Inki-ngayon: Is it time for a Filipino music chart show?

If Korean pop has the likes of Music Bank, Inkigayo, and Music Core, has the time finally come for OPM (and P-pop) to have its own chart show? In recent years, there has been a steady increase in interest and following for the local music scene. Driven by bands like Ben&Ben, December Avenue, This Band, […]

‘Fix the flow to the heart’: The Kapuso Stream’s inconsistency and how can it be solved

If you’re looking forward to watch your favorite shows on the Kapuso network’s online live stream on your smart TV, you may have to keep your remote control within reach. Earlier this year, GMA Network has succumbed to the ever-growing clamor of online live streaming via social media platforms, like Facebook and YouTube, through their […]

Schedule Suggestions: What’s next for ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida? (October to November 2022)

Not just one, but three Kapamilya primetime shows are set to end in a few weeks’ time. Within the next four weeks, all but Darna will leave the primetime block of ABS-CBN. These are Netflix consistent chart topper ‘2 Good 2 Be True‘ starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, ‘A Family Affair‘ which stars Ivana […]

How will (or must) a unified ABS-CBN News channel look like?

ANC? TeleRadyo? A unified news channel? On Thursday, September 22, Bilyonaryo broke the news that ABS-CBN execs were given proposals to either save one between the network’s news channels ANC and TeleRadyo or merge both stations and their programming into a single channel. According to the unnamed source in the article, the plan was churned […]

Ways to keep IBC alive beyond 2023

I-conic. B-old. C-losing? During a budget deliberation for the Office of the Press Secretary, Sec. Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed that some of the attached agencies and companies of her agency have received 0 budget for the year 2023. One of them is the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), a network that was sequestered by the government in […]

Schedule Suggestions: Reviving Kapamilya Gold

It’s been more than a year since a single new content was placed on the Kapamilya afternoon block. In the not-so-distant past, ABS-CBN and its pay TV successor Kapamilya Channel aired original drama series or two, as well as a couple of other genres on its afternoon block Kapamilya Gold. In 2019 (the last full […]

Schedule Suggestions: The new lunchtime combo: LOL x Showtime on three channels

Nearly two years into the new normal noontime game, (ex-)rivals Lunch Out Loud and It’s Showtime will finally be shown back-to-back on three TV channels. In a report last week, TV5 has confirmed the addition of ABS-CBN Entertainment’s long-running noontime variety show ‘It’s Showtime’ to its line-up of programs this July. To accommodate the move, […]

Schedule Suggestions: ABS-CBN’s primetime block should ‘Darna’ fly before ‘Probinsyano’ ends

To remix some parts of Kamikazee’s ‘Narda’, “Sa likod ng mga tala, nasaan na nga ba si Darna?” Last June 13, ABS-CBN changed their profile picture across Facebook and Twitter to tease the upcoming release of the reimagination of ‘Darna’ starring Jane de Leon in the the titular role. The said ‘DP change’ only fueled […]

‘Hoops… or oops?’: The challenges for ABS-CBN Sports if it is to be revived in 2022

ABS-CBN Sports was once the country’s premier sports broadcaster and contractor during its heyday. In 2020, during what is now considered to be the darkest hour for ABS-CBN as a company, the media giant closed down several of its divisions. Among the biggest departments to be hit is the Integrated Sports group, which saw the […]

The possibilities for A2Z’s other DTT slots as it adds TeleRadyo

TeleRadyo is believed to have been added to A2Z’s digital TV frequency today, April 29, 2022. On June 30, 2020, the NTC issued an alias cease-and-desist order vs. ABS-CBN Corporation’s blocktime deal with AMCARA, its long-time partner for channel 23, and later DTT channel 43 when ABS fully acquired Studio 23. Because of the order, […]