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| Type | Broadcastcommercialtelevision network |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Broadcast area | Greater Manila Area,Northern andCentral Luzon,Visayas,Northern Mindanao andDavao Region(analog and digital) Nationwide(cable and satellite) |
| Network | ABS-CBN ZOE TV |
| Headquarters | For ABS-CBN ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., corner Mo. Ignacia Ave, Diliman,Quezon City For ZOE 22nd floor, Strata 2000 Bldg., F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center,Pasig |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
| Picture format | 16:9480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ZOE Broadcasting Network(under blocktime agreement withABS-CBN Corporation) |
| Sister channels | Under ZOE Light TV Under ABS-CBN All TV (viaAMBS) Kapamilya Channel Knowledge Channel Jeepney TV DZMM TeleRadyo DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 92.3 FM Radio Manila Metro Channel Cine Mo! Cinema One ANC Myx TFC Favorite Music Radio MOR Entertainment (Online Radio) |
| History | |
| Launched | October 6, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-10-06) (test broadcast) October 10, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-10-10) (official launch) |
| Replaced |
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| Former names | ZOE TV/Light TV (1998–2005; 2020) QTV/Q andGMA News TV (2005–2019) |
| Links | |
| Website | A2Z Official Facebook Page |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog | Channel 11 (Metro Manila) |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 20.1 (Metro Manila, Iloilo, Metro Cebu, Cagayan De Oro and Metro Davao) Channel 32.1 (Benguet) |
| Affiliate | Channel 50.3 (Tacloban) |
| SkyCableMetro Manila | Channel 11 |
| Sky DirectNationwide | Channel 7 |
| Cignal TVNationwide | Channel 20 |
| SatLiteNationwide | Channel 20 |
| G SatNationwide | Channel 36 |
| CablelinkMetro Manila | Channel 104 |
A2Z is aPhilippinefree-to-air blocktimebroadcasttelevision network based inQuezon City, with its studios located inOrtigas Center,Pasig. It serves as a flagship property ofZOE Broadcasting Network, thebroadcast media arm ofJesus Is Lord Church Worldwide, in partnership withABS-CBN Corporation as its main content provider through ablocktime agreement. A2Z's flagshiptelevision station isDZOE-TV which operates on channel 11 (analog broadcast), and channel 20 (digital broadcast).[1][2] The network's name is an abbreviation derived from the first letter of the names of two media companies,ABS-CBN and ZOE, and the channel number of thenow-recalled frequency of the former network (which is now owned byAdvanced Media Broadcasting System'sAll TV).
DZOE-TV Channel 11, also known as ZOE TV-11 was launched in 1998 after being acquired fromDelta Broadcasting System. It served as the television arm ofJesus is Lord Church led byEddie Villanueva. In 2005, ZOE TV-11 was leased by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, subsidiary ofGMA Network, to serve as originating station for its secondary television networksQTV/Q andGMA News TV (nowGTV).[3] However, on April 24, 2019, GMA/Citynet announced that it will terminate its blocktime agreement with ZOE Broadcasting by the end of May 2019. The split comes after the release of GMA's 2018 financial report which declared the increasing lease payments that the network contributes to ZOE for the past three years (from₱899.89 million in 2016 to almost a billion pesos in 2018).[4] GMA News TV disaffiliated from ZOE TV-11 on June 4, 2019, before the channel signed off the next day.
On June 22, 2020, ZOE TV-11 returned on air and carried the feed ofLight TV as part of its test broadcast operations, but on June 26, the simulcast was replaced byHillsong Channel, which is owned byTrinity Broadcasting Network, before reverting to Light TV feed on July 11. It was rumored to be part of marketing the channel to either possibly continuing the analog simulcast of their sister stationUHF 33 or for theairtime leasing.
