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| Type | Free-to-airtelevision network |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Headquarters | For TV5: TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,Mandaluyong,Metro Manila,Philippines For Nine Media/RPN: Upper Ground Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard cornerEDSA, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Filipino English |
| Picture format | 720p/1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.(PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund) Nine Media Corporation (ALC Group of Companies) |
| Parent | TV5 Network, Inc. (Programming and Broadcast Facilities) Radio Philippines Network (Broadcast Spectrum and License) |
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| Sister channels | Through MediaQuest/TV5:
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| History | |
| Launched | February 1, 2024 (2024-02-01)(soft launch) March 4, 2024 (2024-03-04)(official launch) |
| Replaced | CNN Philippines(RPN channel space) One PH(TV5 DTT sub-channel space) One Sports(UHF 29 Cebu,Cagayan de Oro, andDavao channel space) |
| Replaced by | Cine Mo!(Cablelink channel space) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| AnalogVHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
| Digital VHF/UHF | Channel 18.2 (TV5 DTT) and Channel 19.1 (RPN DTT) |
| SkyCable (Metro Manila) | Channel 14 |
| Sky Direct (Metro Manila) | Channel 6 |
| Cignal (Nationwide) | Channel 9 (SD) Channel 10 (HD) |
| SatLite (Nationwide) | Channel 9 |
| G Sat (Nationwide) | Channel 5 |
| Streaming media | |
| Cignal Play | Available on the Cignal Play website or via mobile application |
RPTV is aPhilippine commercialfree-to-airtelevision network. It is jointly owned and operated byTV5 Network, Inc., andNine Media Corporation, withRadio Philippines Network (RPN) serving as its free-to-air broadcaster. RPTV was established through a content distribution, sales, and marketing agreement between TV5 (under its parent companyMediaQuest Holdings) and Nine Media. Under this arrangement, TV5 provides programming and related services to Nine Media through its existing airtime lease agreement with RPN.[1]
RPTV officially launched on February 1, 2024 as the replacement ofCNN Philippines. This followed the termination of the brand licensing agreement between Nine Media andCNN (under its parent companyWarner Bros. Discovery), resulting in CNN Philippines' closure on January 31, 2024.
Prior to the launch, on December 22, 2023,TV5 Network entered into a blocktime agreement with Nine Media Corporation to airEat Bulaga! - the Philippines' longest-running noontime variety and entertainment show - along with select games from thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA) every Saturday and Sunday on CNN Philippines starting January 6, 2024. This marked the return of these programs to RPN, where they had aired previously.[2]
On January 29, 2024, CNN Philippines confirmed that it had ceased live news production immediately and would shut down entirely on January 31 due to financial losses.[3][4] In a separate statement, Nine Media president Benjamin Ramos announced that affected employees had received their severance packages and salaries for the full month of February.[5]
On January 31, 2024, as CNN Philippines signed off at 10:00 p.m. (after airing it's last programBuilding Bridges), TV5 Network took over the entire RPN-9's airtime. This included a test broadcast unveiling RPTV as its replacement.[6] The takeover was later confirmed during TV5's late-night newscast,Frontline Tonight.[7] However, it wasn't until February 6, 2024, at the TV5 Media Center when MediaQuest, TV5, and Nine Media formalized a content distribution, sales, and marketing services agreement for the new channel. RPN retains the license and transmission operations for the network, as current ownership restrictions limit the number of stations a franchise holder can own in a specific media market.[1]
RPTV's first broadcast aired on February 1, 2024, at 6:00 a.m. withTed Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5 as its inaugural program. At the same time, RPTV replaced One PH on DTT subchannels across TV5-owned and Mediascape-affiliated stations, thoughOne PH remains available on Cignal TV and other cable and satellite platforms.
RPTV's programming consists of simulcasts and reruns of select shows from TV5 and its sister channel One PH, sporting events and programs byOne Sports/Sports5 as well as other channels owned by its cable provider Cignal TV. This includesEat Bulaga!, the PBA andNBA basketball games, and content produced and distributed byViva Communications, which were previously aired on RPN (Eat Bulaga! and NBA basketball games were previously also aired on the original Channel 9 user from 1958 to 1969,ABS-CBN).[8] The network also features TV5's morning showGud Morning Kapatid (which is cut to live at 6:00 a.m., the time which the network signs on due to RPN's broadcasting guidelines) as well as flagship newscastFrontline Pilipinas andUna Sa Lahat. RPTV carries reruns of current affairs programs from CNN Philippines, now handled by Nine Media's parent company, Broadreach Media, throughNewsWatch Plus.
The return of One PH programs on RPTV also marks the revival of content previously aired on105.9 True FM (formerly92.3 Radyo5 True FM) following the closure of the news and sports channelAksyonTV five years ago.
RPTV's local programming and master control originate from theTV5 Media Center located at the corner of Reliance and Sheridan Streets inMandaluyong. It also maintains relay technical facilities at the Worldwide Corporate Center, located at the corner ofShaw Boulevard andEDSA, also in Mandaluyong. This relay facility is the primary feed for RPN transmitters (some of which were previously used byABS-CBN),[8] pay television providers, and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite providers, including MediaQuest-ownedCignal TV (standard definition feed),ABS-CBN Corporation-ownedSky Cable,Converge ICT-ownedVision, andStreamtech-owned Planet Cable. Meanwhile, DTT transmitters owned by TV5 and Mediascape receive the channel directly from the Reliance master control.
The network operates daily from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnightPHT and goes off-air annually duringHoly Week, fromMaundy Thursday toBlack Saturday.
RPTV is available on RPN's flagship stationDZKB-TV (Channel 9) inMetro Manila, as well as on seven regional VHF TV stations. It is also accessible via TV5's DTT signal on UHF Channel 18 in major cities and through Mediascape-owned DTT affiliates. Sometime after launch, stations owned by Mediaquest-ownedNation Broadcasting Corporation in Cebu,Cagayan De Oro, andDavao (both previously airing programs from MTV Philippines, AksyonTV, 5 Plus and later One Sports) were converted into mirror feeds of the new channel.
Upon its launch, RPTV was available exclusively in high definition over the air via RPN's digital UHF Channel 19 in Metro Manila. On March 14, 2024, Cignal TV announced via its social media platforms that RPTV, along with its sister sports channelOne Sports, would be available in the HD format. The HD feed of RPTV was officially launched on the said platform the following day. Unlike the standard definition channel, RPTV HD on Cignal is a direct feed from the TV5 Media Center playout facility.
RPN transmitters outside of Manila are also in the process of launching DTT services for RPTV, withBaguio City being the first provincial DTT outlet, which began broadcasting in May 2024.
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