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.
Events
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.
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!.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
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.[6]
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.[9]
January 31
After nearly 9 years of broadcasting,
CNN Philippines ended its operations at 10:00p.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.[10] 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
airtime lease agreement between
MediaQuest Holdings, Cignal TV and Radio Philippines Network, RPTV became the new official broadcaster of the
Philippine Basketball Association.[11][12]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.[13][14]
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.
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.
Converge Vision launched two channels owned by Creative Programs, Inc. (a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation) on their line-up: ANC and TeleRadyo Serbisyo.[15]
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 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.[19]
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.[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.[20][21][22]
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.
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).
After three years and one month,
Paramount Network Asia has ceased broadcast across Southeast Asia (including the Philippines) due to the planned restructuring content of
Paramount Networks EMEAA (a unit of
Paramount International Networks owned by
Paramount Global) as part of the upcoming launch of their own streaming services in the region through both
Paramount+ and
Pluto TV (in the Philippines, however for Paramount+ launched as a content hub on TAP DMV's own streaming service
Blast TV instead).
April 5 -
Cignal terminated two channels on their line-up: CinemaWorld and
Gem on its line-up due to the expiration of Cignal's contract with the said networks. Meanwhile, CinemaWorld continued to air on
Cablelink,
Sky Cable and other cable providers via distributor Omnicontent Management while Gem continued to air on Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers via distributor Asian Cable Communications.
April 15 -
All TV began its simulcast of
Jeepney TV programs under Jeepney TV sa All TV with the official launch of the said programming block, as well as the simulcast of the flagship newscast TV Patrol, making the return of
ABS-CBN programs on the terrestrial television after almost 4 years to the
Shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting in 2020. Pursuant to content agreement between
ABS-CBN Corporation and
Advanced Media Broadcasting System on April 23, the official launch of ALL TV with the said programming block commenced on May 13.[25]
May 1 -
Cignal and
SatLite will terminate
Rock Action on its line-up due to the expiration of their contract with the said network. Meanwhile, the channel continued to air on
Cablelink,
G Sat,
Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers.
December 6 - Unang Hirit, the Philippines' longest-running morning news broadcasting and talk show, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on
Philippine television.
Unknown (dates)
Philippine Collective Media Corporation plans to launch a national television network in collaboration with several other content providers including
ABS-CBN Corporation (where PCMC's owner
Martin Romualdez, who is Leyte 1st District Representative and House Majority Floor Leader, voted one of the 70 representatives to reject the network's renewal broadcast franchise on July 10, 2020).[28]
February 1: BalitaOnenan!, Eat Bulaga!, Frontline Tonight, Güd Morning Kapatid, Starting Lineup, Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5, Wanted sa Radyo and Wow Mali: Doble Tama on
RPTV
February 3: Chink Positive, Frontline Pilipinas Weekend, Gus Abelgas Forensics, Hollywood Blockbusters, Masaganang Buhay and Ride PH on RPTV
The
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued an indefinite suspension and a cease-and-desist order on SMNI, citing the network failed to comply with the agency's orders despite a number of stations allegedly remained on-the-air.
^GMA Network [@gmanetwork] (January 15, 2024).
"Back-To-Back World Premiere On GMA Prime! 🤩" (
Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2024 – via
Twitter. Narito na ang pauna naming handog sa taong 2024! Ngayong gabi, mapapanood na ang #LoveDieRepeat at #AsawaNgAsawaKo sa GMA Prime! 'Wag palampasin, mga Kapuso!