2016_in_Philippine_television

2016 in Philippine television

2016 in Philippine television

Overview of the events of 2016 in Philippine television


The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2016. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • June 13 – ABS-CBN Corporation celebrated its 70th anniversary of corporate formation since its foundation in 1946.
  • June 20 - Dan-ag sa Dakbayan Broadcasting Corporation of Ozamiz City launched DXDD Radio-Television on Fil Products Ozamiz. Later, the channel launched on Misamis Cable TV.
  • June 30 – Jessy Mendiola, a television actress, is hailed as The Nation's Sexiest Woman in FHM Philippines' 2016 100 Sexiest List.[18]
  • June 30 – James Reid, a television actor, leads as Sexiest Man in the Philippines in Sexiest Male in the Philippines' 2014 & 2016 100 Sexiest List.

July

August

September

October

  • October 4 – During the 30th anniversary celebration held recently at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay, DZMM announced the launch of the noontime national newscast Headline Pilipinas, airing exclusively on DZMM TeleRadyo anchored by veteran broadcast journalist Tony Velasquez, together with ABS-CBN Cebu's Leo Lastimosa and ABS-CBN Davao's Melanie Severino.[26]
  • October 15 – Names Going Wild from Halo Halloween 2015 was hailed as Clash of Champions grand winner on It's Showtime.[27]
  • October 22 – Team Anne, Amy and Joey hailed as the seventh anniversary (Magpasikat 2016, haPITOgether) champion on It's Showtime.[28]
  • October 29 – Joj & Jai Agpangan was hailed as COC - Clash of Celebrities Round 2 grand winner on It's Showtime.[29]

November

  • November 15 – Following the success of the Fight of the Century between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May 2015, Solar Entertainment announced its broadcast of the 65th Miss Universe pageant on January 30, 2017. As stated in a press conference that day, it was broadcast live on three major television stations in the Philippines, ABS-CBN (who waived its contract with Solar to allow its free-to-air coverage of the pageant), GMA Network, and TV5 (who also broadcast the preliminary events and will handle the digital rights exclusively), with ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV and CT as its main content provider for this historic pageant. Star World Philippines, the Philippine cable broadcast holder of the pageant (which sub-licensed the cable rights to the pageant with the over-the-air rights holder ABS-CBN), will pass on the rights on that year's pageant to Solar, the 66th edition of the pageant will eventually return to the channel in November 2017, 1 month after its rebranding to Fox Life in October.[30][31][32][33]
  • November 19 – John Carlo Cruz emerged as the Ultimate Tough Model on It's Showtime.[34]
  • November 21 – The World Tonight celebrated its 50th anniversary of the longest-running English news program in the Philippines since its premiered in 1966.[35]
  • November 29 – Viu, a streaming service owned by PCCW Media Group, was launched and became available in the Philippines.[36]

December

  • December 10 – Lil Jay was hailed as the first Christmas Rapper Grand Winner on It's Showtime.[37]
  • December 10 & 11 – Niel Murillo, Russell Reyes, Ford Valencia, Tristan Ramirez and Joao Constancia were named as the winners of Pinoy Boyband Superstar, and they will officially be called BoybandPH.[38]
  • December 14 – Amazon Prime Video, a streaming and video on-demand service owned by Amazon, was expanded to over 200 countries and territories, including the Philippines.[39]
  • December 15 – The team of Parul Shah and Maggie Wilson, representing the Philippines, were held as winners at The Amazing Race Asia 5. The team of Eric and Rona Tai, also representing the Philippines, came in third place.[40]
  • December 28 – Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea issued Memorandum Circular No. 13, enjoining all departments, agencies, bureaus and offices of the government to support the hosting of the 2016 Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines.[41]
  • December 31 – MTV Pinoy was officially shut down after 2 years of broadcasting.

Debuts

ABS-CBN

The following are programs that debuted on ABS-CBN:

Re-runs

GMA

The following are programs that debuted on GMA Network:

Re-runs

Notes
^ 1 Originally aired on ABS-CBN

TV5

The following are programs that debuted on TV5:

Re-runs

Notes
^ 1 Originally aired on ABS-CBN
^ 2 Originally aired on GMA
^ 3 Originally aired on Yey!

PTV

The following are programs that debuted on People's Television Network:

  • January 16: Halo Halo House[78]
  • February 6: Entrep TV
  • April 21: Hatol ng Bayan Electoral Primer
  • May 2: O Shopping
  • July 3: Motorsiklo News TV season 3
  • July 11: Good Morning Pilipinas and PTV News
  • July 24: Biyaheng Negosyo
  • August 5: Business and Beyond
  • August 6: Japan Video Topics
  • August 8: Dayaw
  • August 27: ASEAN Spotlight TV
  • October 9: Payo Alternatibo
  • October 22: S.M.E. Go and Tahor: Your Ultimate Gamefowl Show
  • October 30: Tulay: Your Bridge to Understanding, Peace and Prosperity
  • December 17: The Breaking Point

Other channels

The following are programs that debuted on other minor channels and video streaming services:

Unknown (dates)

  • January: Truth Uncovered season 2 on INCTV
  • January: Red Horse Beer: Kaya Mo To on CNN Philippines
  • January: Hiphop sa Pinas and Liga Pilipinas on Pinoy Xtreme Channel
  • January: Inside the PGA Tour on AksyonTV
  • March: UFC Ultimate Insider and Inside the PGA Tour on AksyonTV
  • April: May the Best House Win US on 2nd Avenue
  • April: Mabuhay Football League on 8TriTV
  • June: Salpukan 360 on Pinoy Xtreme Channel
  • August: Lucifer on HOOQ
  • September: House of Cards season 4 on Netflix
  • November: Limitless on Iflix

