AGB Nielsen Philippine TV ratings controversy
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A legal conflict among
Background
On December 20, 2007, Judge Charito Gonzales,
On December 21, 2007,
In response, GMA aired a TV plug[
On January 7, 2008, the Quezon City RTC junked ABS-CBN's suit against AGB Nielsen, saying the case was "prematurely filed" before the court. Judge Charito Gonzales's basis was the
On January 17, 2008, Judge Gaerlan recused himself from the case, due to a conflict of interest with the legal department of ABS-CBN.[1] The case was later re-raffled on January 28, 2008,[2] and eventually assigned to Judge Henri Inting of Branch 95, QCRTC. Judge Inting submitted GMA's petition for a temporary restraining order for decision[clarification needed].
On February 1, ABS-CBN presented two witnesses, Romie Diamanse and Francis Casumpang, stating
An anonymous witness approached the ABS-CBN stations in Davao, Iloilo and Cebu to testify that the alleged employees of GMA were bribing them to watch their programs.[4] Another witness from Davao testified that they had to watch GMA programs in exchange for grocery items, upon discovering that they were using an AGB metering panel. At the end of the month, a group of women visited the witness's house to deliver the grocery items such as canned goods.[4] Another witness from Iloilo said that they had to watch GMA programs in exchange for receiving half of their electrical expenses. She alleged that the "employees" visit every month to deliver grocery items and present their ID with the logo of GMA. The group was said to have also given items such as an umbrella, a plastic cup and towels – all with the GMA logo. GMA Network denied that they hired the person to do door-to-door visits to conduct the alleged rating manipulations.[4]
On February 14, 2008, Judge Inting issued a TRO barring ABS-CBN from airing defamatory statements against GMA.[5]
See also
- List of Philippine television ratings for 2008
- 1972 Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos
- Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
- ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy
References
- ^ GMANews.TV, Judge in ratings row recuss self
- ^ GMANews.TV, Re-raffle of GMA Network case vs ABS-CBN reset to Jan 28
- ^ Mike Enriquez: "ABS-CBN shameless in its efforts to discredit GMA Network" by, Erwin Santiago, Philippine Entertainment Portal.
- ^ a b c "Lumantad na ang Witness sa GMA manipulation of TV Ratings". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ GMANews.TV, QC court issues TRO vs ABS-CBN in ratings tussle