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The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
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The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
January
•January 1 •Aniplus Asia and K-Plus have ceased its broadcast in the Philippines by Cignal and SatLite due to the termination of contract agreement between Omnicontent Management, Inc. (the exclusive Philippine pay TV distributor) and Plus Media Networks, Pte. Ltd. as they failed to agree on the terms and conditions for the renewal of its channel carriage. •Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media terminated Advanced Media Broadcasting System's All TV on BEAM TV's digital subchannel line-up via Channel 31 due to the expiration of its licensing agreement with the network. Meanwhile, the network continued to air on VHF Channel 2 (analog) and UHF channel 16 (digital), Cignal, G Sat, Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers, while BEAM TV launched Blast Sports on their digital subchannel line-up on January 17. •Cignal terminated three channels: MTV 90s, MTV Live and Outdoor Channel on its line-up due to the expiration of Cignal's contract with the said networks. Meanwhile, MTV 90s, MTV Live and Outdoor Channel continued to air on Cablelink, Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers. •G Sat terminated six channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific: Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, Cinemax, CNN International, HBO and WarnerTV as they failed to agree on the terms and conditions for the renewal of its channel carriage; however, they are set to return on April 3. Meanwhile, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, CNN International, Cinemax, HBO and WarnerTV continued to air via Cignal, Cablelink, Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers. •January 2 - Cignal terminated Telenovela Channel on its line-up due to the expiration of their contract with the said network. Meanwhile, the channel continued to air on Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers until its closure on March 1. •January 5 - The lawyers of TVJ Productions were served the December 22, 2023 decision of the Marikina City Regional Trial Court Branch 273 ordered GMA Network and TAPE Inc. to stop infringing upon the trademarks to the variety show, Eat Bulaga!. The decision resolved a copyright infringement and unfair competition complaint filed against TAPE and GMA, which continued to use the title even after the original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon and other hosts left the show on May 31, 2023. This development paved the way for TVJ Productions to resume the use of the title and drop the interim title E.A.T. on January 6. On the same day, GMA Network and TAPE Inc. debuted their new noontime show Tahanang Pinakamasaya. •January 6 - ABS-CBN Entertainment officially renamed to ABS-CBN Studios. •January 15 - After 22 years, GMA Network's primetime evening block "GMA Telebabad" formally renamed to "GMA Prime" in conjunction with the back-to-back premiere of Love. Die. Repeat. and Asawa ng Asawa Ko on its respective time slots. •January 18 - I-Witness celebrated its 25th anniversary on Philippine television. •January 20 - Lance Aceron of Quezon City was hailed as the first ever Mr. Cutie: Boys Got Talent Grand Winner on Eat Bulaga!. •January 22 •One Sports (owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings under PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund) has switched its airing of aspect ratio format quality on the channel feed and its programming to widescreen format (16:9) as being converted its mitigation of reception through channel 41 (digital), cable and satellite providers at exactly 8:00 a.m. after 23 years on the usage of broadcast video picture resolution that migrated from fullscreen format (4:3). On March 15, the channel and RPTV (owned and operated by TV5 Network, Inc. and Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network) launched their respective high-definition feeds on Cignal TV.Template:Citation needed •Most of SMNI's free TV and radio broadcasting operations from Sonshine Media Network International including channels 39 and 43 and Sonshine Radio 1026 AM KHz in Mega Manila signed off the air due to the indefinite suspension of the National Telecommunications Commission, citing the network's failure to comply with an earlier order. •January 23 - The Government of the Philippines (Presidential Communications Operations Office) through the subchannel of People's Television Network launched Congress TV on channel 14 (digital) replacing RTVMalacañang. •January 27 •Rea Gen Villareal of Caloocan City was hailed as Tawag ng Tanghalan Year 7 Grand Champion on It's Showtime. •The Boobay and Tekla Show celebrated its 5th anniversary on Philippine television. •January 28 - The Government of the Philippines, under the Marcos administration, officially launched the Bagong Pilipinas Digibox during the Bagong Pilipinas kick-off rally. Coinciding with the launch, the government urged Filipinos to switched to digital terrestrial television as the transition period is now moving ahead. •January 31 •After nearly 9 years of broadcasting, CNN Philippines ended its operations at 10:00 p.m. as Nine Media Corporation and CNN decided not to renew their license agreement due to financial losses as well as poor ratings of the network and loss of advertisers' support. On February 1, Radio Philippines Network rebranded as RPTV, jointly owned and operated by TV5 Network that featured programs from TV5 and One Sports. Pursuant to an airtime lease agreement between MediaQuest Holdings, Cignal TV and Radio Philippines Network, RPTV became the new official broadcaster of the Philippine Basketball Association games. A2Z continued to air the Philippine Basketball Association until February 11 and after this, ZOE Broadcasting Network ended the broadcasting rights to that association after 3 months of broadcast, which had been assigned by TV5 Network on October 17, 2023. •Solar Learning terminated on Cablelink and other cable and satellite providers due to pull-out from the satellite broadcast dish provider's line-up. Meanwhile, the network continued to air on digital terrestrial broadcast via Southern Broadcasting Network through their subchannel lineup.
