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Kitchie Benedicto
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2021. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes. Events January * January 1 ** After past six years of broadcasting in the Philippines, Disney XD (Southeast Asia), Disney XD has ceased its operations by Disney Branded Television (a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content owned by The Walt Disney Company) across Southeast Asia due to a review of Disney's business direction and the upcoming launch of their own streaming service in the region. ** Sky Cable terminated Ginx TV, GINX Esports TV and Stingray Classica on its line-up due to the expiration of Sky's contract with the said networks. GINX Esports TV continued to air via Cignal and G Sat under the distribution by Mediahouse/Club TV (under Mimyuni Media Entertainment from Kick Media) and SES (company), SES, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FX (Asian TV Channel)
FX was an Asian pay-television entertainment channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. It was launched on November 3, 2008. In India, the channel was replaced by an Indian localised feed in September 2012; however, some TV providers continue to distribute the Asian feed. In South Korea, Tcast, the licensor for the Fox channels in the country, announced on December 31, 2020 that it had terminated its license agreement with The Walt Disney Company Korea renaming its channels. FX in that region would become . FX along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong ( Fox Crime, Fox, Fox Life, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, Channel and five of its sports channels) ceased broadcasting on 1 September 2021 in Hong Kong and a month later in Southeast Asia. Most of these channels' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAP Sports
TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a Philippine pay television network of sports channels owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on April 14, 2019, under two separate channels carried by Sky Cable, and was later relaunched the following year. The TAP Sports network has four channels: the main channel itself, and the Premier Sports channels. History On April 14, 2019, TAP Sports was launched by TAP DMV on cable provider Sky Cable. Back then, it used to be broadcast on two separate channels covering all live tennis events: TAP Sports 1 (airing the men's ATP tournaments) and TAP Sports 2 (airing the women's WTA tournaments). On February 17, 2020, the TAP Sports network was relaunched, this time as a general sports channel replacing TAP Sports 1. On the same day, it launched 4 new sister channels: TAP W (women-centric sports; replacing TAP Sports 2), TAP Edge (action/adventure/outdoor sports; including EDGEsport programming), Premier Tennis (ATP an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAP Edge
TAP Edge (stylized as tap EDGE) is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. The channel airs a variety of entertainment genres focusing on action/suspense and crime dramas. History Prior to the launch, TAP DMV signed a joint venture/brand licensing agreement with U.S.-based global media company IMG to carry the EDGEsport programming to the Philippines. On February 1, 2018, EDGEsport Philippines was officially launched via Sky Cable, and was the first cable channel of TAP DMV. It broadcasts the same format of its international counterpart, offering action/combat sports and adventure/outdoor lifestyle programs. On February 17, 2020, as part of TAP DMV's restructure on its channels, EDGEsport was relaunched as TAP Edge. On November 15, 2020, the channel began its transition to reformat as an action/drama-oriented entertainment channel, with EDGEsport and other action sports programming made its final broadcast in December 2020. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Network (international)
Paramount Network is an international television channel brand owned and operated by the Paramount International Networks division of Paramount Global that showcase its selected television productions and the film catalogue of its filming division, Paramount Pictures. First launched in Spain on 30 March 2012, as Paramount Channel, the brand has since been or was operated in territories across Europe, East Africa, Latin America and Asia. History As Paramount Channel To date, Paramount Channel has launched in Spain in March 2012, France in September 2013, Hungary in February 2014, Russia in January 2014, Romania on January 14, 2014, Latin America in September 1995 until 2003, but returns again in the brand new look of November 2014, Sweden in December 2014, Poland in March 2015, Italy and Thailand in February and May 2016, and in the Middle East in April 2017. Relaunch as Paramount Network In May 2018, Viacom announced that the original Paramount Channel in Spain would relaunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel and the flagship property of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, who operates it through the MTV Entertainment Group. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles. The channel was originally founded by a partnership between radio station WSM (AM), WSM and Westinghouse Broadcasting as The Nashville Network (TNN) and began broadcasting on March 7, 1983. It initially featured programming catering towards the culture of the Southern United States, including country music, variety shows, outdoors programming, and motor racing coverage (such as NASCAR). TNN was purchased by the Gaylord Entertainment Company in 1983. After Gaylord bought Country Music Television, CMT in 1991, TNN's music programming was shifted to CMT, leaving TNN to focus on entertainment and lifestyle programming. In 1995, The Nashville Network, TNN and CMT (American TV channel), CMT w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Jr
