Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is currently owned through majority share by Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and other private sectors. The network's main offices and flagship transmitter is located at Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle also in Quezon City. Founded by James Lindenberg, and prior to its privatization, it was the sister network of current government owned and controlled Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation; both networks were sequestered after the 1986 People Power Revolution, and became attached agencies of the now-PCO, which retained 20% of RPN's non-controlling shares following privitization.
NewsWatch is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by KBS/RPN. Originally anchored by Frank Abao and Dennis Cabalfin, it aired from June 1, 1970 to October 29, 2012, replacing Eyewitness Reports and was replaced by CNN Philippines Network News, CNN Philippines Nightly News and Updates. Joyce Burton-Titular serve as the final anchor. It is the longest-running English-language news broadcasting show of RPN.
CNN Philippines Sports Desk was a Philippine sports news television program broadcast by CNN Philippines. It is CNN Philippines' go-to program for all-sports news, specials, and interviews with sports personalities here and around the world, hosted by sports journalist Charles Tiu on primetime and Andrei Felix on weekday mornings. Sports Desk airs on weekdays at 10am and 10pm, with a weekend recap edition on Saturdays at 12:30pm. on May 1, 2023, the show will air on Primetime Weeknights at 8:30 pm.
Federico "Rico" Morales Hizon is a former Filipino broadcast journalist. He is currently the Senior Vice President for Corporate Relations of SM Investment Corp. since May 6, 2024.
Ana Patricia "Pia" Navarro Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also a cousin of singer Leah Navarro and singer-songwriter Barbie Almalbis.
Talk TV was an English-language all-news and talk television network in the Philippines. It is a joint venture of Southern Broadcasting Network and Solar Entertainment Corporation through Solar TV Network, Inc. It was available over SBN 21 on free TV. Talk TV operates 24 hours a day on cable TV and 6:00 AM - 12:00MN on SBN 21 starting October 1, 2012.
Nine Media Corporation is a Filipino-based media company. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC), a multimedia television and film company of the Tieng family, it is now solely owned by the ALC Group of Companies of the late Amb. Antonio Cabangon-Chua through its indirect grandparent Broadreach Media Holdings, Inc. Its headquarters are located at the Ground Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, sharing with its former parent Solar Entertainment.
Nine Media News and Current Affairs was the news and public affairs production arm and sole division of the media company Nine Media Corporation, leasing airtime from Southern Broadcasting Network (2011–2013) and Radio Philippines Network (2012–2024). The division produced the local news and content of Nine Media's television brands Talk TV, Solar News Channel, 9TV, and CNN Philippines. 9News stopped using this brand when the channel was launched as CNN Philippines on March 16, 2015, and the division was finally dissolved following the closure of the channel on January 31, 2024 due to financial losses.
CNN Philippines Nightly News or simply Nightly News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by Solar News Channel, 9TV and CNN Philippines. Originally anchored by Nancy Irlanda, it aired from July 16, 2012 to February 12, 2016, replacing RPN NewsCap and was replaced by CNN Philippines Newsroom. The newscast aired every weeknights at 9:00 pm. Mitzi Borromeo serve as the final anchors.
9TV Daybreak was the English-language morning hard-news newscast of 9TV. It featured daily headlines as well as national and local news, weather, traffic, sports, foreign, and entertainment stories. Its initial telecast was on October 1, 2012, on TalkTV, airing weekdays from 7:00 am to 8:30 am (UTC+8:00). It was one of the retained programs upon TalkTV's conversion into Solar News Channel.
CNN Philippines Cebuano News was the flagship Cebuano-language newscast of CNN Philippines. It aired weekdays at 1:00 p.m. before Kapampangan News. It was the first regional newscast produced by CNN Philippines that premiered under its predecessor Solar News Channel and the first national newscast in Cebuano aired nationwide.
News.PH Kasama si Pia Hontiveros is the flagship national network Filipino-language newscast program of CNN Philippines, anchored by its Chief Correspondent Pia Hontiveros. The half-hour newscast airs at 7:00 PM on weekdays.
CNN Philippines Kapampangan News was the flagship Kapampangan-language newscast of CNN Philippines. It aired weekdays at 1:15 p.m. (PST) after Cebuano News. It was the second regional newscast produced by CNN Philippines, premiering under its predecessor Solar News Channel and the first national newscast in Kapampangan.
9TV was a major commercial television network in the Philippines. It was owned by Nine Media Corporation, Nine Media had an airtime agreement as the main content provider of Radio Philippines Network. 9TV was the replacement of the Solar News Channel who have been retired the "Solar" branding. Broadcast 18 hours daily from 6:00 AM to 12:00 MN on free TV, while 24 hours a day on cable and satellite TV providers and thru live streaming.
CNN Philippines was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. It was launched on March 16, 2015, replacing 9TV, and was available on various platforms, including cable, satellite, live streaming and through the RPN network's television stations. CNN Philippines was the fifth local franchise of CNN in Asia, after CNN Indonesia, CNN Türk, CNN Arabic and CNN-IBN, and was formed after a brand licensing agreement with CNN Worldwide and Nine Media in 2014.
CNN Philippines Newsroom or simply Newsroom is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by CNN Philippines. Originally anchored by Jing Magsaysay, it premiered on March 16, 2015, as a standalone noontime newscast and was expanded into different editions since February 15, 2016.
CNN Philippines New Day was the English language morning newscast of CNN Philippines. Patterned after its U.S. counterpart CNN New Day, it replaced CNN Philippines Headline News. The show premiered February 15, 2016, as part of a major programming revamp brought by the appointment of Armie Jarin-Bennett as managing editor of CNN Philippines. It airs weekdays from 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM. It is originally anchored by Headline News holdover, the late Amelyn Veloso, and Claudine Trillo, as well as CNN Philippines Sports Desk morning edition anchor Andrei Felix and Atty. Karen Jimeno. Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo, Christine Jacob-Sandejas, Paolo Abrera, Dr. Freddie Gomez and Jamie Herrell currently serve as anchors. This was the last CNN Philippines live programs aired on January 29, 2024 until it ceased its live news operations after the morning newscast ahead of network's closure on January 31, consequently leaving the Indonesian version behind. It was replaced by Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5 on RPTV in its timeslot since February 1, 2024.
News Night was the flagship national network news program of CNN Philippines anchored by its chief correspondent Pia Hontiveros. It aired from March 27, 2017, to January 26, 2024, replacing CNN Philippines Network News. The hour-long newscast, broadcast in English from 2017 to 2022 and in Filipino from September 5, 2022, to January 26, 2024, aired at 6 p.m. on weekdays, replacing News.PH.
The Final Word with Rico Hizon was CNN Philippines' flagship late-night news program. The show first aired on April 20, 2020, as a replacement to the network's 9pm edition of Newsroom. The show is anchored by the network's Senior Anchor and Director for News Content Development, Rico Hizon, who has come home to the Philippines after a 25-year overseas news stint with CNBC Asia and BBC News. The newscast aired its last broadcast on January 26, 2024, as CNN Philippines ceased live news operations on the morning of January 29 ahead of the channel's closure on January 31. It was replaced by Frontline Tonight on RPTV in its timeslot since February 1, 2024.