February
•February 1 •Cignal celebrated its 15th anniversary as a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider. •TV5 Network terminated One PH on their digital subchannel line-up via Channel 18 after three years and 8 months and was replaced by RPTV. Meanwhile, the channel continued to air on Cignal and SatLite. •February 2 - People's Television Network celebrated its 50th anniversary of television broadcasting. •February 4 - As part of their 29th anniversary, ABS-CBN's noontime musical variety show ASAP Natin 'To 29 resumed their studio audience after almost 4 years on behind closed door productions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines in 2020. •February 10 - Christian Era Broadcasting Service International, the religious broadcast media arm of the Iglesia ni Cristo, celebrated its 55th anniversary of religious broadcasting on radio and 41st year in television. •February 14 - TV Patrol Weekend celebrated its 20th anniversary on Philippine television. •February 15 •Cablelink launched seven channels owned by Creative Programs, Inc. (a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation) on their line-up: ANC, Cinema One, Cine Mo!, Jeepney TV, Metro Channel, Myx and TeleRadyo Serbisyo. •Converge Vision launched two channels owned by Creative Programs, Inc. (a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation) on their line-up: ANC and TeleRadyo Serbisyo. •G Sat terminated three channels: Fox News and Paramount Network on its line-up due to the expiration of G Sat's contract with the said networks while Daystar TV on its line up due to pull-out from the satellite broadcast dish provider's line-up. Meanwhile, Fox News continued to air on Cignal, Sky Cable and other cable providers via distributor Omnicontent Management while Paramount Network continue to air on Cignal until its closure on April 1. In addition, G Sat launched three channels on their line-up: ANC, RJTV, and TeleRadyo Serbisyo. •February 22 •Blast TV launched Setanta Sports on their linear channel line-up. •Sky Cable continued its cable television service after Lopez Holdings Corporation (ABS-CBN Corporation) and PLDT's Beneficial Trust Fund (MediaQuest Holdings) decided not to push through with the sale of Sky Cable. It was previously announced for a shutdown on February 27 at 12:00 m.n. after 32 years and a month, following its transition into internet service provider due to the PLDT-SKY acquisition deal, which disclosed by the Philippine Competition Commission and allowed the transaction to proceed on January 22. •February 25 - Tutok 13 celebrated its 5th anniversary on Philippine television.
