Legal Affairs Lynn P. Delfin, asked NTC to act on the matter for subscribers who are supposedly “being short-changed through the irresponsible acts of their service provider.”
The Kapuso network collated tweets from netizens based in Metro Manila, Bacolod and Iloilo dating from July 19 to August 21, claiming that the network’s signal before, during or after Eat Bulaga is being “sabotaged” by SkyCable.In line with the complaint, the Network cited a series of tweets posted from July 19 to August 21, 2015 by televiewers from Metro Manila, Cavite, Bacolod, and Iloilo, “who mostly decried the apparent ‘sabotage’ perpetrated by SkyCable” and expressed “disgust” for missing their favorite portion of the country’s longest running noon-time show.
Twitter user @wyne_me posted on August 13, 2015 “OMG! Walang signal ang GMA sa sky cable dito sa Bacolod pero ang iba meron. Nakakabadtrip! Eat Bulaga na mamaya #AlDubHihintayinKita.”
Meanwhile, another viewer with the username @floresjenny1214 tweeted on August 20, 2015 “Sky cable naman eh kapag eat bulaga na lagi malabo o mawawala wag ganun #ALDUBKeepTheFaith.” According to GMA, if proven, the act is a violation of Section 6 of the NTC MC No. 4-08-88 or the Revised Rules and Regulations Governing Cable Television Systems in the Philippines
Source: GMA NEWS
The Kapuso network collated tweets from netizens based in Metro Manila, Bacolod and Iloilo dating from July 19 to August 21, claiming that the network’s signal before, during or after Eat Bulaga is being “sabotaged” by SkyCable.In line with the complaint, the Network cited a series of tweets posted from July 19 to August 21, 2015 by televiewers from Metro Manila, Cavite, Bacolod, and Iloilo, “who mostly decried the apparent ‘sabotage’ perpetrated by SkyCable” and expressed “disgust” for missing their favorite portion of the country’s longest running noon-time show.
Twitter user @wyne_me posted on August 13, 2015 “OMG! Walang signal ang GMA sa sky cable dito sa Bacolod pero ang iba meron. Nakakabadtrip! Eat Bulaga na mamaya #AlDubHihintayinKita.”
Meanwhile, another viewer with the username @floresjenny1214 tweeted on August 20, 2015 “Sky cable naman eh kapag eat bulaga na lagi malabo o mawawala wag ganun #ALDUBKeepTheFaith.” According to GMA, if proven, the act is a violation of Section 6 of the NTC MC No. 4-08-88 or the Revised Rules and Regulations Governing Cable Television Systems in the Philippines
Source: GMA NEWS
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