The international community has recognized ABS-CBN’s swift and compassionate initiatives to help Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic despite uncertainties over the renewal of its legislative franchise. The network won a Silver Stevie® for Most Valuable Corporate Response at the 17th International Business Awards® (IBA), which will have its virtual awarding on December. The judges commended…
With parents and kids spending more time at home together, ABS-CBN brings together its educational, informative, and entertainment shows via a morning block on Kapamilya Channel on cable and satellite TV and watch them anytime on the new online portal called Just Love Kids. On top of these TV and digital offerings, ABS-CBN is empowering…
ABS-CBN gives birth to a new viewing experience of its programs on digital as it launches Kapamilya Online Live to provide livestreaming of its new and well-loved shows on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube and Facebook pages starting Saturday (August 1). Offered for free and without any subscription fee, Kapamilya Online Live will livestream a mix of…
Members of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises are expected to cast their vote on ABS-CBN’s fate this Friday (July 10) and it is not just the network who is bound to lose big should the franchise bid fails to get majority votes. Millions of Filipinos are also at the losing end in this battle…
ABS-CBN chief operating officer of broadcast Cory Vidanes assured lawmakers that the network will continue to embody Filipino values in its programs and has committed to make changes in its programming if it is granted a broadcast franchise. “Rest assured po na iisa po ang ating layunin na mapangalagaan ang moral at spiritual values ng…
ABS-CBN workers and supporters have embarked on a three-day vigil at the broadcast network’s compound in Quezon City starting Saturday (July 4), calling on the public to let their voices be heard and ask lawmakers to vote “yes’ on the ABS-CBN franchise. The House committee on legislative franchises resumes its 12th hearing on Monday (July…
ABS-CBN Foundation’s (AFI) “Pantawid ng Pag-ibig: Isang Daan. Isang Pamilya.” campaign continues to provide relief to Filipinos in need during this community quarantine including members of the transport sector, persons with disability (PWD), and indigenous peoples (IPs). Now on its second phase, “Pantawid ng Pag-ibig” delivers food packs directly to communities as it aims to…
ABS-CBN expressed its gratitude to Professional Artists Managers, Inc. (PAMI) and Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) for speaking in solidarity with the network and calling for the renewal of ABS-CBN’s broadcast franchise. “We are very grateful to PAMI and OPM for conveying to our lawmakers why ABS-CBN should be allowed to continue serving the Filipino.…
ABS-CBN Group chief financial officer (CFO) Ricardo Tan said that ABS-CBN Corporation and its subsidiaries contributed P71.5 billion in taxes to the national economy within a period of 17 years. “From 2003 to 2019, ABS-CBN as a group paid P71.5 billion in taxes,” Tan said in the tenth hearing for ABS-CBN’s franchise application at the…
The Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM), Professional Artists Managers, Inc. (PAMI) and labor center Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (Sentro) asked lawmakers to consider the livelihood of affected workers and grant the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN during the House panel hearing held on Tuesday (June 30). OPM president Ogie Alcasid said the group…
ABS-CBN is fully compliant with general labor standards, occupational health and safety standards, and security of tenure, according to the company’s head of transformation Mark Nepomuceno. At the House panel hearing on Monday (June 29), Nepomuceno said ABS-CBN’s full compliance is the result of the company’s efforts to act in accordance with what it believes…