Reruns

  • Notes
  1. ^ a Originally aired on ABS-CBN
  2. ^ b Originally aired on GMA
  3. ^ c Originally aired on TV5
  4. ^ d Originally aired on Cine Mo!
  5. ^ e Originally aired on Yey!
  6. ^ f Originally aired on S+A
  7. ^ g Originally aired on GMA News TV
  8. ^ h Originally aired on Jeepney TV
  9. ^ i Originally aired on Hero
  10. ^ j Originally aired on ETC
  11. ^ k Originally aired on Jack TV
  12. ^ l Originally aired on 2nd Avenue
  13. ^ m Originally aired on CT
  14. ^ n Originally aired on Studio 23 (now S+A)
  15. ^ o Originally aired on Q (now GTV)
  16. ^ p Originally aired on 9TV (now CNN Philippines)
  17. ^ q Originally aired on TGC (now defunct)

Returning or renamed programs

Major networks

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Other channels

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Programs transferring networks

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Milestone episodes

The following shows made their Milestone episodes in 2016:

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Finales

ABS-CBN

The following are programs that ended on ABS-CBN:

Stopped airing

GMA

The following are programs that ended on GMA Network:

Stopped airing

  • January 17: Wowowin (Sunday edition)
  • April 29: Wowowin (Weekday edition) (reason: series break)
  • May 20: Shop TV (reason: Continues to air on GMA News TV)
  • August 12: Dragon Ball Z (rerun) (season break)
  • September 3, December 17: Kalyeserye (reason: season break)
  • December 18: Tsuperhero and Hay Bahay (reason: pre-empted by The Magic of Christmas: The GMA Christmas Special 2016)
  • December 31: Magpakailanman and I-Witness (Reason: pre-empted by Lipad sa 2017: The Kapuso New Year Countdown)

TV5

The following are programs that ended on TV5:

Stopped airing

PTV

The following are programs that ended on People's Television Network:

  • January 14: Personage
  • February 7: Halo Halo House
  • April 1: Here Comes Mr. Oh
  • May 6: Hatol ng Bayan Electoral Primer
  • June 24: Report Kay Boss
  • July 8: Good Morning Boss, News @ 1, News @ 6 and NewsLife
  • July 9: News @ 6 Saturday Edition
  • July 10: The Weekend News
  • July 31: Ating Alamin
  • September 2: O Shopping
  • September 16: Business and Beyond

Stopped airing

  • December 30: PTV Sports (reason: dissolved, became a 5-minute segment of PTV News)[99]
  • December 31: Panahon.TV (reason: creation of PTV InfoWeather segment during PTV News; continues to air on Pilipinas HD on BEAM TV)

Other channels

Stopped airing

  • February 19: Palibhasa Lalake on Jeepney TV (reason: Short break)
  • March 1: O Shopping, Shop Japan and TV Shop Philippines on BEAM TV 31 (reason: Relocated as digital-only subchannels)
  • April 2: Pieta on Jeepney TV (reason: Short break)
  • July 10: Diyos at Bayan (Sunday replay) on GMA News TV
  • December 4: Pinoy Meets World (rerun) on GMA News TV
  • December 31: Shop TV on AksyonTV

Networks

The following are a list of free-to-air and cable channels or networks launches and closures in 2016.

Launches

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Rebranded

The following is a list of television stations or cable channels that have made or will make noteworthy network rebrands in 2013.

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Awards

  • February: 2016 Adamson University Media Awards, organized by Adamson University (awarded to Mike Enriquez)
  • February: 2016 EVSU Student Choice Mass Media Awards, organized by Eastern Visayas State University
  • February 3: The Platinum Stallion Media Awards 2016, organized by the Trinity University of Asia
  • February 19: 3rd Gawad Bagani sa Kommunikasyon, organized by University of the East-Caloocan
  • February 22: 2015 Anak TV Seal Awards, organized by Anak TV Foundation
  • March 8: 2016 Hildegarde Awards for Women in Media and Communication, organized by St. Scholastica's College
  • March 10: 3rd UmalohokJuan Awards, organized by Lyceum of the Philippines
  • March 12: 2016 Paragala Central Luzon Media Awards, organized by Holy Angel University
  • March 19: Gandingan 2016, organized by College of Development Communication, UP Los Baños
  • April 8: 2016 Gawad Tanglaw Awards, organized by the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta Las Piñas
  • April 17: 2016 GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards, organized by Memorial Scholarship Foundation
  • April 21: 12th USTV Awards, organized by the University of Santo Tomas
  • April 29: 24th KBP Golden Dove Awards, organized by the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas
  • June 30: 2016 Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards, organized by the Rotary Club of Manila
  • August 29: 2016 VACC Awards, organized by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, held at Malacañang Palace[114]
  • September: 11th COMGUILD Media Awards, organized by the COMGUILD Center for Journalism[115]
  • September 10: 6th Edukcircle Awards, organized by the International Education Circle ICCS
  • September 29: 2nd ALTA Media Icon Awards, organized by the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA[116]
  • October 12: 38th Catholic Mass Media Awards, organized by the CMMA Foundation
  • October 23: 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television, organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club[117]
  • December 2: 2016 PUP Mabini Media Awards, organized by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines[118]
  • December 10: 2016 Anak TV Seal Awards, organized by Anak TV Foundation
  • December 10: 3rd Indieng-Indie Short Film Festival

Births

  • March 26: Sienna Stevens, actress and commercial model
  • September 26: Patricia Angelica Pausta, actress and commercial model

Deaths

January
February
March
April
August
September
October
November
December
  • December 18 – Bobby Guanzon, Filipino journalist and politician, cardiac arrest (b. 1948)

See also


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