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| Type | Terrestrial television network |
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| Branding | Aksyon TV |
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| Availability | Defunct |
| Founded | February 21, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-21) |
| TV stations | List of AksyonTV stations |
| Headquarters | TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,Mandaluyong,Metro Manila, Philippines |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Owner | PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund (MediaQuest Holdings) |
| Parent | NBC (broadcast spectrum/license) TV5 Network, Inc. (programming and broadcast facilities) |
Key people | Manuel V. Pangilinan(Chairman,TV5 Network Inc./NBC) Chot Reyes(President andCEO,TV5 Network Inc.) Engr. Erwin V. Galang(Head, Regulatory and Industry Relations,NBC) Engr. Edward Benedict V. Galang(Network Engineering Operations,NBC) |
Launch date | February 21, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-21) (Philippines) July 2011; 14 years ago (2011-07) (international) |
| Dissolved | January 12, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-01-12) (Philippines) |
Former names | MTV Philippines (2001–2007) |
Sister channels | TV5 Network |
Official website | www www |
| Language | Tagalog (main) English (secondary) |
| Replaced by | 5 Plus (terrestrial television) One PH (pay television) |
Aksyon TV (lit. 'action TV', visually rendered in alluppercase asAKSYONTV) was a Philippinefree-to-air television network. It was a joint venture ofNBC andTV5 Network, Inc. (international operations is under its subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Ltd.), both underPLDT media armMediaQuest Holdings. Its programs were primarily produced by TV5's divisionsNews5 andESPN5. AksyonTV formerly broadcasts terrestrially throughDWNB-TV (UHF channel 41) in Metro Manila, as well as on UHF channel 29 in Cebu, Davao and other relay stations, and on a digital subchannel viachannel 5.2 in Metro Manila. It occupies the frequency previously used byMTV Philippines, a subsidiary ofMTV Networks Asia Pacific from 2001 to 2006.
Named afterTV5's newscast,Aksyon, it started broadcasting on February 21, 2011, as an all-news channel, with simulcasts fromRadyo5 and independently produced newscasts from News5. It has also carried-over sports coverages due to shutdown of sports primetime blockAKTV on May 31, 2013 due to high airtime costs and low ratings caused byIBC's impending privatization. Its main broadcast facilities are located atTV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,Mandaluyong.[1][2] It was the first and only 24-hour news channel on free-to-air TV and the first 24-hourTagalog language news channel until December 1, 2013. It formerly operates daily from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN.
The program line-up of AksyonTV also includes news analysis, documentaries and talk shows, as well as entertainment and other news and sports-related programs.
On November 30, 2018,TV5 Network announced that AksyonTV would be rebranded as5 Plus on January 13, 2019, with its programs consisting mostly of sport events.[3] AksyonTV silently ended its broadcast on January 12, 2019, withESPN5'sHeavy Hitters as its last program to air on the network. AksyonTV International continues to broadcast after the rebrand.
Originally, local UHF channel 41 was intended to broadcast local programming under the supervision ofNation Broadcasting Corporation. Sometime in 2000,MTV Networks Asia Pacific, operator ofMTV (Music Television) brand in Asia wanted to transmit its music channel on terrestrial television in the Philippines. Eventually, MTV Networks Asia Pacific entered into an agreement with Nation Broadcasting Corporation to transmit its localize music channel via its UHF channel and started broadcastingMTV Philippines on January 1, 2001, until the partnership ended on February 15, 2007.
In March 2010MediaQuest Holdings, aPLDT subsidiary, the Philippines' largest telecommunication company, announced the acquisition ofABC Development Corporation, broadcaster ofTV5 from the joint consortium led by former PLDT Chairman Antonio "Tonyboy" O. Cojuangco, Jr. and Malaysian media conglomerateMedia Prima Berhad.
In October 2010, through its flagship station, it took over the management of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and its radio and television businesses, particularly92.3 News FM andUHF channel 41. Consequently, UHF channel 41 went on air and began its initial test broadcast of its radio station 92.3 News FM from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time,UTC+8). In December 2010, ABC Development Corporation announced plans to launch its own news and sport-related channel. On February 21, 2011,AksyonTV started its commercial broadcast launched as TV5 introduced the new UHF channel. was launched at exactly 4 am, airing its first program,Andar ng Mga Balita, hosted byMartin Andanar, which was a simulcast of the morning news program on Radyo5 News FM of the same title.
On June 3, 2013, several sports programs fromIBC 13's defunctblocktimer AKTV were carried over to AksyonTV. This was done by theTV5 Network, Inc. management after the deal expired on May 31, 2013.[4] News and public affairs programs were either moved to a new timeslot or canceled.
Since December 2013, AksyonTV removed its 24-hour broadcasting activities due to cost-cutting measures by the management as well as NTC's rules and regulations for affiliated free-to-air TV stations.
Since the2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, AksyonTV is one of the official Olympics broadcasters in the Philippines, together with TV5 andCignal.
Since July 21, 2014, AksyonTV ceased producing any independent newscasts including news advisories (e.g.Aksyon Breaking,Aksyon Weather). This was done after TV5 unified all of its newscasts under theAksyon brand.