March
•March 1 - After 12 years and 5 months, Telenovela Channel has ceased broadcast by Beginnings at Twenty Plus, Inc. due to permanent discontinuation of its telecast by the content provider. •March 5 - After over 20 years, Pampanga-based local/regional cable TV channel PEP TV has ceased broadcast by Reliance Broadcasting Unlimited (an affiliate of Converge ICT) due to financial difficulties.Template:Citation needed •March 8 - Weekday noontime programming at GMA Network reverted to its direct control after the abrupt end of the blocktime agreement with TAPE Inc. that lasted for 29 years and two months. This came on the heels of the sudden conclusion of TAPE's Tahanang Pinakamasaya because of its failure to pay GMA a ₱57 million in blocktime fees over a period of eight months, coinciding with the departure of the original hosts of Eat Bulaga! from their partnership with the Jalosjos-owned production company. •March 15 - 24 Oras celebrated its 20th anniversary on Philippine television. •March 20 - ABS-CBN Studios and GMA Network, Inc. extended their collaboration for the broadcasting of its long-running noontime show It’s Showtime on the main channel on April 6. •March 25–27 - Eat Bulaga! aired its annual "Lenten Drama Specials" for the first time since 2019, as part of the festivities for its 45th anniversary. This edition resumed production following the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, which caused a hiatus in 2020. Notably, it marked their debut on TV5 and was produced by TVJ Productions. Furthermore, it was the first time the special program aired via simulcast on RPTV, since Radio Philippines Network ended in 1988. •March 28–30 •TeleRadyo Serbisyo, including its radio counterpart (both owned by owned by Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Media Serbisyo Production Corporation, a joint venture between Prime Media Holdings (through subsidiary Philippine Collective Media Corporation) and ABS-CBN Corporation) went off-air for the first time after 4 years since the English-language ABS-CBN News Channel along with simultaneous telecast of ABS-CBN-owned TeleRadyo aired the Holy Week special programming every Easter Triduum from 2020 to 2023. •TV5 (signed-off on March 29, Good Friday), One Sports (owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings under PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund) and RPTV (owned and operated by TV5 Network, Inc. and Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network) went off-air in the observance of Holy Week, while One News, One PH and Sari-Sari Channel broadcast a Holy Week special programming. •The Healing Eucharist aired its special liturgical masses during the Paschal Triduum for this year. The Holy Week Masses taped at the ABS-CBN Chapel of the Annunciation, instead from the normal studio used in the past years, and it was broadcast simultaneously for three days on cable TV via Kapamilya Channel and Metro Channel, online via Kapamilya Online Live, The Healing Eucharist Facebook page and YouTube channel and iWantTFC, and on free-to-air via A2Z (where the network has a right of first refusal to carry as part of a programming agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation along with SVD-Mission Communications Foundation's Seven Last Words, due to the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide's ownership). •March 29 •SVD-Mission Communications Foundation's Seven Last Words officially resumed its live broadcast with live audiences after 2 years of pre-recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and the lapsed of ABS-CBN's broadcast franchise in 2020 that led to the network's shutdown, and was broadcast simultaneously on cable TV via Kapamilya Channel and Metro Channel, online via iWantTFC, and on free-to-air via A2Z (MCFI's director Fr. Bel San Luis later acknowledged Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide and ZOE Broadcasting Network founder Eddie Villanueva during the special program's closing message, as the church's channel ownership also refused to carry Catholic liturgical masses during the Paschal Triduum due to their programming agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation). •The Dominican Fathers of the Philippines' Siete Palabras had its live broadcast with live audiences held at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City and other locations affiliated with the Dominican Fathers throughout Luzon (including the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan), and was broadcast on television via GMA Network (selected GMA Regional TV stations in Visayas and Mindanao were pre-empted and replaced with their own local versions) for the 16th year and on radio via Radyo Veritas in Metro Manila as well as other Catholic Media Network affiliated stations nationwide.
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Major networksState-owned networksMinor networksOther channelsVideo streaming servicesLaunches
The following are a list of free-to-air and cable channels or networks launches and closures in 2024.
Stations changing network affiliation
The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy network affiliation changes in 2024.
Rebranded
The following is a list of television stations or cable channels that have made or will make noteworthy network rebrands in 2024.
Launches Rebranded
The following is a list of streaming providers that have made or will make noteworthy service rebrands in 2024.
The following personalities who died in 2024:
January
•January 12 – Hansen Nichols (b. 1983), former contestant of Pinoy Dream Academy
•January 13 – Mario Bautista (b. 1946), columnist
February
•February 3
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes. January 1 Aniplus and K-Plus have ceased its broadcast in the Philippines by Cignal and SatLite due to the termination of contract ...
The following channels are Holy Week TV Schedule 2024 specials from March 28 to 30, 2024. Maundy Thursday (March 28, 2024) To be Announced Good Friday (March 29, 2024) 6:00 AM - Superbook 6:30 AM - Cinderella and the Secret Prince 8:00 AM - A Mermaid in Paris 10:00 AM - America is Sinking 12:00 NN - Seven Last Words 3:00 PM - Veneration of the Cross 4:00 PM - The Upside 6:00 PM - MMK (re-run ...
Main article: List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming. The following are programs that debuted on TV5 : January 1: Fractured. January 6: Eat Bulaga! January 7: Sunday Blockbusters. January 15: Diary of a Prosecutor and Project Zoomers. January 20: Cine Cinco K-Hits. January 22: Linlang.
