TV Patrol is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, ABS-CBN News Channel, TeleRadyo Serbisyo and ALLTV. Originally anchored by Noli de Castro, Mel Tiangco and Robert Arevalo, it premiered on March 2, 1987 on the network's primetime slot replacing Balita Ngayon. De Castro, Karen Davila, Bernadette Sembrano and Henry Omaga-Diaz currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest-running Filipino-language news broadcasting show.
ABS-CBN is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the Kapamilya Network; its brand was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary, and was used until it was forced by the National Telecommunications Commission to cease and desist from free-to-air broadcasting due to the lack of congressional franchise. ABS-CBN is the largest media company in the Philippines and oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia.
Kapamilya Channel is a 24-hour Philippine pay television network operated by ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City. A separate high definition 1080i resolution channel began broadcasting the same day.
AMCARA Broadcasting Network was a Philippine television broadcast company. The company is located in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The company is majority-owned by the heirs of Arcadio M. Carandang, one of the pioneers of Philippine television who worked for ABS-CBN.
Wansapanataym, also known as Wansapanataym Presents, is a Philippine fantasy anthology television series produced and broadcast by ABS-CBN, airing every Sunday night. The series follows the stories of everyday people as they encounter fantastic events involving magic and the supernatural and how their lives are forever changed by their adventures with the otherworldly. Like the children's television series Hiraya Manawari, the series also focus on providing values education for kids and teens through courage, discipline, honesty, humility, love, obedience, respect and other moral values, adapted from Filipino stories and legends or original stories.
O Shopping was a Philippine pay television channel owned by ACJ O Shopping Corporation, a joint-venture between Philippine entertainment and media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and South Korean home shopping company CJ ENM O Shopping Division. The channel was launched on October 14, 2013. O Shopping programs were previously aired on ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel during midnights, as well as on Jeepney TV, S+A, and online via iWantTFC.
Ipaglaban Mo!, also known as Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! or Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo! is a Philippine television public service and advocacy-driven legal drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Studios, featuring dramatizations of actual cases brought and settled in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the Philippines.
ABS-CBN TV Plus is a Philippine ISDB-T encrypted digital terrestrial television provider owned and operated by ABS-CBN Convergence, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. The service distributes digital set-top boxes with freemium and free-to-view digital TV channels, Broadcast Markup Language, Emergency Warning Broadcast system, and pay per view services to selected areas in the Philippines. In order to avail the service, users must buy an ABS-CBN TVplus set-top box and activate it through ABS-CBNmobile SIM card; activation requirements for the digital channels through other mobile networks later became available around the second quarter of 2018.
Kapamilya Box Office (KBO) was a Philippine pay-per-view television channel. It was initially launched in May 2015 as a pay-per-view channel intended for the historic boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. It was formerly registered as the "TVplus Xtra Channel" but became inactive after the coverage. By April 2016, the channel was rebranded as KBO.
Magandang Buhay is a Philippine television talk show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel and ALLTV. Originally hosted by Karla Estrada, Melai Cantiveros and Jolina Magdangal, it premiered on April 18, 2016 on the network's morning line-up replacing Kris TV. Cantiveros, Magdangal and Regine Velasquez currently serve as the hosts.
Asianovela Channel was a Philippine free-to-air television channel created by ABS-CBN and one of the former freemium channels of ABS-CBN TVplus on Digital Free TV. The channel aired mostly Filipino-dubbed Korean dramas and Asian films, along with limited imported programming from ABS-CBN, Cinema One and Cine Mo!.
Movie Central was a Philippine pay television channel created by ABS-CBN and one of the freemium channels of ABS-CBN TVplus. The channel's programming consists of mainly foreign and Hollywood movies. It was the second digital terrestrial television-exclusive movie channel after Cine Mo!, which also airs Hollywood and foreign movies in original English audio. Movie Central operated daily from 7:00 AM to 1:00 AM of the following day. It was available for a free-trial basis from July 30, 2018, to May 5, 2020, alongside O Shopping, Asianovela Channel, Jeepney TV, and Myx.
Pamilya Ko is a 2019 Philippine drama television series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Raymund B. Ocampo, it stars Sylvia Sanchez, JM de Guzman, Arci Muñoz and Joey Marquez. The series aired on the network's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from September 9, 2019 to March 13, 2020, replacing Minute to Win It: Last Tandem Standing.
Make It with You is a 2020 Philippine television romantic drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, it stars Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. It premiered on January 13, 2020 on the network's Primetime Bida lineup replacing Starla. The show concluded on March 13, 220 with a total of 45 episodes. It was replaced by Ang Sa Iyo Ay Akin on its timeslot.
The renewal of the congressional franchise of the Philippine media network ABS-CBN to continue broadcasting was a dispute between the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arising on the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy, the Congress of the Philippines, country's legislature, was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4, 2020, as the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day, exercising constitutional powers, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) then issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN to cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30, 2020, the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
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, and channel 20. The network's name is an abbreviation derived from the first letter of the names of two parent companies, ABS-CBN and ZOE, and the channel number of the now-recalled frequency of the former network.
The second season of reality singing television competition Idol Philippines premiered on June 25, 2022 on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z and TV5 aired until its season finale on September 18, 2022. It was the first season to not air on ABS-CBN after the network was ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General Jose Calida to cease and desist its free-to-air television and radio broadcast operations on May 5, 2020, following the expiration of its congressional franchise.
All TV is a Philippine free-to-air broadcast television network serving as the flagship property of Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation as its main content provider through a blocktime agreement. Its broadcast facilities and studios located at Starmall EDSA-Shaw at EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong and Starmall Las Piñas IT Hub along Alabang–Zapote Road corner CV Starr Avenue, Las Piñas; its transmitter is located at the Millennium Transmitter site, Sgt. Esguerra Ave, Diliman, Quezon City.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29, 2022.
