Cine Mo! (; stylized as CINEMO! and formerly known as SineBox) is a Philippine

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channel owned and operated by

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and ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (content provider) and it was one of the former

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channels of ABS-CBN TVplus since 2015. The programming consists of local films and foreign movies. Cine Mo! is being complemented with its English-language counterpart,

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, which was launched on July 30, 2018 on a free-trial basis. From its inception until early 2020, Cine Mo! operated Mondays to Saturdays from 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM and Sundays from 5:00 AM to 2:00 AM. However, due to the ongoing

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, it used to operate temporarily from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM on weekdays and from 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM on weekends. On March 8, 2021, Cine Mo! began operating 24/7. On June 30, 2020, Cine Mo! suspended broadcasting on

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and

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due to the alias cease and desist order by the

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in connection with the expiration of ABS-CBN franchise. However, Cine Mo! continues to broadcast on

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and other cable providers. On October 30, 2020, their cable channel space replaced its former sister channel

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on various provincial cable providers, following the latter's end of broadcast operations on October 29, 2020 due to the closure of the

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division and the non-renewal of the ABS-CBN legislative franchise. An international feed called ''Cine Mo! Global'' is also available worldwide as part of TFC premium channels via cable, satellite,

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and TFC IPTV. Cine Mo! Global is now broadcasting in full 16:9 / 1080i (HDTV).

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