Children’s TV Council Issues Standards for Child-Friendly Programs

The National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) issued last April 12, 2019 the standards for child-friendly television programs for Philippine television networks. The standards will be used for determining compliance by the networks with the requirement to devote at least fifteen percent of their daily airtime for the broadcast of child-friendly programs as provided under Republic Act No. 8370, passed in 1997. The standards differentiate…