Type | Legislature broadcaster |
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Country | Philippines |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Quezon City, Metro Manila |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Filipino, English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | People's Television Network (until November 17, 2024) Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation House of Representatives of the Philippines |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | January 22, 2024 |
Replaced | PCO TV/RTVMalacanañg |
Replaced by | PTV (mirror feed; channel 14 channel space) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital Terrestrial Television | Channel 17 (Manila) LCN: 13.02 (Manila) Channel 17 (Baguio) LCN: 17.02 (Baguio) Channel 17 (Iloilo) LCN: 12.02 (Iloilo) ContentsChannel 17 (Cebu) LCN: 13.02 (Cebu) Channel 17 (Davao) LCN: 17.02 (Davao) |
Converge Vision (Manila) | Channel 42 |
CongressTV is a Philippine digital television channel owned and managed by state-run networks People's Television Network (until November 17, 2024) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
Congress TV follows a format similar to public affairs channels such as C-SPAN, CPAC, BBC Parliament, Phoenix, Sky News Extra, Vouli Tileorasi, and TVP Parlament. It mainly airs live plenary sessions, committee hearings and other content produced by the House of Representatives on digital television. [1]
The channel was launched on January 22, 2024. Initially, it was broadcast on digital terrestrial television (DTT) via PTV's second subchannel. Additionally, it is available through PTV, IBC, and HoR's social media accounts from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM (PST) daily, with extended hours if needed. [2] [3]
On October 1, 2024, Congress TV expanded its reach by broadcasting on channel 17 in Metro Manila, Cebu and Iloilo via IBC's DTT network, becoming its second subchannel. At the same time, select programs are also simulcast on IBC's main analog signal.
On November 1, 2024, the channel commenced broadcast on Sky Cable.
On November 17, 2024, Congress TV ended its broadcast on PTV's DTT transmitters, and was replaced with a mirror feed of the main PTV channel; leaving terrestrial broadcast of the channel to IBC-owned transmitters.
In August 2025, Congress TV started airing on D8TV.