With the media giant’s finances buoyed by election-related spending and the performance of its content and live productions.
In a press statement on Monday, April 20, Philippine media giant ABS-CBN Corporation disclosed key financial figures from its 2025 annual report.
According to the Kapamilya network, its core Content Production and Distribution business grew revenue by 5% to PHP12.59 billion in the past year.
During this period, the segment saw its recurring net loss narrow by 11% to PHP2.54 billion.
The said financial performance was mainly driven by the increase in advertising revenue, which went up by PHP421 million due to spending and placements related to the 2025 national midterm elections.
Also helping keep the company up were the performance of its top-rated shows last year, which was led by FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, Incognito, Saving Grace, and TV Patrol—which were all on air on the network’s primetime block from March to June 2025.
Meanwhile, consumer revenue also saw growth as it logged PHP5.46 billion—a 4% uptick from PHP5.24 billion in 2024—as film, music, and live events all delivered positive results.
BINI’s World Tour series, which started with a sold-out show at the Philippine Arena, ran through 14 cities including Dubai, London, Vancouver, Toronto, and ten US cities was a key event for the company.
Despite staging more concerts and events, costs went down as operating expenses in the segment fell 9%, or PHP1.43 billion, with general and administrative expenses and employee costs cut by a combined PHP653 million, according to ABS-CBN.
On a recurring basis, the segment’s net loss of PHP2.54 billion, which is PHP318 million lower than in 2024. When one-time items are included, there is a net non-recurring loss of PHP1.40 billion in 2025 stemming from the sale of property, which balloons the reported net loss to PHP3.94 billion.
Its film production unit Star Cinema also had the three highest-grossing Filipino films of the year, led by Vice Ganda and Nadine Lustre-starrer, Call Me Mother, topped the list with PHP389 million in worldwide gross.
The family drama Meet, Greet and Bye of Maricel Soriano, Piolo Pascual, Joshua Garcia, Juan Karlos, and Belle Mariano then raked in PHP305 million.
Meanwhile, Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino’s My Love Will Make You Disappear went to log PHP174 million in the box-office.
Sosyal Climbers, the studio’s first Netflix original the starred Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings, topped the Netflix Philippines chart and spent two weeks in Netflix’s global top 10 for non-English films.
The digital business also saw strong performance during the year, as the direct-to-consumer revenue hit an all-time high of PHP1.03 billion and direct ad sales reached a record PHP842 million—which is up 23% from P685 million in 2024.
The ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel posted 12 billion views and remained the top entertainment channel in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
The network’s own streaming service iWant was relaunched in July 2025 under the “Home of Filipino Feels” banner with new originals MMK, Ghosting, and Love at First Spike, which helped the over-the-top platform grow local subscribers by 19% from a year earlier.
Notably, there is also a Facebook revenue, where they cultivated PHP213 million.
On the news side, ABS-CBN News’ Halalan 2025 was among the year’s most-watched election specials. TV Patrol kept its primetime following, and YouTube and iWant originals like SOCO drew strong audiences.
ABS-CBN Global, for its part, staged 29 international events in 2025.
The biggest of the bunch was the ASAP 30th anniversary shows in Birmingham, England and Vancouver, Canada—with the back-to-back Vancouver shows drawing over 13,000 fans for a record-high turnout.
New shows in Melbourne, Stuttgart, Paris, Taiwan, and Vallejo brought in over 50,000 first-time attendees.
Meanwhile, the TFC viewership among Filipino seafarers and Middle East multi-unit dwellings rose about 7% to 131,000 from 122,000.
The Cable TV and Broadband business, during the same fiscal year, also improved on a recurring basis. Net loss narrowed by 17%, or PHP270 million, to PHP1.34 billion in 2025.
Including one-time items, the reported net loss of thr unit fell 82% to PHP776 million, helped by PHP3.04 billion in cost reductions.
Overall, at the group level, ABS-CBN’s recurring consolidated net loss improved by PHP588 million, or 13% from a year earlier, the network reported. Including one-time items, the reported net loss narrowed by 23% to PHP4.72 billion from PHP6.09 billion.
The consolidated revenue, however, was down 9% to PHP15.85 billion as a 39% drop in Cable TV and Broadband revenue to PHP3.27 billion offset the gains in Content.
“Across the group, cost cuts brought consolidated operating expenses down 18%, or 4.50 billion, to PHP20.48 billion,” furthered the company.