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Country | Philippines |
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Network | ABS-CBN |
Headquarters | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Quezon City, Philippines |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Filipino |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
Sister channels |
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History | |
Founded | 2011 |
Launched | February 11, 2015 |
Closed | June 30, 2020 (expired franchise lapsed) [1] |
Links | |
Website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-08-12) |
Yey! was a Philippine defunct free-to-air television channel owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was one of the former digital channels of ABS-CBN TV Plus. Its programming consisting of cartoons and anime shows dubbed in Filipino. Yey! was the second animation channel of ABS-CBN, after Hero. The channel was launched on February 11, 2015. [2] [3] [4] [5]
On June 30, 2020, the channel ceased broadcasting permanently due to the alias cease-and-desist order (ACDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General Jose Calida. [6] [7] On September 10, 2020, the frequency for Yey! (from channel 43) had been recalled by the NTC. [8] In January 2022, the former frequency for Yey! was awarded to Apollo Quiboloy's Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI). [9]
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