All TV (stylized as ALLTV) is a

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based in

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, with its broadcast facilities and studios located at Starmall EDSA-Shaw in

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corner Shaw Boulevard; its transmitter is located at the

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-owned Millennium Transmitter site, Sgt. Esguerra Ave, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman,

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and currently broadcasts on weekdays from 12 noon to 10:30 p.m. and weekends from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. It serves as the flagship property of

Advanced Media Broadcasting System Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) is a broadcast media company in the Philippines. Its main offices and facilities are located at Unit 906A of the Paragon Plaza Building and at the 3rd Floor of Starmalls EDSA Shaw complex, both in Man ...

. All TV's flagship

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is DZMV-TV which carries the VHF Channel 2 (analog broadcast) and UHF Channel 16 (digital broadcast) previously used by ABS-CBN under

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after its broadcast franchise lapsed in 2020.

History

In 2019,

(AMBS) was granted a 25-year legislative franchise extension under Republic Act No. 11253 albeit without President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

's signature as the bill lapsed into law after 30 days of inaction. The Vera family and AMBS president Andrew Santiago sold AMBS to Planet Cable of real estate magnate and businessman-politician Manny Villar. On January 5, 2022, the

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(NTC), headed by Gamaliel Cordoba, awarded the frequencies of VHF analog channel 2 and digital channel 16 to AMBS. Furthermore, the channel 2 allocation was given a provisional authority to operate for 18 months until the analog shut-off of the country scheduled in 2023. These channels were previously used by

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under the callsign

. The ABS-CBN network was shut down on May 5, 2020, due to a cease and desist order from the NTC after

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failed to renew its broadcast franchise. In June 2022, AMBS Manila began its test broadcast. On September 1, 2022, TV host Willie Revillame announced that the TV station of AMBS will be named as All TV. Initially slated for October 1, the station made its soft launch on September 13, 2022, at 12 noon, with plans of expanding it nationwide at the soonest possible time, as announced by Willie Revillame; the grand launch will take place before the early 2023. On July 15, 2022, during his contract signing with AMBS, Revillame announced that his variety show ''

Wowowin ''Wowowin'' is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by All TV. Hosted by Willie Revillame, it premiered on May 10, 2015 on GMA Network. The show aired its final broadcast on GMA Network on February 11, 2022. The show premiered on ...

'' would return on All TV since its final broadcast on

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on February 11, 2022. Weeks after, actress and TV host

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and her husband and director Paul Soriano,

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broadcaster and former

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anchor Anthony Taberna, singer and actress Ciara Sotto, and TV host Mariel Rodriguez also signed their contracts with AMBS. An exclusive interview of Toni Gonzaga with President

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inside the

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was aired on All TV, the same day the network was soft-launched. AMBS also signed their partnerships with

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, a joint venture between Nine Media/ RPN and Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific for the simultaneous airing of its flagship Filipino newscast '' News Night'' (until March 31, 2023) and the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) to carry All TV on more than 300 cable providers nationwide who are members of the PCTA. '' River Where the Moon Rises'', '' Again My Life'' and '' From Now On, Showtime!'' are the first three

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s aired on All TV.

Programming

Since February 6, 2023, some programs of All TV were temporarily shelved due to unknown reasons. However, in the network's flagship program, ''

'', host Willie Revillame debunked the rumors by showing the ongoing construction of its new studios in Starmall EDSA-Shaw in Mandaluyong City.

References

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History

Programming

See also

References