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After a year, it’s back. On June 30, 2020, an alias cease-and-desist order was issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) versus ABS-CBN. That time, it was regarding the broadcast of its digital channels using AMCARA Broadcasting’s frequency, most notably channel 43 in Metro Manila. Because of the said order, CineMo!, Jeepney TV, and Knowledge […]
A..B..S..C..B..EAM After much speculations, the tie-up between the two companies is happening. Could there be more to that? Last September, ABS-CBN’s subsidiary Knowledge Channel announced that it would be returning full-time to nationwide free TV after a year. Beginning October 6, KCh will become available on digital terrestrial television nationwide via a familiar ally, BEAM […]
It seems like A2Z will no longer be just limited to Mega Manila. On September 15, PRTV Tacloban, a regional television station in Leyte owned by Philippine Collective Media Corporation, uploaded an updated promo plug on the launch of ABS-CBN Entertainment shows on their channel. Previously, the plug only mentioned PRTV Channel 12, hinting that […]
Come October 1, the Disney Channel and several more of its namesake company’s portfolio will be no more in Southeast Asia, the Philippines included. Back in April, a memo directed to the Walt Disney Company’s regional office in Asia was shared to the media. According to the said paper, the company will soon transition to […]
ABS-CBN on TV5… finally? If you’ve been living under a rock or is just outside of the station’s coverage area, ABS-CBN Corporation forged a blocktime deal with ZOE TV to air Kapamilya shows on the latter’s A2Z channel 11. Every day, about 10 hours of Eleven’s programming is occupied by shows produced by the embattled […]
What does the future hold for the mouse’s own channel? Earlier this year, an array of Disney’s owned and operated TV channels across the world have ceased their operations. The affected channels are primarily Disney XD, Disney Junior, and the namesake channel. The cessation of TV broadcast had already happened in territories like Australia, Italy, […]
It seems like the days for the fox on Philippine TV are already numbered. During the Disney Investors Day last December 10, The Walt Disney Company unveiled their plans for the next few years. Apart from reporting the growth that their streaming businesses felt this year, Disney also shared the news about the expansion of […]
“The Philippines’ number 1 news channel,” no more? In the past, GNTV served as the biggest risk that GMA Network took in news broadcasting. Hourly news updates, coupled with newscasts and public affairs programs filled the schedule. Entertainment and sports were partially relegated to the outskirts of the broadcast day, but was still somehow given […]
“This is ABS-CBN DZOE-TV channel 11 …” For the past few weeks, several articles sprung up left, right, and center about the possibility of ABS-CBN blocktiming a currently vacated frequency in local television, channel 11 – which is owned by Zoe Broadcasting Network, a company controlled by Bro. Eddie Villanueva and the Jesus Is Lord […]
Gerry Baja, Anthony Taberna, and Vic Lima have something in common. They are no longer part of DZMM or the station that simply goes by the name TeleRadyo. On May 5, 2020, ABS-CBN Corporation was served by a cease-and-desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission or NTC after the network’s franchise expired the day before. […]