Nagsalita na ang TV5 hinggil sa kasalukuyang partnership deal issue na kinahaharap nito sa ABS-CBN.

Kaugnay ito sa inilabas na pahayag ng ABS-CBN kung saan nanindigan silang ipagpapatuloy nila ang kanilang serbisyo sa mga Pilipino.

“We know we have obligations to fulfill, and we’re working as hard as we can to honor them. But whatever happens, our service to you will continue. We will find ways to reach you, just as we found our way back to you after losing our franchise,” saad nila.

MAKI-BALITA: 'Our service to you will continue!' ABS-CBN, nagsalita sa napipintong pagwawakas ng partnership deal sa TV5-Balita

Sa isang social media post nitong Huwebes, Disyembre 4, nilinaw ng TV5 na kinikilala nila ang mga programa ng ABS-CBN, ngunit sila raw ay nahihirapan na ring bayaran ang kanilang mga empleyado dulot ng umano’y “failure” nito na abutin ang kanilang “financial commitments.”

“When ABS-CBN lost its franchise in 2020, TV5 gave them a home. When Eat Bulaga lost its home in 2023, we welcomed them into ours. We have always been a Kapatid to anyone in need. TV5 recognizes the value of ABS-CBN’s well-loved programs to our viewers. However, their failure to meet their financial commitments to us has made it very difficult for us to compensate our own employees, talents, and partners who help deliver these programs to your homes,” panimula ng TV5.

“Our Content Agreement with ABS-CBN requires them to remit, on a timely basis, TV5’s share of revenues they collect from advertisers. These amounts collected, our share being held by ABS-CBN for TV5, has reached such material value as to severely affect TV5’s ability to settle its own obligations,” dagdag pa nila.

Isiniwalat din nilang paulit-ulit silang umapela sa ABS-CBN, ngunit anila, hindi ito nagbigay ng kasiguruhan hinggil sa dapat nitong bayaran.

“Despite our repeated appeals, ABS-CBN has failed to pay what is due. Neither have they given assurances, not indicated, that they can or will. To be clear, we value the partnership with ABS-CBN and, as part of the same industry, we understand ABS-CBN’s financial difficulties. But TV5 is also faced with its own challenges. We need the funds owed to us to continue serving you, our viewers. Our leniency, as well as forbearance, must now yield to the realities of this business,” giit ng TV5.

“To you, our viewers, rest assured that we are committed to serving you with the best programming, no matter what ensues from all these issues. Nananatili kaming tapat sa inyo, mga KAPATID!” pagtatapos nila.

Kaugnay nito, nauna na ring itinanggi ng ABS-CBN na sinadya nilang i-delay ang pagbabayad sa TV5.

"There is no truth to any insinuation that ABS-CBN willfully delayed payment. Such characterizations fail to acknowledge the severe financial constraints imposed on us through circumstances beyond our control,” anang ABS-CBN.

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