Since October 2015, AksyonTV dropped its simulcast of thePBA games after the move of theFilsports Basketball Association fromPTV as part of PTV-4 reorganization and the taped airing of thePCBL and otherPSL games on the same network every weeknights and weekends.
On January 2016, AksyonTV further improved its sports programming, starting the year with the return of thePBA D-League onSports5 and being the second home of theUFC (includingThe Ultimate Fighter) and thePGA tour after its parent network TV5 and satellite channelHyper.
By December 19, 2016, AksyonTV moved from Cignal Channel 1 to Channel 6.
In 2017, asChot Reyes become President and CEO of TV5 Network Inc., AksyonTV began toshift as a complement sister station of TV5, as the network started airing reruns of American series that air or aired on the station, includingArrow andSupernatural, as well as Movie Max 5 block and home shopping in lieu of live sports programming. In December of the same year, the channel also added classic TV5 local programming. The network also expanded its broadcast hours till 1:00 am on selected days. The practice being similar to rivalGMA News TV was also heavily criticized by viewers, putting news programs and coverage on-hold for these kind of programming. As a complement,Cignal, a sister company of TV5, launched its 24-hour satellite news channel,One News which combines news content of the media companies owned byMediaQuest, includingNews5 on May 28, 2018.[5]
On November 30, 2018, the channel was teased to rebrand as5 Plus (nowOne Sports as of 2020). The network's programming is primarily sports, with additional coverage fromESPN5, along with sports-related content which will targetmillennials.[3] 5 Plus also competes with rivalS+A (inactive since May 5, 2020 due toissue on ABS-CBN's broadcast franchise), which carries the same format. SelectedRadyo5 simulcast programs later moved to a new stand-alone satellite channelOne PH, at the satellite service,Cignal.[6] Public service programBuhay OFW and home shopping blockEZ Shop are the only non-sports programs from AksyonTV to be carried to 5 Plus (both of which were eventually cancelled by Q2 2019). The channel cease its broadcast on January 13, 2019.
AksyonTV was presented in English and Tagalog languages. Programming was distributed equally between newscasts, sports (since June 2013 after the expiration of MediaQuest-IBC 13 blocktime agreement), live coverage of important news events, and talk shows. AksyonTV's programs also comprised a combination of live news reports, documentaries and current affairs. Its lineup of programming draws upon TV5's own resources and its news partners. It also aired programs simulcast fromRadyo5 92.3 News FM (now FM Radio Philippines and105.9 True FM) and news programs ofTV5.
After cancellation ofAKTV on IBC 13 sports block, all sports programs of AKTV and Sports5 (nowOne Sports) were moved to AksyonTV. The channel also started aired foreign entertainment programs that aired on TV5 from 2017 until January 31, 2019, though it is only considered as filler to the network's programming.
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| Country | Philippines |
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| Broadcast area | International |
| Network | AksyonTV (now as separate channels5 Plus/One Sports,One PH and True TV) |
| Headquarters | TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,Mandaluyong,Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Tagalog English |
| Picture format | 720p/1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i/576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV5 Network |
| Parent | Pilipinas Global Network, Ltd. |
| Sister channels | TV5 RPTV One Sports Kapatid Channel International PBA Rush |
| History | |
| Launched | July 2011; 14 years ago (2011-07) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
AksyonTV International is an internationalPhilippinesubscription television channel owned byPilipinas Global Network, Ltd. The channel offers programming highlights from the Philippine television channelsTV5,RPTV,One Sports,One News, One Sports+,One PH, True TV,PBA Rush andUAAP Varsity Channel.
It was announced in early 2011 that it would launch an international channel to support AksyonTV's local presence. In July 2011, Pilipinas Global Network Ltd., a company owned byPLDT, Inc. andTV5 Network Inc. based in British Virgin Islands will oversee the operation of AksyonTV International. The news channel will be primarily accessible to viewers in the Middle East, North Africa and some parts in Europe and North America.[7] Despite the closure of its domestic network on January 13, 2019, Aksyon TV International remains operational; airing local sports and public affairs programs from One Sports and True FM simulcasts - now airing inOne PH and True TV, two of the "teleradyo" domestic satellite TV channels.
On March 16, 2011,ABC Development Corporation (TV5) andNation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) filed a complaint to the local regulator in the Philippines, the National Telecommunications Commission againstSky Cable Corporation, one ofABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries, broadcaster ofABS-CBN and TV5's competitor.[8] In its complaint, ABC and NBC criticized SkyCable for its inaction to the request of the latter and subsequently non-inclusion of AksyonTV to its lineup, despite local laws instructing all cable and satellite companies operating in the Philippines to carry all free-to-air networks. Under Memorandum Circular 4-08-88 (or otherwise known as the “Must Carry Rule”), all entities in the cable and satellite businesses are required to include all free-to-air channels on its system regardless of its capabilities. SkyCable on the other hand revoke its compliance to the order due to system capacity and will conform once an additional facility is in place.[9] On April 1, 2011, SkyCable announces the inclusion of AksyonTV on its channel lineup effective May 4, 2011, but made it earlier on April 30, four days from the planned May 4 launch. In July 2011, it was moved from Channel 61 to Channel 59 onSkyCable.
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