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Kapamilya Channel added to Cignal, Satlite

“Kahit kailan, kahit saan pa.” On October 21, the country’s leading pay TV operator Cignal announced the inclusion of ABS-CBN’s de facto replacement channel to their platforms. Beginning today, Kapamilya Channel will become available to Cignal TV and Satlite subscribers. It is now available on channel 22 for both satellite TV operators. The news comes […]

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Former Kapuso, now a Kapamilya: Channel 11 goes up against GMA

This takes the line “siblings turned rivals” onto a whole new level. Beginning today, channel 11 of ZOE Broadcasting Network will officially begin anew as A2Z, under a blocktiming agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation. Notable Kapamilya entertainment shows like It’s Showtime, ASAP Natin ‘To, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, among others will return to free TV after a […]

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A2Z: ABS-CBN, ZOE formally announce new partnership

Confirmed! ABS-CBN is back in the free TV arena, albeit in a different setup. Five months after the Kapamilya network was forced to shut down their free-to-air outlets on television and radio, they are now set to return via a new blocktime with Jesus Is Lord-owned ZOE Broadcasting Network. Under the arrangement, ABS-CBN will provide […]

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ZOE TV added to Sky’s channel lineup; is ABS-CBN returning to free TV?

ZOE TV is returning to the limelight soon. On October 2, SKY posted an advisory on their official website indicating some changes to the cabler’s lineup of channels. Firstly, ABS-CBN’s teleshopping platform O Shopping will move from its current place at channel 11 to channel 3 (Metro) and channel 21 (provincial) starting October 5. This […]

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Buy the Sky

The likelihood of a Cignal-Sky team up isn’t far from possible, at least according to some reports. Just a few weeks ago, Bilyonaryo broke the news that the Lopez-led embattled media giant ABS-CBN Corporation is considering to sell its pay TV subsidiary that is Sky Cable. The reason? It was detailed that this sale might […]

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If ABS-CBN ties up with ZOE

“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 […]

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iWantTFC begins Tuesday midnight

A whole new iWant is coming tomorrow. On September 1, 2020, ABS-CBN’s on-demand service iWant will officially merge with TFC Online, ABS-CBN’s international streamer to form iWantTFC. Subsequently, by 12 midnight, access to the old iWant website at iwant.ph and on its app will be restricted. Current users are required to re-register themselves on the […]

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iWantTFC, really?

In a surprise move by ABS-CBN, its popular streaming service iWant will be relaunched yet again next month. Adieu, iWant and iWant’s website as the new iWant TFC is set to take their places beginning September 1, 2020. Currently, no formal announcement has been made yet, although the Philippine Entertainment Portal has already dropped the […]

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What changes must be done to TV5’s digital accounts

Now that TV5’s reformat is well underway, there seems to be more things needed to be done to bring more relevance to the Kapatid network, especially on social media. Currently, TV5 (as in the network) has accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. This is not to mention the independent (and additional) presence of News5 […]

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NBA returns to the Philippines via TV5, Cignal

The National Basketball Association is coming back to local airwaves in time with its season restart. Earlier today, TV5 formally announced the deal with NBA to broadcast the games starting with league’s restart matches this Friday, July 31. In several teasers, the Kapatid network have already announced that they will broadcast weekend games starting August […]