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One News (stylized in
all lowercase) is a
24-hour Philippine
pay television and news channel owned by
MediaQuest Holdings through its subsidiary
Cignal TV. It was launched in May 2018 exclusively on satellite provider
Cignal. One News is the first
MediaQuest channel launched under the One branding (presently known as the One Network Media Group), along with the free TV sports channel
One Sports, cable sports channel
One Sports+, Filipino-language news channel
One PH, lifestyle portal One Life, and now-defunct premium entertainment channel
One Screen.[1][2][3][4][5]
It is an aggrupation of the news division units within the MediaQuest group, namely TV5 Network's
News5 division, and the Philstar Media Group's newspapers The Philippine Star and BusinessWorld.
History
Prior to the launch, the channel was then known as
Bloomberg TV Philippines from 2015 to 2018. It was a joint-venture of
Bloomberg L.P., Cignal TV and TV5 Network.
On May 28, 2018, Cignal TV formally launched One News, an English-language news channel which features content from the news divisions of the MediaQuest group (
News5, The Philippine Star and BusinessWorld) as well as Bloomberg TV Philippines and Probe Productions.[6][7] Most of the programs from its predecessor were retained on this new channel.
In 2019,
5 began airing selected programs from One News, such as Agenda with Cito Beltran and The Chiefs. In addition, a dedicated news website for the said channel was launched and is currently managed by the PhilStar Media Group which is also responsible for the takeover of the InterAksyon website from News5 since 2018.
On March 17, 2020, One News along with
One PH, temporarily suspended its regular programming as an effect of the island-wide "enhanced community quarantine" against
COVID-19 in Luzon. The news channel aired the special edition of One News Now.
Programming
One News program lineup includes national newscasts, talk shows, business newscasts, and public affairs shows. Several programs from
Bloomberg Television,
One PH, and
PBA Rush as well as third-party content partners (including Probe Productions) are also aired on the channel. Some programs can also be seen on free TV via
TV5 and internationally through
Kapatid Channel and
AksyonTV International.
One News Now served as temporary, and later permanent, replacement for both Rush (formerly Rush Hour) and One Newsroom on One News starting March 17, 2020 due to the
enhanced community quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is currently anchored by
Diego Castro III and Denise Tan on weekdays, as well as Nikki de Guzman and Rizza Diaz on weekends.