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GMA Network, Inc. vs. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, et al

GMA NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, versus ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, CENTRAL CATV, INC., PILIPINO CABLE CORPORATION and PHILIPPINE HOME CABLE HOLDINGS, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 160703 | 2005-09-23

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

Petitioner GMA Network, Inc. ("GMA") filed on May 6, 2003 before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City a complaint for damages[1] against respondents ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation ("ABS-CBN"), Central CATV, Inc. ("SkyCable"), Philippine Home Cable Holdings, Inc. ("Home Cable") and Pilipino Cable Corporation ("Sun Cable"), which was raffled to Branch 97[2] and docketed as Civil Case No. Q03-49500. 

In its complaint, GMA alleged that respondents engaged in unfair competition when the cable companies arbitrarily re-channeled petitioner's cable television broadcast on...