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 formerly an attached agency of the now-PCO, which retained 20% of RPN's non-controlling shares following privatization.
Cinema One is a Philippine pay television channel targeted to the Filipino diaspora. It is owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming includes a lineup of mainstream and independent local and foreign films distributed by Star Cinema, GMA Pictures, Cignal Entertainment, Unitel Pictures, Solar Pictures, APT Entertainment, The IdeaFirst Company, Brightlight Productions, Regal Entertainment and rarely, OctoArts Films, film-related programming, and original made-for-television films. An international feed called Cinema One Global is also available worldwide as part of TFC premium channels via cable, satellite, iWantTFC and TFC IPTV.
Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc. (SBN) is a Filipino media company based in Mandaluyong, Philippines. SBN is a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation, a Filipino-owned television company managed by the Tieng family.
SolarFlix is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by the Southern Broadcasting Network subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation. Its digital free-to-air broadcast is carried by SBN's flagship station, DWCP-DTV in Metro Manila. The channel's analog broadcast is fed on its lone provincial TV station, DXSS-TV in Davao City. The channel is also carried by cable and satellite providers, including Sky Cable, Destiny Cable, Cablelink, Binangonan Cable TV Corporation, Cignal, SatLite, and G Sat along with various provincial cable operators and through online streaming.
Jack TV is an online web portal owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation and based in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. It was known as a Philippine pay television network mainly offering multi-genre programming from the United States from 2005 until 2020.
Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilson, William and Willy Tieng. Solar Entertainment operates four digital free-to-air channels and one cable channel. Solar also owns a film distribution company and defunct freemium digital television service.
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System, making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even before that, during the late 1940s, several academic experiments had been done and replicated by Filipino engineers and students.
Shop TV is a 24-hour shopping related TV channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation. Aside from its dedicated channel, Shop TV also aired through SolarFlix and soon via RPTV and Aliw Channel 23.
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.
Daybreak is a Philippine television news broadcasting and talk show broadcast by Talk TV, Solar News Channel and 9TV. Originally hosted by Jing Magsaysay, it aired from October 1, 2012 to March 13, 2015, and was replaced by CNN Philippines Headline News. Amelyn Veloso, Hilary Isaac and Claudine Trillo serve as the final hosts. It featured daily headlines as well as national and local news, weather, traffic, sports, foreign, and entertainment stories. The program aired every weekdays from 7:00 am to 8:30 am (UTC+8:00).
Solar News Channel (SNC) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines, owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation's arm television subsidiary of Solar Television Network lease with its owner by Radio Philippines Network. Its flagship television station was DZKB-TV channel 9 in Mega Manila and other regional stations in the Philippines. The station was operational 18 hours a day from 6:00 AM to midnight on free TV, while being available 24 hours on cable, satellite and internet TV providers.
My Movie Channel was a 24-hour Filipino cable and satellite television network based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. Owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation, It currently airs movies from Hollywood and around the world, while also airing entertainment news programs, talk shows and drama series.
Cine Mo! is a Philippine pay television channel owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was one of the former freemium channels of ABS-CBN TVplus and was the complement to its English-language counterpart, Movie Central until its shutdown in June 2020. The channel's programming consists of local films and foreign movies, and operates 24/7 since March 2021.
MedTalk HealthTalk is a Philippine television infotainment show broadcast by Solar News Channel, 9TV and CNN Philippines. Hosted by Dr. Freddie Gomez, it aired from November 27, 2012 to January 23, 2024.
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.
MTVph was a 24-hour music and entertainment television network co-owned by ViacomCBS Networks International Asia and Solar Entertainment Corporation. The network was launched on August 1, 2017, on all cable/satellite providers in the Philippines, and closed on December 31, 2018.
