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Batangas CATV, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals

BATANGAS CATV, INC., Petitioner, versus THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE BATANGAS CITY SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD and BATANGAS CITY MAYOR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 138810 | 2004-09-29

DECISION
 
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

In the late 1940s, John Walson, an appliance dealer in Pennsylvania, suffered a decline in the sale of television (tv) sets because of poor reception of signals in his community. Troubled, he built an antenna on top of a nearby mountain. Using coaxial cable lines, he distributed the tv signals from the antenna to the homes of his customers. Walson's innovative idea improved his sales and at the same time gave birth to a new telecommunication system -- the Community Antenna Television (CATV) or Cable Television.[1]

This technological breakthrough found its way in our shores and, like in its country of...