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Type | Broadcast commercial television network |
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Country | Philippines |
Broadcast area | Greater Manila Area, Northern and Central Luzon, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region and Zamboanga Peninsula (analog and digital) Nationwide (cable and satellite) |
Network | ABS-CBN Studios (Kapamilya Channel) ZOE TV |
Headquarters | For ABS-CBN ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., corner Mo. Ignacia Ave, Diliman, Quezon City For ZOE 22nd floor, Strata 2000 Bldg., F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
Picture format | 16:9 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | ZOE Broadcasting Network (under blocktime agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation) |
Sister channels | Under ZOE Light TV Under ABS-CBN All TV (via AMBS) Kapamilya Channel Knowledge Channel Jeepney TV TeleRadyo Serbisyo DWPM Radyo 630 Metro Channel Cine Mo! Cinema One ANC TFC |
History | |
Launched | October 6, 2020 (test broadcast) October 10, 2020 (official launch) |
Replaced |
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Former names | ZOE TV/Light TV (1998–2005; 2020) QTV/Q and GMA News TV (2005–2019) |
Links | |
Website | A2Z Official Facebook Page |
A2Z is a Philippine free-to-air blocktime broadcast television network based in Quezon City, with its studios located in Ortigas Center, Pasig. It serves as a flagship property of ZOE Broadcasting Network in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation as its main content provider through a blocktime agreement. A2Z's flagship television station is DZOE-TV which operates on channel 11 (analog broadcast), and channel 20 (digital broadcast). [1] [2] The network's name is an abbreviation derived from the first letter of the names of two media companies, ABS-CBN and ZOE, and the channel number of the now-recalled frequency of the former network (which is now owned by Advanced Media Broadcasting System's All TV).
DZOE-TV Channel 11, also known as ZOE TV-11 was launched in 1998 after being acquired from Delta Broadcasting System. It served as the television arm of Jesus is Lord Church led by Eddie Villanueva. In 2005, ZOE TV-11 was leased by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, subsidiary of GMA Network, to serve as originating station for its secondary television networks QTV/Q and GMA News TV (now GTV). [3] However, on April 24, 2019, GMA/Citynet announced that it will terminate its blocktime agreement with ZOE Broadcasting by the end of May 2019. The split comes after the release of GMA's 2018 financial report which declared the increasing lease payments that the network contributes to ZOE for the past three years (from ₱899.89 million in 2016 to almost a billion pesos in 2018). [4] GMA News TV disaffiliated from ZOE TV-11 on June 4, 2019, before the channel signed off the next day.
On June 22, 2020, ZOE TV-11 returned on air and carried the feed of Light TV as part of its test broadcast operations, but on June 26, the simulcast was replaced by Hillsong Channel, which is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network, before reverting to Light TV feed on July 11. It was rumored to be part of marketing the channel to either possibly continuing the analog simulcast of their sister station UHF 33 or for the airtime leasing.
On May 5, 2020, the broadcast operations of ABS-CBN Corporation, including Channel 2, S+A, DZMM Radyo Patrol, My Only Radio, and all digital television channels of ABS-CBN TV Plus and Direct broadcast via satellite of Sky Direct and AMCARA (on June 30) were put off the air after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General Jose Calida issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN to immediately cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting upon the expiration of its legislative broadcast franchise. [5] [6] Later, the Congress rejected ABS-CBN's application for franchise renewal on July 10, and the NTC recalled all the broadcast frequencies (including its now-defunct sister networks S+A, Yey! and Asianovela Channel) assigned to ABS-CBN on September 10. Since 2017, ABS-CBN was subjected to disputes with the government of former President Rodrigo Duterte due to several issues such as campaign advertisement controversies during the 2016 election, accusations of political meddling and unjust reporting, and the legality of the operations of digital television channel Kapamilya Box Office (KBO), among others.
ABS-CBN resumed its broadcast programming through the launch of its cable and satellite television network Kapamilya Channel on June 13, where it carried ABS-CBN's dramas and live entertainment shows, news and current affairs programming before the May 5 stoppage. [7] [8]
Since 2017, ZOE Broadcasting Network and ABS-CBN Corporation were reportedly holding talks for possible airtime lease of Channel 11 or acquisition of the network itself if the issues regarding ABS-CBN's now-expired broadcast franchise were ever floated. [9] [10] Reports of a blocktime agreement between ABS-CBN and ZOE began to surface after the Congress rejected ABS-CBN franchise renewal in July 2020, with a tentative schedule offering for broadcasting 20 hours of airtime on Channel 11, and ABS-CBN programs were shopped to air on ZOE TV. [11] [12] [13] [14] Eventually, all ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programs were declined to broadcast on Channel 11 by the ZOE management due to editorial concerns until January 1, 2022, when TV Patrol officially began the simulcast of its weekend edition, and its regular edition on January 3, marking its return to free-to-air television, almost two years since the newscast made its final broadcast on the original Channel 2. [15]
On October 6, 2020, through separate statements, ABS-CBN and ZOE TV publicly announced their blocktime agreement and the rebranding of Channel 11 to A2Z, more than a year after being disaffiliated from GMA News TV (now GTV) and five months after the Channel 2 shutdown. [16] [17] The announcement came a day after Sky Cable, ABS-CBN's cable television arm, added ZOE TV 11 to the channel lineup. [18]
Meanwhile, after a month of launching of the said new channel, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was reportedly investigating ABS-CBN and ZOE Broadcasting Network to determine if the said blocktime agreement of the two stations was processed in legal ways. [19] [20]
On November 12, 2020, A2Z began its broadcast on digital terrestrial television. The channel is available on most digital TV boxes. [21]
In March 2024, A2Z was relaunched with the new tagline: "Kumpleto Tayo".
On July 1, 2024, A2Z (along with its cable counterpart, Kapamilya Channel), began broadcasting using the anamorphic 16:9 screen ratio format; the said move was done in order to allow widescreen presentation of the network's programs, as well as to provide viewers with optimized viewing experience.
On September 18, 2021, A2Z entered a partnership agreement with Philippine Collective Media Corporation for affiliation to broadcast the network via Channel 12 in selected parts of Eastern Visayas. [22] In January 2022, the country's National Telecommunications Commission granted a provisional authority for ZOE, to utilize UHF channel 20 for its DTT operations; this allowed the network to transmit both A2Z and its sister channel Light TV terrestrially outside Metro Manila. [23]
As part of the agreement between ABS-CBN and ZOE TV, the list of all television original programming by A2Z focuses on ABS-CBN programs from Kapamilya Channel and its sister channels. In addition, similar to its previous airtime lease with GMA/Citynet for Channel 11, A2Z also features content from ZOE TV's sister station Light TV and its content partners CBN Asia and Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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