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| Type | Free-to-airtelevision network |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Founded | January 13, 2019 |
| TV stations | List of 5 Plus stations |
| Headquarters | TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,Mandaluyong |
| Area | Nationwide |
| Owner | PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund (MediaQuest Holdings) |
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Launch date | January 13, 2019 (2019-1-13) |
| Dissolved | March 7, 2020 (2020-3-7) (after 1 year, 54 days) |
Official website | Archived official website at theWayback Machine (Archived 2020-03-06) |
| Language | English (main) Filipino (secondary) |
| Replaced | MTV Philippines (2001–2007) AksyonTV (2011–2019) |
| Replaced by | One Sports |
5 Plus (stylized as5PLUS) was aPhilippinefree-to-airtelevision network owned byNation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and jointly operated byTV5 Network, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary ofMediaQuest Holdings, Inc. media arm ofPLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.
Named after its parent station, 5 Plus served as complementary channel for5 with its programs primarily produced by its sports division,ESPN5. 5 Plus was launched on January 13, 2019, asAksyonTV, a Filipino-language news and public affairs channel launched by TV5 in 2011, bifurcated into two new separate channels (the other one beingOne PH on Cignal).[1]
However 14 months after its launch, on March 7, 2020, 5 Plus ceased its broadcasting to give way forOne Sports.[2]
Prior to January 13, 2019, the network was known asAksyonTV, a 24-hour news channel launched by TV5 Network (then known as ABC Development Corporation) in February 2011 after taking over the airtime of NBC television and radio stations in 2010 (TV5 Network was acquired by NBC's parentMediaQuest Holdings from the Cojuangco /Media Prima group earlier that March). Its original programming included simulcasts fromRadyo5 and independently produced newscasts and information programs fromNews5.
However, in June 2013, AksyonTV began to carry over the sports programs fromAKTV, a primetime and weekend block ofSports5 airing over government-sequesteredIntercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), after TV5 decided not to renew its agreement with IBC due to high airtime costs and low ratings.[3] This move was heavily criticized by viewers for putting news programs and coverage on-hold. Such move, as well as losses and cost-cutting measures by TV5 Network, forces all news and current affairs programs produced by AksyonTV to be cancelled, leavingRadyo5 simulcasts intact (which in turn, is hampered by the addition of home shopping programs).Cignal, a sister company of TV5, soon launched its 24-hour satellite news channel,One News which combines the news content of the media companies owned byMediaQuest, includingNews5 on May 28, 2018, replacing News5-ownedBloomberg TV Philippines.[4]
AksyonTV continued to reformat its programs in 2017, as the network started airing reruns of American series that air or aired on TV5, includingArrow andSupernatural, as well as the movie blockMovie Max 5, home shopping and classic programs of TV5 in lieu of live sports programming.
Following TV5's relaunch as5 in February 2018, shifting its position from a general entertainment network to a network focusing heavily on news and sports, on November 30, T5N announced thatAksyonTV will be relaunched as 5 Plus on January 13, 2019. The new channel carried "atypical sports" programming with additional coverage fromESPN5 and new sports-related contents which would target a younger, more adventurous audience or themillennials.[5][1]
SelectedRadyo5 simulcast programs and other news content were later moved to a new stand-alone satellite Filipino news,One PH onCignal, effectively bifurcating AksyonTV into two separate channels, with 5 Plus taking over analog channel 41 and digital subchannel channel 5.2 by DWET-TV.[1]
Upon the appointment of Jane Basas as president and CEO of TV5 andCignal TV took over the management and operations ofTV5 Network in June 2019,5's morning sports programming moved to 5 Plus. It included theNational Football League and theNCAA (U.S.). The vacated morning block on the flagship station was used for reruns of old entertainment programs and expanded movie blocks.
On March 7, 2020, the channel was officially dissolved asOne Sports took over its channel space the following day. Meanwhile, the original Cignal TV channel was renamed to One Sports+.[2]
The former space of the channel on Cignal Channel 15, however, was still operating, showing atest card of a promotion launch ofOne Sports, and was removed on March 30 upon temporarysign-off of One Sports, due tocoronavirus pandemic.
5 Plus' programming included extreme sports, collegiate sports, e-sports, sports entertainment, and other sports-related content.[5][1] Occasionally as time permits, the network would take on the responsibility of airing sports programs produced byESPN5 in the event that 5 was unable to carry them due to breaking news or any special programming. A selection of 5 Plus' sports coverage will be made available online through their official website and various social media platforms.[1]
5 Plus is now home to theNFL andNCAA (U.S.). This is due to the decision of5 to reformat its daytime lineup, which affected the schedules of both sporting leagues. Also, during the2019 Southeast Asian Games, the NFL games were aired on a delayed, late night timeslot instead during days when the games were aired.
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