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A major overhaul is coming to the network’s primetime block. On Friday, February 20, Coco Martin himself confirmed on ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol that his long-running, top-rating series FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, will be concluding its more than three-year run on March 13. The show, which has been running since February 13, 2023, is an integral part of […]
The conversation has morphed from being grounded to a question of ‘if’ to ‘where’ and ‘when?’ Days ago, as the whole nation knows by now, original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon, and the rest of the ‘Dabarkads’ tendered their resignation from TAPE, Inc. in a surprise announcement on the livestream of […]
As we all know by now, TVJ and the most of the ‘Dabarkads’ left TAPE, Inc. on Wednesday, May 31. For more than 43 years, ‘Eat Bulaga’ has been a centerpiece of the noontime television landscape in the Philippines. From its tumultuous early years, to its growing pouplarity, its spectacular Silver anniversary, and through the […]
On Tuesday, ABS-CBN Corporation ‘pulled the plug’ on the news channel. In a statement made by ABS-CBN on Tuesday, May 23rd, it revealed the imminent closure of TeleRadyo, the Filipino news and public service channel of the company. According to them, the reason for the closure was the continuous negative cashflow of the news station […]
Isang libo’t isang tuwa, buong barkada, sa ibang programa? Last week, separate articles on PEP.ph and Bilyonaryo broke the news that longtime ‘Eat Bulaga’ producer and consultant Antonio P. Tuviera is being eased out from his position as TAPE, Inc. In his place, Romeo Jalosjos, Jr., the child of the company’s chairman Romeo Jalosjos, has […]
ANC? TeleRadyo? A unified news channel? On Thursday, September 22, Bilyonaryo broke the news that ABS-CBN execs were given proposals to either save one between the network’s news channels ANC and TeleRadyo or merge both stations and their programming into a single channel. According to the unnamed source in the article, the plan was churned […]
ABS-CBN Sports was once the country’s premier sports broadcaster and contractor during its heyday. In 2020, during what is now considered to be the darkest hour for ABS-CBN as a company, the media giant closed down several of its divisions. Among the biggest departments to be hit is the Integrated Sports group, which saw the […]
TeleRadyo is believed to have been added to A2Z’s digital TV frequency today, April 29, 2022. On June 30, 2020, the NTC issued an alias cease-and-desist order vs. ABS-CBN Corporation’s blocktime deal with AMCARA, its long-time partner for channel 23, and later DTT channel 43 when ABS fully acquired Studio 23. Because of the order, […]
As the May 9, 2022 nears, the Commission on Elections will finally stage their own debate series via PiliPinas Debates: The Turning Point. In early March, the COMELEC finally bared their plans for the revival of PiliPinas Debates, which last happened during the 2016 Presidential elections. This time, the commission elected to not just host […]
Effective January 1, 2022. In a surprise announcement, on December 11, 2021, Cignal TV shared across its social media pages that two of its owned channels will cease operations by the beginning next year. Affected by the upcoming changes are Colours and One Screen. According to the satellite TV operator, the decision to discontinue both […]