On May 5, 2020, the broadcast operations ofABS-CBN Corporation, includingChannel 2,ABS-CBN Sports and Action,DZMM Radyo Patrol,My Only Radio, all digital television channels ofABS-CBN TV Plus (on June 30), direct broadcast via satellite ofSky Direct (on June 30) andAMCARA (on June 30) were all put off the air after theNational Telecommunications Commission (NTC) andSolicitor GeneralJose Calida issued a series ofcease-and-desist orders demanding ABS-CBN to immediately cease all of its free-to-air television and radio broadcasting upon the expiration of its legislative broadcast franchise.[5][6] The Congress rejected ABS-CBN's application for franchise renewal on July 10, and the NTC recalled all the broadcast frequencies assigned to ABS-CBN on September 10. ABS-CBN resumed its broadcast programming through the launch of cable and satellite television networkKapamilya Channel on June 13, where it carried ABS-CBN's local dramas, live entertainment shows and news programming before the May 5 stoppage.[7][8]
Since 2017, ZOE Broadcasting Network and ABS-CBN Corporation were reportedly holding talks for possible airtime lease of Channel 11 or acquisition of the network itself if the issues regarding ABS-CBN's now-expired broadcast franchise were ever floated.[9][10] Reports of a blocktime agreement between ABS-CBN and ZOE began to surface after the Congress rejected ABS-CBN franchise renewal in July 2020, with a tentative schedule offering for broadcasting 20 hours of airtime on Channel 11, and ABS-CBN programs were shopped to air on ZOE TV.[11][12][13][14] The programs ofABS-CBN News and Current Affairs were initially declined to broadcast on Channel 11 by the ZOE management due to editorial concerns until January 1, 2022, whenTV Patrol officially began the simulcast of its weekend edition, and its regular edition on January 3, marking its return to free-to-air television, almost two years since the newscast made its final broadcast on the originalChannel 2.[15]
On October 6, 2020, through separate statements, ABS-CBN and ZOE TV publicly announced the blocktime agreement and rebranding of Channel 11 into A2Z, more than a year after being disaffiliated from GMA News TV (nowGTV) and five months after the Channel 2 shutdown.[16][17] The announcement came a day afterSky Cable, ABS-CBN's cable television arm, added ZOE TV 11 to the channel lineup.[18]
Meanwhile, a month after the launching of A2Z, theNational Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was reportedly investigating ABS-CBN and ZOE Broadcasting Network to determine if the said blocktime agreement of the two stations were processed in legal ways.[19][20]
On November 12, 2020, A2Z began its broadcast on digital terrestrial television. The channel is available on most digital TV boxes.[21]
On September 18, 2021, A2Z entered a partnership agreement withPhilippine Collective Media Corporation for affiliation to broadcast the network viaChannel 12 in selected parts of Eastern Visayas.[22]In January 2022, theNational Telecommunications Commission granted a provisional authority for ZOE, to utilize UHF channel 20 for its DTT operations; this allowed the network to transmit both A2Z and its sister channel Light TV terrestrially outside Metro Manila.[23]
In January 2025, A2Z Cebu station was upgraded as a semi-satellite, serving as originating broadcaster of weekly local magazine showBisaya Ni produced byABS-CBN Regional (its first program since July 2020) and it is being distributed to its sister stations in Visayas and Mindanao.[24]
As part of the agreement between ABS-CBN and ZOE TV, the list of all television original programming by A2Z focuses on entertainment and news programs produced by ABS-CBN fromKapamilya Channel, serving as its main free-to-air broadcast affiliate. In addition, similar to its previous airtime lease with GMA/Citynet for Channel 11, A2Z features content from ZOE TV's sister stationLight TV and its content partnersCBN Asia andTrinity Broadcasting Network. An independent late-night newscastBalitang A2Z and afternoon bulletinUlat A2Z is also shown every weekdays.
A2Z is seen via ZOE TV's flagship stationDZOE-TV Channel 11 in Mega Manila. It also available via digital terrestrial UHF channel 20 in Mega Manila, Cebu, Iloilo/Bacolod, Davao and Cagayan de Oro, UHF channel 32 in Baguio and UHF channel 50 (viaPCMC) in Tacloban.