Nick Jr. (sometimes disambiguated as Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. on Nick, and sometimes referred to as Nick, Jr.) is an American morning programming block that airs on Nickelodeon every weekday. It was launched on January 4, 1988. Nick Jr. features a lineup of shows aimed at children aged 2 through 8. In 2009, Nickelodeon launched a separate channel named after the Nick Jr. block as a replacement for the original Noggin cable channel. The channel is known on air as the " Nick Jr. Channel" to differentiate the two services. History Early years (1988–93) Since its launch on April 1, 1979, and throughout the 1980s, Nickelodeon aired programs for preschoolers (most prominently '' Pinwheel'' and '' Today's Special'') on weekdays from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm and weekend mornings. After Nickelodeon's preschool block premiered a slew of new shows in 1987, it began using the Nick Junior branding on , coinciding with the premiere of the Spanish program '' The World of David t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Channel
Metro Channel (formerly Lifestyle (Network) and stylized in all capital letters) is a Philippine pay television channel based in Quezon City. It is owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming is composed primarily of lifestyle and entertainment shows targeted to upscale women. The channel was officially launched on April 2, 2018, and it was named after Metro Magazine, one of the leading lifestyle magazines in the country published by ABS-CBN Publishing. The channel became available on G Sat Channel 70 on October 5, 2020 and on January 4, 2021, on Cignal Channel 69 replacing the channel space of Disney XD Asia. A video on demand service for Metro Channel shows are available via IWantTFC. Programming blocks * Home & Living - focused on home improvements, room makeovers, interior design and modern living. * Food & Travel - focused on food, travel and adventure. * Fashion & Style - focused on fashion and style. * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-Plus
K-Plus (stylized as K+) is a Southeast Asian pay television channel focused on airing drama series, variety shows, movies and lifestyle programmes in K-pop, beauty & fashion as its main programming genre. It was launched on 17 September 2014 and it is available in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines. It also offers select titles to OTT platforms iflix, LeEco and Tribe. K+ is based in Singapore and is operated by Plus Media Networks Asia, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Aniplus. History The channel was first launched in Indonesia in September 2014 on pay-TV provider K-Vision (now ceased since 2016 due to the carriage agreement, but now available on IndiHome since 2016 and Dens.TV since 2017). In the Philippines, it was previously available on Easy TV Home (from May 25, 2018 until September 30, 2019), Sky Cable (April 2019 to May 1, 2023) and Cablelink (September 2018 till June 1, 2023) with Cignal eventually discontinued the channel operation (alongside its sister channel A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knowledge Channel
Knowledge Channel (abbreviated as KCh and stylized in all capital letters) is a Philippine free-to-air television channel owned by ABS-CBN that consists of educational and informative programs. The channel is available on digital TV via BEAM TV, Sky Cable, Sky Direct, Converge Vision, Cignal, Parasat Cable TV, G Sat, Cablelink, Planet Cable and other cable providers. It also livestreams online via iWantTFC while a video on demand service is available on YouTube. History Elvira "Rina" M. López-Bautista established the non-profit organization Sky Foundation, Inc. in 1996; it would later be renamed to Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) in 2003. The Knowledge Channel started broadcasting on November 18, 1996 with 18 hours of educational programs on cable television that supplemented the curriculum of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (later the Department of Education). The foundation entered into a 10-year memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeepney TV
Jeepney TV is a Philippine pay television channel owned and operated by Creative Programs, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming features classic television programs produced by ABS-CBN. The channel was named after the jeepney, a vehicle widely used for public transportation in the Philippines. A video-on-demand service for Jeepney TV programs is also available worldwide via iWantTFC and TFC IPTV. History Jeepney TV was launched on October 22, 2012, in preparation for the 60th anniversary of its parent network, ABS-CBN, the following year. In 2015, the channel revamped its graphics and program lineup, and its programming schedule was overhauled. On March 11, 2018, Jeepney TV featured the '' Hero Zone'' (a former anime programming block of ABS-CBN in 2006) as a two-hour weekend morning anime block, beginning with '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V'' and '' KonoSuba''. The block was later discontinued on July 22, 2018 order to focus more on local programming. From July 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Action (TV Channel)
Rock Action (visually rendered in all uppercase) is a Southeast Asian English-language movie channel serving Southeast Asia, owned by Rock Entertainment Holdings. Since its launched in 2014, it was originally known as RTL CBS Extreme, created by RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, a joint-venture of RTL Group and CBS Studios International which focuses on action-packed movies and broadcast in high-definition. On January 1, 2018, RTL CBS Extreme was renamed Blue Ant Extreme after Blue Ant Media's acquisition of RTL CBS. On August 18, 2021, Blue Ant Media Asia rebranded their corporate name as Rock Entertainment Holdings, thus they rebranded their channels as Rock Entertainment and Rock Extreme respectively. On December 12, 2022, Rock Entertainment Holdings restructured their contents, with the plan to focus on movies and special events, which Rock Extreme was rebranded as Rock Action, which focuses on action movies, on selected regions and TV providers. Also, Rock Extreme con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
